Perhaps you have heard of The Hollies, and if not today wanted to write them, one of the leading British groups of the 1960s and 1970s known for their distinctive volcal. This group was originally from Manchester, one of the English cities in the early 60's were imposed in London for the creation of new musical talents.
The group was formed in 1962 with the merger of The Deltas and The Dolphins, and was composed by singer Allan Clarke, guitarist Tony Hicks, bassist Eric Haydock, drummer Bobby Elliott and guitarist and singer Graham Nash who got noticed from the first chords of his songs: the vocal harmonies created by Clarke and Nash who were unmistakable and elegant their use of instruments like the banjo and acoustic guitar for your particular rhythmic figures.
By 1963, they began recording their first vinyls. It is its first single (Ain't that) just like me, a version of the Coasters. The song achieved remarkable sales, peaking at number 25 on the British charts. However, for 1967 pop music was changing direction quickly: following the example of The Beatles, many British and American groups began to make stylistic experimentations, while the school of Bob Dylan taught a new vocabulary to all writers as Regarding the letters. The formula of three-minute singles began to be insufficient to take advantage of all the new ideas and rock artists concentrated on the production of albums.
In late 1971 the history of this group seemed to be finished. They had collected 22 hit singles in England, all published by Parlophone (a company EMI). However, in the American market they had not had such overwhelming success, probably because of the lack of publicity or because The Hollies had remained in the shadow of the great successes of The Rolling Stones.
Despite his many hits, today, The Hollies has only a small group of followers of the sixties. In 2010 they entered the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
