The Hollies

The Hollies are an English pop/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. It was 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 supergroup 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". 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".

Hollies (disambiguation)

The Hollies are an English rock group.

Hollies may also refer to:

Works by The Hollies

  • Hollies (1965 album), an album by The Hollies
  • Hollies (1974 album), an album by The Hollies
  • The Hollies (EP), a 1964 EP by The Hollies
  • The Hollies: 20 Golden Greats, a 1978 compilation album
  • Persons with the surname

  • Eric Hollies (1912–1981), English cricketer
  • See also

  • The Hollies' Greatest Hits (disambiguation)
  • Holli, a singular form for "hollies"
  • Holly (disambiguation), a singular form for "hollies"
  • Hollie (disambiguation), a singular form for "hollies"
  • Hollis (disambiguation)
  • The Hollies (EP)

    The Hollies is the first EP by The Hollies. It was put out by Parlophone in mono with the catalogue number GEP 8909 and released in the UK in early June 1964. The EP entered the British charts on 6 June 1964 and spent 8 weeks there, peaking at #8 on the Record Retailer chart.

    Band originals "What Kind of Love" and "When I'm Not There" were not previously released on an album or single while the covers of "Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It" and "Rockin' Robin" were previously released on the band's debut album, Stay with the Hollies.

    All the tracks from this EP were first recollected on the See for Miles Records compilation The EP Collection in 1987 and have seen several re-releases since then.

    Track listing

    Personnel

  • Allan Clarke - lead singer
  • Bobby Elliott - drums
  • Eric Haydock - bass guitar
  • Tony Hicks - lead guitar, vocals
  • Graham Nash - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • External links

  • E.P. - The Hollies - The Official Hollies Website
  • Notes

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    Romany

    by: Hollies

    Take me home
    Sailing on with Romany
    To and fro on a icy morning
    Feeling calm to have an old friend 'round
    Feeling warm to see the wind blow down
    Take me home
    Where saints and children laughing
    Tell the Dutchman ships are passing
    Feeling safe to reach the harbor sound
    Feeling warm to see the wind blow down
    Take me home
    Leave the galley sailors talking
    Leave the bridge and captain's walking
    Feeling naked on the covered ground
    Feeling warm to see the wind blow down
    The wind blowed
    Down in the moonless light
    The sea was dark
    The breeze was light
    Everyone's thoughts were their own
    Caught by the ocean thief
    The bow hit on a coral reef
    Romany sank like a stone




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