The Hollies: Hollies Get Into No 1 Hit Mood
Keith Altham, NME, 7 February 1965
"IT'S GREAT to be Number One you can't get much lower than that!" shouted Graham Nash, as the Hollies invaded the NME offices on Tuesday. They've come close before, but this is their first No. 1.
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