Alan Clark
- United Kingdom
- born 1952, County Durham
Alan Clark is an artist from the United Kingdom, born on 5 March 1952 in County Durham. Alan Clark is known as a member of Dire Straits. With Dire Straits, Alan Clark is on two albums in the collection. With the group, eleven records reached the Dutch Top 40, one of them the top spot.
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Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Timeline of Alan Clark
The years of Alan Clark with Dire Straits. The thin lines are the albums, the red ones the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. The name of the group links to its page.
Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end
Albums with Dire Straits
2 albums Alan Clark made together with Dire Straits, by year of release.
Biggest hits of Dire Straits
In the years Alan Clark was part of it, Dire Straits had eleven records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record comes first; the badge shows the peak position, the title opens the full run. These are the five biggest. The button below opens all entries of the group.
week 40, 198267weeks in the chart
with 11 records1982first entry
week 37, 19821994latest entry
week 30, 19949years with an entry
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1982Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 40 of 1982, 11 weeks in the chart Private Investigations
Dire Straits6:46 -
1991Dutch Top 40: peak position 2 in week 38 of 1991, 10 weeks in the chart Calling Elvis
Dire Straits6:25 -
1993Dutch Top 40: peak position 4 in week 25 of 1993, 10 weeks in the chart
Encores [EP]
Dire Straits—
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1983Dutch Top 40: peak position 5 in week 8 of 1983, 7 weeks in the chart ExtendeDanc"EP"lay : Twisting By The Pool
Dire Straits3:31 -
1985Dutch Top 40: peak position 20 in week 2 of 1986, 8 weeks in the chart Walk Of Life
Dire Straits4:09
All Dutch Top 40 entries of Dire Straits
Source: top40.nl
Together with Alan Clark
In Dire Straits, Alan Clark played with Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, Pick Withers, David Knopfler, Hal Lindes, Terry Williams, Guy Fletcher and Jack Sonni.
Frequently asked questions
Which group does Alan Clark belong to?
To Dire Straits. The page shows the albums and Dutch Top 40 hits of the group from the years of membership, with those years on the timeline. The group is in the side column, with a link to its page.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Dire Straits have while Alan Clark was part of it?
Eleven records made the Dutch Top 40, one of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Private Investigations, which reached number 1 in week 40 of 1982. The graph next to each record shows its run from week to week. This page shows the five biggest; the button below opens all entries.
How many albums by Alan Clark are in the collection?
Alan Clark has no album of their own in the collection, but is on two albums by Dire Straits.
Where can you see and hear Alan Clark?
The Dutch Top 40 entries have a round Spotify button. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify. The music plays in the player at the bottom and keeps going while you browse on, after one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.
