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Harold Allan Clarke (born 5 April 1942) is an English rock singer, who was one of the founding members and the original lead singer of the Hollies.He achieved international hit singles with the group and is credited as co-writer on several of their best-known songs, including "On a Carousel", "Carrie Anne", "Jennifer Eccles" and "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress".
Allan Clarke's hard-edged rocker "Hey Willy" made No. 22 in the UK in 1971 and charted in eight other countries. Like Graham Nash before him, frontman Allan Clarke by 1971 was growing frustrated, and he too began clashing with producer Ron Richards over material; after seeing Nash's success since departing, he was eager to leave the group and ...
The Hollies are an English pop/rock band from Manchester.Formed in December 1962, the group originally included vocalist Allan Clarke, lead guitarist Vic Steele, rhythm guitarist and vocalist Graham Nash, bassist Eric Haydock and drummer Don Rathbone.
Singer Allan Clarke left The Hollies after the release of their previous album A Crazy Steal in 1978. During his absence, the band worked with Gary Brooker of Procol Harum. They recorded his (and Keith Reid) song "Harlequin" with B. J. Wilson on drums, due to the illness of the Hollies’ drummer Bobby Elliott.
In 1981, the current line-up of The Hollies broke up after the departure of long-time guitarist Terry Sylvester and bassist Bernie Calvert. [1] Remaining members singer Allan Clarke, guitarist Tony Hicks and drummer Bobby Elliott invited founding Hollies' members Eric Haydock (bass) and Graham Nash to perform on the British TV show Top Of The Pops, where they played the current medley-hit ...
Their own names were credited on songs from "Stop Stop Stop" from October 1966 onward. In 1965, Nash, with Allan Clarke and guitarist Tony Hicks, formed Gralto Music Ltd, a publishing company which handled their own songs and later signed the young Reg Dwight (a.k.a. Elton John) who played piano and organ on Hollies 1969 and 1970 recordings.
"Jennifer Eccles" is a single by the Hollies. It was released in 1968 with the B-side "Open Up Your Eyes" on the Parlophone label, Catalogue number R5680. The track reached No.7 on the UK singles chart in March 1968.
"Stop Stop Stop" is a song by British pop group the Hollies [2] that was written by group members Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks, and Graham Nash. The song was the band's first to credit Clarke, Nash and Hicks as songwriters, as all their previous original songs had been published under the collective pseudonym "L. Ransford" (or simply "Ransford").