The Hollies

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The Hollies
The Hollies at a concert, 2007
The Hollies at a concert, 2007
General information
Genre (s) Pop , rock
founding 1962
Website www.hollies.co.uk
Founding members
Allan Clarke
(1962–1971 + 1973–1999)
Vocals, guitar
 Graham Nash (1962-1968)
guitar
 Jeremy Levine (1962–1963)
Eric Haydock (1962–1966) † 2019
Don Rathbone (1963)
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar
 Peter Howarth (since 2004)
Vocals, guitar
 Tony Hicks (since 1963)
bass
 Ray Stiles (since 1986)
Guitar, vocals
 Steve Lauri (since 2004)
Drums
 Bobby Elliott (since 1963)
Keyboard , vocals
 Ian Parker (since 1991)
former members
bass
 Bernie Calvert (1966-1981)
Vocals, guitar
 Terry Sylvester (1969-1981)
Vocals, bass,
piano , guitar
Mikael Rickfors (1972–1973)
Vocals, guitar
 Alan Coates (1981-2004)
Dennis Haines (1983-1991)
Steve Stroud (1984–1985)
Carl Wayne (2000– † 2004)

The Hollies are a British pop band formed in Manchester , northern England in the early 1960s .

history

The school friends Allan Clarke (born April 5, 1942 as Harold Allan in Salford , Lancashire ) and Graham Nash first appeared as "Two Teen". When Jeremy Levine ( rhythm guitar ), Eric Haydock (born February 3, 1942 in Burnley , Lancashire, † January 5, 2019) and drummer Don Rathbone joined them, they first called themselves "Fourtones", then "Deltas" and finally "The Hollies ". The band's name is a tribute to Buddy Holly . Levine was released from the band in 1963 after coming into conflict with the law. He was replaced by Tony Hicks, who in addition to playing the guitar, also mastered the banjo and keyboard . His voice was also far more pronounced than Levine's. After a few weeks in 1963, the drummer Don Rathbone was finally replaced by Bobby Elliott, who had played with Hicks in the band "The Dolphins".

In 1963 the band signed a record deal with Parlophone , where The Beatles were also under contract. In May 1963 they released their first single, which was also a hit. Her second single became her first Top 10 hit in the UK with the cover version Stay . After releasing three successful singles in a row in 1963, their first LP came out in 1964. From 1963 to 1970, The Hollies had 20 hits in the UK Top 40 . The group mainly recorded self-composed songs by Clarke, Hicks and Nash, some of which were listed under the pseudonym L. Ransford. In addition, the group also recorded various cover versions and also resorted to material that was offered to them by professional songwriters . In 1966, bassist Eric Haydock was replaced by Bernie Calvert, who had also played with Elliott and Hicks on The Dolphins. The Hollies- producer Ron Richards was not very happy with this change and criticized the bass playing of Calvert booklet for CD 20 Song Anthology .

In 1968 Graham Nash left the band, went to the USA and became part of Crosby, Stills and Nash . He was replaced by Terry Sylvester (born January 8, 1945 in Liverpool ), who previously u. a. was at The Swinging Blue Jeans . This new formation finally achieved third place in the English charts in 1969 with Sorry Suzanne . In the same year the LP Hollies Sing Dylan was also released , which placed at position 3 in the British album charts . The pre-release Blowin 'in the Wind reached number 8 in the Netherlands in 1968. In 1970 the group received the bronze Bravo Otto from the youth magazine Bravo through readers' polls .

At the end of 1971, Allan Clarke was temporarily replaced by the Swede Mikael Rickfors . During this time, however, neither the Hollies nor Clarke, who released two solo albums, were successful, and in July 1973 Clarke returned to the band. With another cover version, The Air That I Breathe , they made it to number 2 in the English charts and into the top 10 in the USA in 1974. The original of this song was written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood and first recorded by Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers .

Until the mid-1970s, a series of top hits brought the Hollies high record sales and international audiences. In the following decade the group became quieter and its members changed more and more frequently from then on. Graham Nash made a brief comeback with the Hollies and recorded the Supremes hits Stop in the Name of Love with them .

