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Allan Clarke - vocals (born April 5th 1942, Salford) Tony Hicks - lead guitar/vocals (born December 16th 1943, Nelson) Graham Nash - rhythm guitar/vocals (born February 2nd 1942, Blackpool) Eric Haydock - bass guitar (born February 3rd 1943, Stockport) Bobby Elliott - drums (born December 8th 1942, Burnley)
The Hollies were one of the most consistently popular groups of the beat era. Apart from their first release in May 1963, all of their singles during that period entered the British Top Twenty. They came from Manchester, Clarke and Nash had been childhood friends had sung together in several groups and as a duo named Ricky and Dane, and their Everlys-influenced harmonies remained the characteristic feature of The Hollies' sound. They became "The Fourtones" in 1962 with the addition of Haydock and drummer Don Rathbone. Further name-changes occurred later in the year when they called themselves The Deltas, before settling on The Hollies (taking the name from fifties rocker Buddy Holly). In early 1963, the group was signed to EMI's Parlophone label by producer Ron Richards after he saw them perform at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. Shortly before entering the studio for their first session 17 year-old guitarist Tony Hicks joined. Bobby Elliott replaced Rathbone shortly after the first record was released. The first few releases were fairly ordinary covers of R'n'B songs. But "Just One Look" began a long run of hits in a more harmony-based pop style that was better suited to their talents. Haydock left in 1966 and Nash in 1969 to be replaced by Bernie Calvert and Terry Sylvester (ex The Escorts and The Swinging Blue Jeans) respectively. In terms of producing hit records, The Hollies proved to be Britain's third most popular group throughout the sixties, only The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were more successful. Singles (63-70) May '63 (Ain't That) Just Like Me/ Parlophone R 5030 UK#25 Aug '63 Searchin' Parlophone R 5052 UK#12 Dec' 63 Stay Parlophone R 5077 UK#8 Feb '64 Just One Look Parlophone R 5104 UK#2 May '64 Here I Go Again Parlophone R 5137 UK#4 Sep '64 We're Through Parlophone R 5178 UK#7 Jan '65 Yes I Will Parlophone R 5232 UK#9 May '65 I'm Alive Parlophone R 5287 UK#1 Aug '65 Look Through Any Window/ Parlophone R 5322 UK#4 Dec '65 If I Needed Someone/ Parlophone R 5392 UK#20 Feb '66 I Can't Let Go Parlophone R 5409 UK#2 Jun '66 Bus Stop Parlophone R 5469 UK#5 Oct '66 Stop, Stop, Stop Parlophone R 5508 UK#2 Feb '67 On A Carousel/ Parlophone R 5562 UK#4 May '67 Carrie-Anne/ Parlophone R 5602 UK#3 Sep '67 King Midas In Reverse/ Parlophone R 5637 UK#18 Mar '68 Jennifer Eccles/ Parlophone R 5680 UK#7 Sep '68 Listen To Me/ Parlophone R 5733 UK#11 Feb '69 Sorry Suzanne/ Parlophone R 5765 UK#3 Sep '69 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother/ Parlophone R 5806 UK#3 Apr '70 I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top/ Parlophone R 5837 UK#7 Sep '70 Gasoline Alley Bred/ Parlophone R 5862 UK#14 E.P.s Jan '64 The Hollies - Parlophone GEP 8909 Mar '64 Just One Look - Parlophone GEP 8911 Jun '64 Here I Go Again - Parlophone GEP 8915 Oct '64 We're Through - Parlophone GEP 8927 Apr '65 In The Hollies Style Parlophone GEP 8934 Nov '65 I'm Alive - Parlophone GEP 8942 Jun '66 I Can't Let Go - Parlophone GEP 8951 L.P.s Jan '64 Stay With The Hollies Parlophone PMC 1220 Nov '64 In The Hollies Style Parlophone PMC 1235 Oct '65 The Hollies Parlophone PMC 1261 Jun '66 Would You Believe? Parlophone PMC/PCS 7008 Dec '66 For Certain Because Parlophone PMC/PCS 7011 Selected Re-issues
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1990 |
All Time Greatest Hits - . Just One Look/ Look Through Any Window/ Bus Stop/ Stop, Stop, Stop/ On A Carousel/Carrie Anne/ Dear Eloise/ He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother/ Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)/Long, Dark Road/The Air That I Breathe/Another Night |
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1993 |
30th Anniversary Collection - Ain't That Just Like Me/Hey What's Wrong With Me/Searchin'/Whole World Over/Stay/Now's The Time/I Understand/Just One Look/Keep Off That Friend Of Mine/Here I Go Again/Baby That's All/We're Through/Come On Back/Yes I Will/Nobody/I Can't Get Nowhere With You/I'm Alive/You Know He Did/She Gives Me Everything I Want/Look Through Any Window/So Lonely/If I Needed Someone/I've Got A Way Of My Own/You In My Arms/I Can't Let Go/Bus Stop/Don't Run And Hide/After The Fox/Stop, Stop, Stop/Pay You Back With Interest/Kill Me Quick/On A Carousel/We're Alive/Carrie Anne/Signs That Will Never Change/King Midas In Reverse/Everything Is Sunshine/Dear Eloise/Jennifer Eccles/Open Up Your Eyes/Wings/Like Everytime Before/Do The Best You Can/Man With No Expression/Listen To Me/Sorry Suzanne/Not That Way At All/He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother/Cos You Like To Love Me/I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top/Gasoline Alley Bred/Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)/Long Dark Road/The Air That I Breathe/Woman I Love/Nothing Else But Love/Purple Rain |
