1960: The Hollies

 Jan, 13 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music


800px-The_Hollies_(1965)The Hollies are an English rock group known for their pioneering and distinctive three part vocal harmony style. The Hollies became one of the leading British groups of the 1960s (231 weeks on the UK singles charts during the 1960s; the 9th highest of any artist of the decade) and into the mid 1970s. Formed by Allan Clarke and Graham Nash in late 1962 as a Merseybeat type music group in Manchester, although some of the band members came from towns north of there. Graham Nash left the group in 1968 to form the super group Crosby, Stills & Nash.

They enjoyed considerable popularity in many countries (at least 60 singles or EPs and 26 albums charting somewhere in the world spanning over five decades), although they did not achieve major US chart success until 1966 with “Bus Stop“. Part of the British Invasion to the USA they performed with such greats as Hendrix, Page, Elton John, and Springsteen. The Hollies had over 30 charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, and 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, with major hits on both sides of the Atlantic that included “Just One Look”, “Look Through Any Window”, “Bus Stop”, “I Can’t Let Go”, “On a Carousel”, “Stop Stop Stop“, “Carrie Anne”, “Jennifer Eccles”, and later “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”, “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress” and “The Air That I Breathe”.

They are one of the few British pop groups of the early 1960s that have never officially broken up and continue to record and perform. In recognition of their achievements, the Hollies were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

Guitars outside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame

In 2010, the Hollies were included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[14] The band members inducted were Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks, Graham Nash, Eric Haydock, Bobby Elliott, Bernie Calvert and Terry Sylvester.

It was announced that the band would be reuniting with Graham Nash and Allan Clarke for a live performance at the induction ceremony. However, the current incarnation of the band (with HOF inductees Hicks and Elliott) was unable to reschedule a performance in London to attend. The Hollies were represented at the RRHOF ceremony by Clarke, Nash, Sylvester, Haydock and Calvert. Sixty years after first singing together, Allan Clarke and Graham Nash gave a reunion performance consisting of “Bus Stop”, “Carrie Anne” (accompanied by Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael from Maroon 5), and “Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)” (accompanied by Steve Van Zandt on guitar and Pat Monahan from Train. Terry Sylvester made a surprise and controversial cameo appearance on vocals during this song).

  • Beat
  • pop
  • pop rock
  • psychedelic pop
  • soft rock
  • British Invasion

  • Contemporary Pop/Rock
  • AM Pop
  • Lancashire, United Kingdom
  • Manchester, United Kingdom
  • 1962–present
  • Allan Clarke
  • Anna Maria Mühe
  • Bernie Calvert
  • Bobby Elliott
  • Denis Haines
  • Don Rathbone
  • Eric Haydock
  • Graham Nash
  • Mikael Rickfors
  • Peter Howarth
  • Steve Lauri
  • Terry Sylvester
  • Tony Hicks
  • Vic Steele

Present

  • Peter Howarth – lead vocals, guitar
  • Steve Lauri – vocals, guitar
  • Tony Hicks – vocals, guitars, banjo, mandolin, bass, sitar, keyboards
  • Ray Stiles – vocals, bass
  • Bobby Elliott – drums
  • Ian Parker – keyboards, woodwinds, backing vocals
For Certain Because

For Certain Because (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

  • Stay with The Hollies (1964)
  • In The Hollies Style (1964)
  • Hollies (1965)
  • Would You Believe? (1966)
  • For Certain Because (1966)
  • Evolution (1967)
  • Butterfly (1967)
  • Hollies Sing Dylan (1969)
  • Hollies Sing Hollies (1969)
  • Confessions of the Mind (1970)
  • Distant Light (1971)
  • Romany (1972)
  • Out On the Road (1973)
  • Hollies (1974)
  • Another Night (1975)
  • Write On (1976)
  • Russian Roulette (1976)
  • A Crazy Steal (1978)
  • Five Three One-Double Seven o Four (1979)
  • Buddy Holly (1980)
  • What Goes Around… (1983)
  • Staying Power (2006)
  • Then, Now, Always (2009)
On a Carousel

On a Carousel (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

  • Long Cool Woman 1971 Distant Light
  • He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
  • Air That I Breathe 1974 Hollies
  • Bus Stop 1966 Bus Stop
  • Don’t Let Me Down 1974 Hollies
  • Just One Look 1983 What Goes Around…
  • Stop, Stop, Stop
  • Look Through Any Window 1965 Hear! Here!
  • King Midas in Reverse
  • Carrie-Anne
  • Sorry Suzanne
  • Jennifer Eccles
  • Stay
  • I Can’t Let Go 1966 Would You Believe?
  • Lonely Hobo Lullaby
  • Do You Love Me
  • Long Dark Road 1971 Distant Light
  • I’m Alive
  • The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee 1974 Hollies
  • Too Young to Be Married 1970 Confessions Of The Mind
  • Yes I Will
  • Magic Woman Touch 1972 Romany
  • I’m Down
  • Gasoline Alley Bred
  • The Baby
  • Stop in the Name of Love 1983 What Goes Around…
  • If I Needed Someone
  • Blowin’ in the Wind 1969 Hollies Sing Dylan
  • Pay You Back With Interest
  • Dear Eloise 1967 Butterfly
  • Very Last Day 1965 Hollies
  • We’re Through 1966 Bus Stop

  • Parlophone
  • Epic (US and Canada)
  • RCA
  • Polydor
  • EMI
  • Imperial
  • Capitol (Canada)
  • Graham Nash leaves for Crosby, Stills & Nash
  • http://www.hollies.co.uk/
  • http://www.last.fm/music/The+Hollies
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollies
  • http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-hollies-mn0000087985/biography


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