InternetFM.com

Hand Curated Radio

You are here: Home / Archives for The Hollies

The Hollies

Today in Rock History – June 25

by

The Byrds

1966, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Love, Captain Beefheart, The Lovin Spoonful and Percy Sledge all appeared at The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California.

1966, Jackie Wilson was arrested for inciting a riot and refusing to obey a police order at a nightclub in Port Arthur, Texas. Wilson had a crowd of 400 whipped into a frenzy and refused to stop singing when requested to do so by police. He was later convicted of drunkenness and fined $30.

1966, Neil Diamond makes his first appearance on American Bandstand, serenading Dick Clark with “Solitary Man.”

1967, During a north American tour The Jimi Hendrix Experience gave a free afternoon concert in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. They then played another two shows that evening at the Fillmore West.

1967, 200 million people saw The Beatles perform “All You Need Is Love,”  broadcast live via satellite as part of the TV global link- up, Our World. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Graham Nash, Keith Moon and Gary Leeds provided backing vocals.

1969, The Hollies recorded “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.” Elton John played piano on the session.

1969,  Sly & the Family Stone record “Hot Fun in the Summertime.”

1970, Hall & Oates record together for the first time as Whole Oats.

1971, The Allman Brothers Band played at Fillmore East in New York City.

1972, David Bowie performed at Greyhound in London England.

1972, Led Zeppelin’s North American tour stops at the Forum in Inglewood, California.

1977, Marvin Gaye went to number one on the US singles chart with “Got To Give It Up,” his third US chart topper.

1978, The Grateful Dead performed at Autzen Stadium on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene.

1983, The Police scored their fourth UK number one album with Synchronicity, also a chart topper in the US and featuring the singles “Every Breath You Take” and “Wrapped Around Your Finger.”

Born on June 25: Eddie Floyd, soul singer (1935); Clint Warwick, The Moody Blues (1940);  Carly Simon (1945); Allen Lanier, Blue Oyster Cult (1946); Tim Finn, Split Endz, Crowded House (1952); David Paich, Toto (1954), George Michael (1963)

Get more Today in Rock History

Today in Rock History- May 26

by

1964, Marianne Faithful recorded the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards song “As Tears Go By,” accompanied by future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page on guitar and John Paul Jones on bass.

1965, The Isley Brothers release their single “Twist and Shout.”

1966, The Rolling Stones were at number one on the UK singles chart with “Paint It Black,” their sixth chart topping single.

1966, The Who were at the Locarno Ballroom in Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, England.

1966, Recording began for The Beatles’  “Yellow Submarine” at Abbey Road studios in London. Producer George Martin was not available due to a bout with food poisoning. The idea for the song came to Paul McCartney late one evening. “The color yellow came to me, and a submarine came to me,” he has stated. Both John Lennon and Donovan contributed to the lyrics. It was a melody that Paul felt would suit Ringo perfectly.

1968, Pink Floyd, Blonde On Blonde and The Pretty Things all appeared at the OZ Magazine benefit at the Middle Earth Club, Covent Garden, London, England. OZ was a satirical humor magazine, founded by Richard Neville in 1963, and based in Sydney, Australia. In its second and better-known incarnation it became a counter-culture magazine, based in London from 1967 to 1973.

1968, US blues artist Little Willie John died in prison after being convicted of manslaughter. H co-wrote and was the first to record  “Fever,” covered by Peggy Lee in 1958, and “Need Your Love So Bad” covered by Fleetwood Mac. James Brown recorded a tribute album Thinking Of Little Willie John… And A Few Other Nice Things.

1969, John and Yoko began an eight-day “bed in,” in room 1742 of The Hotel La Reine Elizabeth, Montreal, Canada, to promote world peace. They recorded “Give Peace a Chance” in the hotel room, during which Petula Clark can be heard on the chorus. The song was credited to Lennon & McCartney, even though Paul had nothing to do with the record.

1969, The Hollies record “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” with a young Elton John providing piano.

1969, Simon & Garfunkel’s Bookends goes to number one on the American album chart, knocking their own Graduate soundtrack out of the top spot.

1971, The Allman Brothers Band performed at Mile High Raceway in Denver, Colorado.