In mid-1988, the Hollies returned to the UK charts with the re-release of He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother , which was used by a brewery for a TV commercial , and reached number 1 . Ray Stiles, previously the bass player with Mud, was a member of the group . In 1992, The Hollies released a cover version of the Prince song Purple Rain .

In 1999 Allan Clarke withdrew from the music world and left the band. He was replaced by Carl Wayne, who died in 2004. Since then, newcomer Peter Howarth has taken on the lead vocals.

Unlike the Beatles, whose melodic style the Hollies songs often reminded of, the group remained rather reluctant to experiment with style. Instead, they relied on mostly lightweight pop-rock sound and a three-part harmony singing influenced by The Everly Brothers , which became the band's trademark.

Her best-known hits include Bus Stop , Carrie Anne , He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother , Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress and her last international chart success The Air That I Breathe (1974).

On March 15, 2010, the Hollies were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Nash, Sylvester and Clarke were present at the presentation and on stage with some guest musicians, while the current band (with Hicks and Elliott) was indispensable because of a tour.

  • Peter Howarth

  • Tony Hicks

  • Ray Stiles

  • Steve Lauri

  • Bobby Elliott

  • Ian Parker

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1964 Stay with the Hollies - - - UK2 (25 weeks)
UK 		-
1965 Hollies - - - UK8 (14 weeks)
UK 		-
1966 Hear! Here! - - - - US145 (3 weeks)
US
Would you believe - - - UK16 (8 weeks)
UK 		-
Bus stop - - - - US75 (11 weeks)
US
For Certain Because ... / Stop! Stop! Stop! DE33 (1 month)
DE 		- - UK23 (7 weeks)
UK 		US91 (8 weeks)
US
Entry into the US chart in 1967
1967 evolution - - - UK13 (10 weeks)
UK 		US43 (14 weeks)
US
1968 butterfly DE17 (5 months)
DE 		- - - -
1969 Hollies Sing Dylan - - - UK3 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
1970 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - - - - US32 (14 weeks)
US
First published: 1969
Confessions of the Mind / Moving Finger - - - UK30 (5 weeks)
UK 		US183 (2 weeks)
US
Entry into the US chart in 1971
1972 Distant light - - - - US21 (21 weeks)
US
First published: 1971
1973 Romany - - - - US84 (12 weeks)
US
First published: 1972
1974 Hollies DE42 (3 months)
DE 		- - UK38 (3 weeks)
UK 		US28
gold
gold

(23 weeks)US
1975 Another night - - - - US123 (10 weeks)
US
1983 What Goes Around ... - - - - US90 (9 weeks)
US

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

  • 1964: Here I Go Again
  • 1964: In the Hollies Style
  • 1965: In the Hollies Style [EP]
  • 1966: Beat Group!
  • 1966: I Can't Let Go
  • 1967: Dear Eloise / King Midas in Reverse
  • 1967: Love n 'Flowers
  • 1967: Vintage Hollies
  • 1968: King Midas
  • 1969: Hollies Sing Hollies
  • 1969: Words and Music by Bob Dylan
  • 1973: Out on the Road
  • 1975: Write On
  • 1976: Russian Roulette
  • 1976: Hollies Live
  • 1977: A Crazy Steal
  • 1977: Clarke, Hicks, Sylvester, Calvert and Elliot
  • 1977: Everything You Always Wanted to Hear
  • 1979: Five Three One - Double Seven O Four
  • 1980: Buddy Holly
  • 1982: Live
  • 1991: Up Front 1991 News Magazine
  • 1997: Archive Alive!
  • 2006: Staying Power
  • 2010: Then, Now, Always

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1967 The Hollies' Greatest Hits [Imperial 12350] DE20 (4 months)
DE 		- - - US11 (40 weeks)
US
Chart entry in DE in 1968
not identical to the album of the same name from 1973
1968 Hollies' Greatest - - - UK1 (27 weeks)
UK 		-
1973 The Hollies' Greatest Hits [Epic 32061] - - - - US157 (7 weeks)
US
not identical to the album of the same name from 1967
1977 Hollies Live Hits - - - UK4th
gold
gold

