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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".
The video would appeal for a foster family to a homeless child seeking a family. During that same week there would be a longer programme which highlighted the needs of children and the results of the phone in campaign for that week. The theme music for the show was written by Allan Clarke and Gary Benson and performed by The Hollies. The track ...
The Hollies were formed in autumn 1962 by childhood friends Allan Clarke (lead vocals, harmonica) and Graham Nash (rhythm guitar, vocals), who enlisted lead guitarist Vic Steele, bassist Eric Haydock and drummer Don Rathbone for the original lineup. [1]
Allan John Clarke (born 31 July 1946), [1] nicknamed "Sniffer", is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall, Fulham, Leicester City, Leeds United and Barnsley, and won 19 international caps for England.
Hicks then joined Clarke and Nash as the group's in-house songwriting team, who from 1964 to mid-1966 wrote as "Chester Mann" and "L. Ransford" before adopting the Clarke-Hicks-Nash banner. By the mid-1960s the threesome had become responsible for writing most of their songs, including singles hits such as " Stop!
Allan worked for an electronics company in Richardson, Texas, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, which apparently meant he traveled quite a bit (which also caused problems in his marriage ...
On 15 March 2010, Haydock along with Calvert and the other fellow Hollies members Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, Tony Hicks, Bobby Elliott, and Terry Sylvester were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [7] Haydock (2nd from left) guest performs at a Swinging Blue Jeans conert, Parikkala, Finland, 2013
It was a cheerful morning in December of 1908, in Danbury, Connecticut. Clara Clemens, the daughter of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), was out for a sleigh ride with her future husband, Russian ...