The Hollies
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Report and Interview by Steven Rosen, Los Angeles Free Press, February 1973
FOR THE PAST five years it seems that the Hollies have been laboring under a Sisyphean curse. Every time they latched on to a silver ...
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Interview by James Johnson, Rock's Backpages audio, September 1981
The sweet-voiced Mancunian on his relationship with the Hollies and their reunion; meeting Stills and Crosby and the start of that whole thing; his relationship with Joni Mitchell, and his new healthy lifestyle!
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The Hollies: A Hit Despite Juke Box Jury
Profile by Wesley Laine, Record Mirror, 7 September 1963
AFTER A long-drawn-out success with their 'Just Like Me' hit, the popular Hollies, Manchester's second-biggest chart group, seem to have another of the same calibre ...
Hollie, Hollie, Hollie, Hollie & Hollie & Co. Ltd.
Report and Interview by Sylvia Stephen, Fabulous, 25 April 1964
THE BOARD of directors raced me up the aisle of the West London cinema. "Bet we're at the tea bar before you. Sylvia," they yelled. ...
Graham Nash: My Close-Up On The Hollies
Interview by uncredited writer, Rave, July 1964
HI THERE! Graham Nash talking. I want to bring you right into focus on my mates in the Hollies. Me? I was born in a ...
Report and Interview by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 2 October 1964
LOTS OF PEOPLE said that the Hollies were through because they were taking too long issuing another record. So the Manchester group agreed "We're Through" ...
Interview by Keith Matthews, Record Mirror, 10 October 1964
THE CYNICS are going to say: "Oh not again...!" For the consistent chart riding Hollies are echoing Manfred Mann like phrases. ...
The Hollies: Hollies Get Into No 1 Hit Mood
Report and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 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 ...
Live Review by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 12 March 1965
FOUR NEW TUNES IN THE ACT ...
Report and Interview by Nancy Lewis, Fabulous, 22 May 1965
A one-act play with five swinging scenes by FAB'S Stateside visitor NANCY LEWIS ...
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 2 July 1965
...and tell Keith Altham about it ...
Protest Songs: How sick will they get? asks Alan Smith
Report and Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 24 September 1965
SING A SONG of protest — and you, too, could find yourself there in the charts. Suddenly a whole flood of these let's-put-the-world-right numbers has ...
Hollies' Graham Nash Blasts back at George
Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 17 December 1965
GEORGE HARRISON is probably the friendliest and most easy-going member of the Beatles. But something he said in the NME last week has brought him ...
On Christmas Eve... RSG Goes Out of its Mind!
Report by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 24 December 1965
Reports KEITH ALTHAM who previews the show ...
When Your Favourites Go On Holiday, They Usually Have To Work!
Report and Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express Summer Special, 1966
WHEREVER YOU are on holiday this year... the chances are you may bump into your favourite pop star! Some of the biggest names in the ...
Rave City 66: Groups On The Go Choose The Swingingest Scenes
Interview by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 15 January 1966
And does it prove that what Manchester is today, London can be tomorrow? ...
Profile and Interview by Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 26 February 1966
IF YOU 'Look Through Any Window' you probably won't find a Holly lurking inside but if you try a pop television show, a concert (of ...
The Beatles: 'Paperback Writer'/'Rain' (Parlophone)
Review by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 11 June 1966
IT'S HARD to know what to say about either of these songs. One thing is certain: Ella Fitzgerald and all the gang of real singers ...
The Hollies, Paul & Barry Ryan, Paul Jones: ABC Cinema, Romford
Live Review by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 22 October 1966
HYSTERIA FOR HOLLIES ON TOUR ...
The Hollies, Paul Jones, Paul & Barry Ryan, the Nashville Teens: ABC Cinema, Aldershot
Live Review by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 22 October 1966
FIRST DISAPPOINTMENT to tour-goers on Saturday evening was the tell-tale notice board in the foyer of Aldershot ABC. It stated the Small Faces were unable ...
Hollie Graham Nash Finds His Face!
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 28 October 1966
THE HOLLY WHO has found his face is Graham Nash. For too long the Hollies have been written about as "the faceless wonders of pop" ...
The Hollies: For Certain Because (Parlophone)
Review by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 26 November 1966
HOLLIES MIX MOODS ON LP ...
Report by Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 10 December 1966
ALAN WALSH investigates the WORLD OF THE FEMALE POP FAN ...
The Hollies: Fun and Games with the Nash and Leeds
Interview by Maureen O'Grady, Rave, February 1967
When two pop characters like Gary Leeds of the Walker Brothers and Graham Nash of the Hollies happen to be under the same roof, there ...
The Hollies: Elvis Inspired Hollies Hit
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 25 February 1967
INFLUENCES behind the latest Hollies hit, 'On A Carousel' include Elvis Presley, Bill Haley and "Doddy". At least these were some of the inspirations which ...
The Hollies: All Things Bright and Beautiful
Interview by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 4 March 1967
HOLLIE GRAHAM NASH OUTLINES A POP STAR'S PHILOSOPHY... ...
The Hollies, Paul Jones, Spencer Davis Group: Granada, Mansfield
Live Review by Derek Boltwood, Record Mirror, 18 March 1967
HOLLIES JONES DAVIS TOUR ...
The Hollies: We're As Psychedelic as a Pint o' Beer wi' t' Lads!
Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 18 March 1967
I HAVE NEWS for Hollies fans who think the whole group has suddenly become all psychedelic and way out of sight, baby! It hasn't. The ...
New Albums from the Doors, Country Joe & the Fish et al
Review by Loraine Alterman, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 1967
The Doors: A Fascinating New West Coast Sound ...
Report and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 17 June 1967
TONY HICKS is the young Hollie (21) who has just move into a neat new little mews house of Knightsbridge. ...