(12 weeks)UK 		-
First published: 1976
1978 20 golden greats - - - UK2
gold
gold

(20 weeks)UK 		-
1979 Hello! The Hollies! DE23 (14 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
1988 All the hits and more - - - UK51 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
1993 The Very Best of the Hollies DE83 (7 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
The Air That I Breathe - The Very Best Of - - - UK15th
silver
silver

(7 weeks)UK 		-
2003 Greatest hits - - - UK21st
gold
gold

(5 weeks)UK 		-
2010 Midas Touch - The Very Best Of - - - UK23 (4 weeks)
UK 		-

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More compilations

  • 1967: The Hits of the Hollies
  • 1969: History of British Pop - Vol. 9
  • 1971: Hollies' Greatest Vol. 2
  • 1971: The Best of the Hollies
  • 1972: Beat Album (box with 4 LPs)
  • 1974: The Best of Vol. 2
  • 1974: Tops of the Hollies (2 LPs)
  • 1975: The History of the Hollies - 24 Genuine Top Thirty Hits
  • 1975: Their Twenty Greatest Hits
  • 1975: Pop Chronik (2 LPs)
  • 1976: The Story of the Hollies (2 LPs)
  • 1977: Everything You Always Wanted to Hear By the Hollies But Were Afraid to Ask For
  • 1977: Very Best of the Hollies 1974-77
  • 1978: Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress
  • 1978: The Best of the Hollies EPs
  • 1978: Hello! The Hollies!
  • 1978: The Other Side of the Hollies
  • 1980: The Air That I Breathe
  • 1980: Collection
  • 1981: Gigantes del Pop - Vol. 8
  • 1982: Historia de la Musica Rock 42
  • 1983: Hottest Hits
  • 1983: Hollie's Super Hits
  • 1984: Hollie's Super Hits Volume Two
  • 1985: The Hollies
  • 1986: More Great Hits
  • 1986: Not the Hits Again
  • 1987: The Hit List
  • 1987: The EP Collection
  • 1988: Rarities
  • 1988: 25 Years - The Definitive Collection Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
  • 1990: Epic Anthology: From fhe Original Master Tapes
  • 1990: Love Songs
  • 1990: All-Time Greatest Hits
  • 1992: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
  • 1993: 30th Anniversary Collection 1963–1993 (3 CDs)
  • 1994: Legendary Top Tens 1963-1988
  • 1996: Vol. 1 - French 60's EP Collection
  • 1996: Four More Hollies Original (4 CDs)
  • 1996: 20 Great Love Songs
  • 1997: The Hollies at Abbey Road 1963-1966
  • 1997: The Gold Collection
  • 1997: The Essential Collection
  • 1998: The Hollies at Abbey Road 1966-1970
  • 1998: Original Gold (2 CDs)
  • 2000: Best of the 60's
  • 2000: Best of the 70’s
  • 2002: Here I Go Again
  • 2003: The Long Road Home 1963–2003 (box with 6 CDs)
  • 2004: A's, B's & EP's
  • 2007: The Dutch Collection (CD + DVD)
  • 2007: Finest (2 CDs)
  • 2011: Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years (The Complete Hollies April 1963 – October 1968) (6 CDs)
  • 2011: Lost Recordings and Beat Rarities (box with 10 vinyl singles)
  • 2012: Radio Fun
  • 2014: Original Album Series (5 CDs)

EPs

  • 1964: Stay
  • 1964: Just One Look
  • 1964: We're Through
  • 1964: The Hollies
  • 1965: Come On Back
  • 1965: It's in Her Kiss
  • 1965: Touring / After Leaving You / Interview ( Lucas / Slam Creepers' / The Hollies)
  • 1965: In the Hollies Style
  • 1965: Look Through Any Window
  • 1966: Stop Stop Stop
  • 1966: If I Needed Someone
  • 1966: Tell Me to My Face
  • 1966: Bus stop
  • 1966: Folk Style
  • 1966: I Can't Let Go
  • 1967: You Didn't Have to Be so Nice (with The Lovin 'Spoonful )
  • 1967: King Midas in Reverse
  • 1967: Carrie Anne
  • 1967: On a Carousel
  • 1970: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
  • 1972: Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress
  • 1972: Slow Down
  • 1972: Coraje
  • 1973: Jesus Was a Crossmaker
  • 1973: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
  • 1973: The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy McGee
  • 1975: Hollies
  • 1977: 2 + 2 Vol. 37
  • 1978: Look Through Any Window

