After the demise of the band in the early 1970s, Clark and Smith continued to release singles as Dave Clark & Friends until 1973. Smith later worked with Mike D'Abo, onetime vocalist for Manfred Mann.
He also produced records for Shirley Bassey and European opera performer Michael Ball. In addition, he sang on the original recording of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Evita."
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Saturday, March 01, 2008 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 34 words Type of Material: Correction
Smith obituary: The obituary of Dave Clark Five singer Mike Smith in Friday's California section credited Smith and Clark with writing "I Like It Like That." Chris Kenner and Allen Toussaint wrote the song.
Smith made a good living writing commercials for companies including American Airlines, British Airways, Volvo and McDonald's. In 2003, he returned to performing in the United States with Mike Smith's Rock Engine.
But later that year, tragedy hit his life. His son was killed in a diving accident, and Smith severely injured his spinal cord after falling while attempting to scale a fence at his home on the Costa del Sol in Spain.
Many of his peers, including Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt and Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, helped defray his high medical bills through donations and fundraisers.
David Letterman's "Late Show" bandleader Paul Shaffer helped organize a benefit concert in New York in August 2005 that featured many of Smith's fellow British Invasion stars, including the Zombies and Peter & Gordon. A DVD of that concert is scheduled to be released.