Report by Miranda Ward, Hit Parader, November 1967
...from Our Gal In London... Miranda Ward ...
Hollies: The Stones Are Losing Popularity Now
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 30 December 1967
THE HOLLIES have been, for several years, one of the top groups in Great Britain. They have also been one of the most influential groups ...
Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 18 May 1968
He talks about this... his ego... the future... his faith in God... and the Hollies, Scaffold, Paul Jones tour ...
The Hollies, Paul Jones, Scaffold: Granada, Shrewsbury
Live Review by Derek Boltwood, Record Mirror, 25 May 1968
HOLLIES, PAUL, SCAFFOLD ON STAGE! ...
The Hollies, Paul Jones, Scaffold, the Mike Vickers Orchestra: Lewisham Odeon, London
Live Review by David Hughes, Disc and Music Echo, 1 June 1968
HOLLIES tour — puts life into live shows ...
Fingers are crossed for Hollies "stopgap" single
Interview by Royston Eldridge, Melody Maker, 8 March 1969
POP'S MOST consistent hitmakers, the Hollies, are back on the chart trail for the first time without Graham Nash but feeling more of a group ...
The Hollies: Words and Music by Bob Dylan (Epic)
Review by John Mendelsohn, Rolling Stone, 1 November 1969
THE HOLLIES, an institution in British rock since the very early Beatle days, have always been among the most conservative of English groups. They were, ...
The Hollies: Consistent Standards Gain Wider Audiences
Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, December 1969
CONSIDER THE HOLLIES. Consider them carefully. Because they are pretty well unique. In a scene where their attributes of enthusiasm, dignity, courtesy and style are ...
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Nash — The Broadest Grin
Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 3 January 1970
HEADLINES SCREAMED: "Hollies split" — and it turned out that it was Graham Nash who had actually left. That was all. But the cynics decided ...
"I didn't like it at first," says Allan Clarke of the Hollies
Interview by Val Mabbs, Record Mirror, 18 April 1970
ALLAN CLARKE, though far removed from the patter of clogs and constant to-ings and fro-ings of the shift workers heading for t'mill, still remains very ...
CSN&Y: Nash: We May Fight, But Music Wins...
Interview by Vicki Wickham, Melody Maker, 20 June 1970
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH and YOUNG finished their week-long, triumphant stint at the New York Fillmore and were joined for a huge celebration party at the ...
Retrospective by Ken Barnes, Phonograph Record, 1 August 1972
The Hollies Are Back Again ...
The Hollies: No Room For Solo Stars
Profile and Interview by Harold Bronson, Rolling Stone, 18 January 1973
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – The Hollies, one of the original British invaders of the 1960s, are at yet another crossroads. Allan Clarke – one of ...
Review by Ken Barnes, Phonograph Record, March 1973
THE HOLLIES ARE nothing if not resilient. When Graham Nash (long regarded as the key member of the group) left, Allan Clarke and Tony Hicks ...
Review by Greg Shaw, Rolling Stone, 26 April 1973
OF THE FEW groups who have survived since 1963, the Hollies sound fresher and more up-to-date than anyone, with the possible exception of the Beach ...
Review by Bud Scoppa, Phonograph Record, February 1975
ALTHOUGH THEY survived the Sixties pretty much intact and with a substantial stack of notable hit records as their trophies, the Hollies never became the ...
The Hollies: Fairfield Hall, Croydon
Live Review by Ed Jones, Melody Maker, October 1975
THE HOLLIES COULD EASILY BE DREADFUL. If they were even a quarter-tone out of tune, those three-part harmony choruses, supported by the Sixties pop instrumentation, ...
Interview by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 10 April 1976
I NEEDED CONVINCING that the legendary Sixties were really the rich, golden colour painted by those lucky enough to have experienced the action. ...
Report and Interview by Gary Pig Gold, The Pig Paper, December 1977
EVEN THE most punktured newavists will confess, "The Hollies – Yeah, I heard of them". ...
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 5 August 1978
OVER THE years, The Hollies' records have tended to fall into one of three categories: the bright, snappy early '60s pop put together from the ...
Graham Nash: The Winds Of Change
Interview by Dave Zimmer, BAM, 1 February 1980
INTEGRITY, MORE than any other word seems to define what Graham Nash is all about. ...
The Hollies: Cheap Hollidaze in Your Own Back Catalogue
Interview by Richard Cook, New Musical Express, 26 September 1981
THE 'CARRIE-ANNE' BOYS CARRY ON ...
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: The MOJO Interview
Interview by Dave DiMartino, MOJO, November 1999
David is chatting on his earphone, Steve is resting between rounds of golf in Monaco, Graham is boating in Hawaii, and Neil is relaxing down ...
The Hollies: They Ain't Heavy…
Retrospective by Gary Pig Gold, Rock's Backpages, 18 November 2011
NEVER AS NAUGHTY as the Rolling Stones, nor as pin-up perfect as Herman's Hermits; seldom as musically adventurous as the Yardbirds, nitty-gritty as the Animals, ...
10 Unjustly Overlooked British Invasion Albums (1964–1966)
Retrospective by Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado, September 2016
SO MANY artists in the tsunami of music from the U.K. that flooded America in the mid-'60s went on to make extraordinary albums over a ...
Retrospective by Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado, 2017
WITH THEIR EXUBERANT three-part harmony, chiming guitar riffs, and keen sense of what makes a memorable hook, the Hollies created a signature sound. At first, ...
Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Mail On Sunday, 21 July 2018
Graham Nash reveals why he's dating a woman half his age after turning his back on his wife, drugs AND his former bandmates ...
see also Allan Clarke
see also Graham Nash
see also Haydock's Rockhouse
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