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1963 (Ain't That) Just Like Me
Stay with the Hollies 		- - - UK25 (10 weeks)
UK 		-
Searchin '
Hollies' Greatest 		- - - UK12 (14 weeks)
UK 		-
Stay
Here I Go Again 		- - - UK8 (16 weeks)
UK 		-
1964 Just One Look
Here I Go Again 		- - - UK2 (13 weeks)
UK 		US44 (8 weeks)
US
Here I Go Again - - - UK4 (12 weeks)
UK 		-
We're Through
Bus Stop 		- - - UK7 (11 weeks)
UK 		-
1965 Yes I Will
Hollies' Greatest 		- - - UK9 (13 weeks)
UK 		-
I'm Alive
Hear! Here! 		DE16 (1½ month)
DE 		- - UK1 (14 weeks)
UK 		-
Look Through Any Window
Hear! Here! 		- - - UK4 (11 weeks)
UK 		US32 (12 weeks)
US
If I Needed Someone
Hollies' Greatest 		- - - UK20 (9 weeks)
UK 		-
1966 I Can't Let Go
Would You Believe? 		DE30 (1 month)
DE 		- - UK2 (10 weeks)
UK 		US42 (10 weeks)
US
Bus Stop
Bus Stop 		DE9 (2½ months)
DE 		- - UK5 (9 weeks)
UK 		US5 (14 weeks)
US
Stop, stop, stop
bus stop 		DE4 (2½ months)
DE 		- - UK2 (12 weeks)
UK 		US7 (10 weeks)
US
1967 On a Carousel
The Hits of the Hollies 		DE8 (3½ months)
DE 		- - UK4 (11 weeks)
UK 		US11 (14 weeks)
US
Carrie Anne
The Hollies 		DE8 (3 months)
DE 		- - UK3 (11 weeks)
UK 		US9 (13 weeks)
US
Pay You Back with Interest
For Certain Because ... 		- - - - US28 (7 weeks)
US
King Midas in Reverse
Dear Eloise / King Midas in Reverse 		DE31 (1 month)
DE 		- - UK18 (8 weeks)
UK 		US51 (5 weeks)
US
Dear Eloise
Butterfly 		DE8 (2½ months)
DE 		AT2 (2 months)
AT 		- - US50 (8 weeks)
US
1968 Jennifer Eccles
Hollies' Greatest 		DE8 (3 months)
DE 		AT5 (3 months)
AT 		- UK7 (11 weeks)
UK 		US40 (11 weeks)
US
Do the Best You Can
Hollies' Greatest Hits 		- - - - US93 (1 week)
US
Listen to Me
Hollies' Greatest Hits 		DE13 (2½ months)
DE 		- - UK11 (11 weeks)
UK 		-
1969 Sorry Suzanne
History of British Pop - Vol. 9 		DE7 (2 months)
DE 		AT12 (2 months)
AT 		CH1 (11 weeks)
CH 		UK3 (12 weeks)
UK 		US56 (8 weeks)
US
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 		DE9 (3½ months)
DE 		AT16 (3 months)
AT 		CH5 (12 weeks)
CH 		UK1
silver
silver

(29 weeks)UK 		US7 (18 weeks)
US
1970 I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top
Hollies' Greatest Vol. 2 		DE25 (1 month)
DE 		- - UK7 (10 weeks)
UK 		US82 (4 weeks)
US
Gasoline Alley Bred
Hollies' Greatest Vol. 2 		- - - UK14 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
1971 Hey Willy
Hollies' Greatest Vol. 2 		DE19 (11 weeks)
DE 		- - UK22 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
1972 Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
Distant Light 		DE15 (16 weeks)
DE 		- - UK32 (8 weeks)
UK 		US2
platinum
platinum

