Genres: Early Pop/Rock, British Invasion, Merseybeat, Contemporary Pop/Rock, AM Pop Active: 60's, 70's Formed: 1962 in Manchester, England
The Beatles, Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, Doris Troy, The Coasters, The Four Seasons, Roy Orbison, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry, The Beach Boys, Hank Ballard, Arthur Alexander The Zombies, The Searchers, David Crosby, The Kinks, Buffalo Springfield, The Dave Clark Five, The Byrds, Honeybus, Love Affair, The Rockin' Berries, Smokie, Aerovons, The Walker Brothers, Chicory Tip, Badfinger, John Sebastian, Herman's Hermits, The Lovin' Spoonful, Neil Young Let's Active, The La's, The Minders, The Posies, The Raspberries, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Spongetones, Viva Braun, Happy Man, The Springfields, Poverty Stinks, Leusemia, La Ruta, We Are Vikings, Delays, The Playmates, Ric Menck, Ross, The Bears |  |
One of the best and most commercially successful pop/rock acts of the British Invasion, when the Hollies began recording in 1963, they relied heavily upon the R&B/early rock & roll covers that provided the staple diet for countless British bands of the time. They quickly developed a more distinctive style of three-part harmonies (heavily influenced by the Everly Brothers), ringing guitars, and hook-happy material, penned by both outside writers (especially Graham Gouldman) and themselves, eventually composing most of their repertoire on their own. The best early Hollies records evoke an infectious, melodic cheer similar to that of the early Beatles, although the Hollies were neither in their class (not an insult: nobody else was) nor demonstrated a similar capacity for artistic growth.
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Release: October 14, 2008
Label: Magic France
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Release: March 25, 2008
Label: EMI Music Distribution
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