Book cover for The Hollies: Every Album Every Song by Andrew Darlington

The Hollies

Every Album Every Song

2022 Released
160 Pages
2-3 Hours
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Sonicbond PublishingISBN 9781789521597

'The road is long, with many a winding turn, that leads us to who knows where? Who knows where?' Everyone loved The Hollies. They were the 'group's group'. Never confrontational or rebellious, always smartly suited, always smiling. The band had an unbroken run of immaculate pop singles which, while they seldom had that must-buy factor of the latest Rolling Stones or Beatles record, was hallmarked by tight harmonies and unfailing chart sensibility. Throughout the sixties and well into the seventies, everyone had - own up - at least one or two Hollies singles in their collection. No-one begrudged The Hollies their hits. When 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' and 'Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress' became global million-sellers, The Hollies were inducted into The Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame. Graham Nash - by then deep into his second career as part of Crosby, Stills and Nash - was reunited with other members of the outfit, all on stage together in the March 2010 ceremony. This book tells the full story, from the band's origins in Manchester, through the full arc of hits, and the albums - track-by-track, into the twenty-first century, then... now... always.

Andrew Darlington

Ensorcelled by the mystical vinyl codex 'a-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom' at age 8, Andrew Darlington embarked on a lifetime's quest to decipher the magical incantation's profundity, traipsing in not entirely straight lines of zigzag wandering across decades of enchantment. As part of UV Pop, Andrew's own lyrics can be found on the CD See You Later, Cowboy, and a collection of his popular The Eternal Assassin Chronicles have been published by Tule Fog Press (2025). There's also his history of The Yardbirds (2025) published by SonicBond Press, following his books on the Hollies, the Human League and the Small Faces.

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