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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".
They were represented at the RRHOF ceremony by Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, Sylvester, Haydock and Calvert. Elliott and Hicks were unable to attend because they had a prior booking with the Hollies. Elliott and Hicks were unable to attend because they had a prior booking with the Hollies.
In response, Clarke and Nash wrote a more conventional pop song, "Jennifer Eccles" (named after their wives) (Mar. 1968, UK No. 7, US No. 40, Australia No. 13 [11]), which was a hit. The Hollies donated a Clarke-Nash song, "Wings", to No One's Gonna Change Our World, a charity album in aid of the World Wildlife Fund, in 1969.
In 2016, all of Clarke's surviving work for the BBC was released in a two-part DVD/Blu-Ray collection titled Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC. This set included the first official release of the 1976 documentary Bukovsky alongside extensive interviews with many of Clarke's collaborators and contemporaries.
Clarke was born in Short Heath, Willenhall, Staffordshire. [4] He is the third of seven children. Clarke joined Walsall F.C. in 1961 as an apprentice, [5] playing his debut for the Saddlers in October 1963, against Reading. [6] Whilst at the club he scored 46 goals in 82 appearances. [4] He was transferred to Fulham in March 1966 for a fee of ...
Charles Allen Clarke (1863–1935), most widely known as C. Allen Clarke, was an English working-class humorist, novelist, journalist and social investigator from Lancashire. An Independent Labour Party (ILP) member and friend of Robert Blatchford , Clarke succeeded Joseph Burgess as editor of the Yorkshire Factory Times .
Alan Marshall Clark (born May 10, 1957) is an American author and artist who is best known as the illustrator and book cover painter of many pieces of horror fiction. He was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel for his 2005 book Siren Promised (co-written by Jeremy Robert Johnson).
"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.