The Hollies

Allan Clarke: vocals b. 15 April 1942, Salford, Lancashire, England Graham Nash: guitar and vocals b. 2 February 1942, Blackpool Eric Haydock: bass b. 3 February 1943, Manchester Tony Hicks: guitar b.16 December 1943, Nelson, Lancashire Robert Elliot: drums b. 8 December 1942, Burnley   1961 The origins of this group lies in Allan Clarke (vocals) and Graham Nash (vocals and guitar), who began playing as Everly Brothers imitators, the Two Teens, in their native Manchester. With the addition of Eric Haydock (bass), Don Rathbone (drums), and eventually, Tony Hicks (guitar) they began an evolution that eventually led to the Hollies (named after Buddy Holly).

1963

In January (shortly after the Beatles had released "Please, Please Me"), while the Hollies were performing at the Cavern Club, Ron Richards from Parlophone heard them and added them to that company's growing list of beat groups. Parlophone was ahead of the pack of producers and managers who would soon descend on the North. Like many other groups with northern associations, their earliest releases were covers of American r&b tunes. These were top-ten releases in the United Kingdom this year, but they made little headway in the US, the "big" market and the goal of most performers.

Grantham, January 1966

30 May. "(Ain't that) Just Like Me" [Charts, reaches UK#25] 29 August. "Searchin'" [Charts, reaches UK#12] November: Don Rathbone becomes their road manager and Bobby Elliot becomes their drummer. 21 November. "Stay" [Charts, reaches UK#8]   1964 January.Stay with the Hollies [UK LP UK#2] 27 February. "Just One Look" [Charts, reaches UK#2] 21 May. "Here I Go Again" [Charts, reaches UK#4]

17 September. "We're Through" [Charts, reaches UK#7]

November.In the Hollies Style [US release].

1965

Building on their characteristic tight, nasal harmonies and Nash's high falsetto, they gain further inroads on the US market, first with "Yes I Will" (Goffin-King), and then significantly with "I'm Alive." 28 January. "(I'll Be True to You) Yes I Will" [Charts, reaches UK #9] 27 May. "I'm Alive" [Charts, reaches UK #1] 2 September. "Look through any Window" [Charts, reaches UK #4, US#32] 9 December. "If I Needed Someone" [Charts, reaches UK#20] The success of their releases led to their first US tour in 1965.

1966

January. Hear! Hear! [UK LP] 24 February. "I Can't Let Go" [UK #2] June. Would You Believe [UK LP, reaches UK#16] 23 June. "Bus Stop" [Charts, reaches UK #5] 13 October. "Stop! Stop! Stop!" [Charts, reaches UK#2] October. For Certain Because [UK#23] The Hollies went on to become one of the most successful and long-lived of the mid-sixties beat groups.

Hollies Recording Sessions: http://www.hollies.co.uk/music-archive/session-listing.html
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