This band was one of the first bands I really became obsessed with. I think I first heard them when I was around 7 and I've been a huge fan ever since.
Its The Hollies!
Although there were lots of 'boy bands' around in the 1960s (and I love almost all of them) the Hollies are something extra special.Their music brings back so many memories from my childhood and early teens, its like my own personal soundtrack.
"The Hollies originated with a duo formed by Allan Clarke and Graham Nash, who were best friends from primary school and began performing together during the skiffle craze of the late 1950s.[2] Eventually Clarke and Nash became a vocal and guitar duo modeled on the Everly Brothers under the names "Ricky and Dane Young."[2] Under this name, they teamed up with a local band, the Fourtones, consisting of Vic Steele (born Victor Winston Farrell, 8 May 1945, Manchester) on lead guitar, Eric Haydock on bass guitar, and Don Rathbone (born Donald Rathbone, October 1942, Wilmslow, Cheshire) on drums.[2] They first called themselves The Hollies for a December 1962 gig at the Oasis Club in Manchester.[2] It has been suggested that Haydock named the group after the green garland for Christmas, but in a 2009 interview, Graham Nash said that the group decided just prior to a performance to call themselves "the Hollies" because of their admiration for Buddy Holly as well.[3] In 2009, Nash wrote, "We called ourselves the Hollies, after Buddy and Christmas."[4]
In January 1963, The Hollies performed at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where they were seen by Parlophone assistant producer Ron Richards, who had been involved in producing the first Beatles session.[2] Richards offered them an audition with Parlophone, but Steele did not want to be a "professional musician" and left in February 1963. [2] For the audition, they replaced Steele with Tony Hicks, who played in a Nelson band called the Dolphins, which also featured Bobby Elliott on drums and Bernie Calvert on bass.[2] Not only were they signed by Richards, who would continue to produce the band until 1979, but a song from the audition, a cover of the Coasters' 1961 single "(Ain't That) Just Like Me", was released as their debut single in May 1963, and hit No.25 on the UK Singles Chart."Wikipedia
And the best thing about The Hollies is, they're still going strong today! They're like an ever lasting gobstopper, it's great.
As much as I'd like too I couldn't possible name a favourite song of theirs because there a just too many that I cherish but I will leave you with this one.
Till next time folks,
Laura Lou x
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