(15 weeks)US
The baby DE23 (17 weeks)
DE 		- - UK26 (6 weeks)
UK 		-
Long Dark Road
Distant Light 		- - - - US26 (11 weeks)
US
Magic Woman Touch
Romany 		DE32 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - - US60 (8 weeks)
US
1973 The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee
Hollies 		DE45 (1 week)
DE 		- - UK24 (6 weeks)
UK 		-
1974 The Air That I Breathe
Hollies 		DE4 (25 weeks)
DE 		AT3 (4 months)
AT 		- UK2
silver
silver

(19 weeks)UK 		US6th
gold
gold

(21 weeks)US
Son of a Rotten Gambler
25 Years - The Definitive Collection 		DE30 (3 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
I'm down
another night 		DE23 (3 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
1975 Sandy (4th July, Asbury Park)
Another Night 		DE22 (14 weeks)
DE 		- - - US85 (2 weeks)
US
First published: 1974
Another night,
another night 		- - - - US71 (3 weeks)
US
Write On
Write On 		DE31 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
1980 Soldier's Song
All the Hits and More 		- - - UK58 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
1981 Holliedaze
Holliedaze 		- - - UK28 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
1983 Stop in the Name of Love
What Goes Around ... 		DE61 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - - US29 (12 weeks)
US
1988 Stand by Me DE58 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
from the movie The Cat
1989 Find Me a Family
Special Collection 		- - - UK79 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
1993 The Woman I Love
The Air That I Breathe - The Very Best… 		- - - UK42 (2 weeks)
UK 		-

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More singles

  • 1966: After the Fox (with Peter Sellers )
  • 1966: What's Wrong with the Way I Live
  • 1966: Very Last Day
  • 1967: That's My Desire
  • 1967: Kill Me Quick
  • 1967: I'm Alive
  • 1967: That's My Desire
  • 1967: Peculiar situation
  • 1967: Non prego per me
  • 1968: Step Inside
  • 1969: Blowing in the Wind
  • 1969: I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
  • 1970: Too Young to Be Married
  • 1970: Why Didn't You Believe?
  • 1970: Frightened Lady
  • 1972: Man without a Heart
  • 1973: Out on the Road
  • 1973: Don't Leave the Child Alone
  • 1974: Falling Calling
  • 1974: Lonely Hobo Lullaby
  • 1975: Star
  • 1976: Daddy Don't Mind
  • 1976: Boulder to Birmingham
  • 1976: Wiggle That Wotsit
  • 1976: Draggin 'My Heels
  • 1977: Hello to Romance
  • 1977: Amnesty
  • 1977: Burn Out
  • 1977: Writing On the Wall
  • 1979: Something to Live For
  • 1979: Harlequin
  • 1980: Soldier's Song
  • 1980: Heartbeat
  • 1981: Hollies on 45
  • 1981: Take My Love and Run
  • 1981: Holliedaze (A Medley)
  • 1983: I Got What I Want
  • 1983: If the Lights Go Out
  • 1983: Casualty
  • 1985: Too Many Hearts Get Broken
  • 1987: This Is It
  • 1987: Reunion of the Heart
  • 1988: Shine Silently
  • 1989: Baby Come Back
  • 1993: 30th Anniversary 1963-1993 (4-track CD single)

Video albums

  • 2003: The Hollies [DVD EP]
  • 2008: The Beat, Beat, Beat
  • 2011: Look Through Any Window 1963-1975
  • ????: Video History 1964-1988

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1979: for the album The Hollies' Greatest Hits

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 50,000 musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 2,500,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 3 × silver3 Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 0! P- 860,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 3 × silver3 Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg platinum1

literature

  • Irwin Stambler: The Encyclopedia Of Pop, Rock And Soul. 3rd revised edition. St. Martin's Press, New York City 1989, ISBN 0-312-02573-4 , pp. 292f.

swell

  1. ↑ Interview with Graham Nash in Der Tagesspiegel on May 14, 2014 , accessed on May 14, 2014
  2. ↑ For / For changes: English language Wikipedia and official homepage , www.hollies.co.uk (English)
  3. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE Singles DE Albums AT CH UK Billboard 200
  4. ↑ a b The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
  5. ↑ a b c gold / platinum databases: UK US

Web links

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