Lenny Davidson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lenny Davidson

English guitarist

Date of Birth: 30-May-1944

Place of Birth: Enfield Town, England, United Kingdom

Profession: guitarist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Leonard Arthur 'Lenny' Davidson (born 30 May 1944 in Enfield, Middlesex, England) is an English musician, best known as the guitarist for the Dave Clark Five.According to Mike Smith (the DC5's lead singer and keyboardist), Dave Clark was looking for a lead guitarist and asked Smith if he knew anybody.
Smith recommended Davidson saying there was no one better.
Smith and Davidson had worked together in a previous band. He was one of three members of the group who wrote songs.
He wrote their 1965 hit "Catch Us If You Can", and contributed five more tunes on the Having A Wild Weekend soundtrack album, although Lenny was the only member of the group not to have one single line of dialogue in the film.
He contributed "Crying Over You" and "When" to their 1965 Coast to Coast album, and sang lead on the 1967 hit "Everybody Knows" which reached number 2 on the British charts.