“Catch Us If You Can” earned the band another hit in 1965. It heightened the comparison to The Beatles by serving as the theme song to The Dave Clark Five’s very own motion picture project.

They reached out to Dave Clark, who initially declined their offer. The Ed Sullivan Show was not aired in the UK, so Clark had no idea how big of an impact it had on the record-buying public.

Mike Smith, the lead singer of the 1960s British band the Dave Clark Five, died on Thursday of pneumonia at an English hospital, his U.S. agent said.