1972, Ike and Tina Turner appeared at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

Mott the Hoople

1972, Mott The Hoople was on  the verge of splitting up, when David Bowie offered them two of his new songs, “Suffragette City,” which they turned down and “All The Young Dudes,” which they recorded. The song gave the group a number three UK and US Top 40 hit.

1972, The first day of the four day UK festival The Great Western Express near Lincoln featuring The Faces, Joe Cocker, Humble Pie, Slade, The Groundhogs, Ry Cooder, Don McLean, Brewers Droop, plus a special appearance by Monty Python.

1973, The Beatles “1967-1970″album went to number one on the chart.

1973, The Edgar Winter Group went to number one on the singles chart with “Frankenstein,” the bands only chart topper, and a number 18 hit in the UK. The group featured former McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer.

1974, KISS performed at Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington.

1975, Rush appeared at the Paramount Theatre, Portland, Oregon.

1976, Aerosmith played at Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

1977, Billy Powell, singer with The O’Jays died of cancer.  Originally known as The Triumphs, and then The Mascots. They took the name “The O’Jays,” in tribute to radio disc jockey Eddie O’Jay.

1977, The Grateful Dead performed at the Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

1978, On Irish television this day, a program called Youngline a series for young people highlighting their interests. It included a feature on a new pop group, The Hype, soon to be renamed U2.

1978, Neil Young appeared at The Boarding House in San Francisco.

1979, “Sunday Girl” gave Blondie their second UK number one hit single. The track was taken from the group’s Parallel Lines, which went on to become the biggest selling album of 1979.

1979, The first day of the two day Loch Lomond Festival featured The Stranglers, Dr Feelgood, Skids, Third World, The Dickies. Day two featured The Average White Band, Buzzcocks, Rockpile and The Boomtown Rats, who played “I Don’t Like Mondays” live for the first time.

1983, David Bowie performed at the Amphithéâtre de Fréjus, Fréjus, France.

1994, Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley. The couple divorced in 1995. They had first met when the seven-year-old Presley attended several of Jackson’s concerts in Las Vegas.

1995, The Rolling Stones played two semi-acoustic concerts at the Paradiso Amserdam over two days. Keith Richards later said that the Paradiso concerts were the best live shows the Stones ever did. The venue is housed in a converted former church building that dates from the nineteenth century, subsequently squatted in 1967 by hippies who wanted to convert the church into an entertainment club. Artists who have recorded concerts at the Paradiso include Joy Division, Willie Nelson, Phish, Nirvana, The Cure, Lenny Kravitz, Nick Cave, Dave Matthews and Amy Winehouse.

2002, The first episode of At Home With The Osbournes was shown on MTV in the UK. Already becoming a hit in the the US, the show focused on the madman, his wife Sharon, and two of their three children. Oblivious to the camera, they bicker, squabble, curse and hang out backstage at Ozzy shows.

2009, A US judge ended a bitter two-year battle over the late soul singer James Brown’s estate. Judge Jack Early ruled half of his assets will go to a charitable trust, a quarter to his wife and young son, and the rest to his six adult children. Brown’s family and wife Tomi Rae Hynie Brown, had fought over his fortune since he died of heart failure in 2006.

Born on May 26: Peggy Lee (1920); Miles Davis (1926); Levon Helm, The Band (1943); Garry Peterson, Canadian-American drummer, The Guess Who, Bachman–Turner Overdrive (1945); Mick Ronson, David Bowie, Mott the Hoople (1946); Stevie Nicks (1948); Hank Williams, Jr. (1949);  Marian Gold, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, Alphaville (1954); Lenny Kravitz (1964); Alan White, English drummer, Oasis,  Starclub (1972); Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, Fugees (1975)

Get more Today in Rock History

Today in Rock History – March 14

by

rolling-stones-19641964, For the first time in British recording history, all Top Ten singles in the UK were by British acts. Number one was “Anyone Who Had A Heart” by Cilla Black. Number two – “Bits and Pieces” by The Dave Clark Five. At number three,  “Little Children “Diane” by The Bachelors. Number five, “Not Fade Away” by The Rolling Stones. Number six- “Just One Look” by The Hollies, while “Needles and Pins” by The Searchers was at number seven.  Number eight belonged to The Merseybeats with “I Think Of You.” Number nine – “Boys Cry” by Eden Kane, and rounding out the top ten, “Let Me Go Lover” by Kathy Kirby.

1968, The promotional film for “Lady Madonna” was broadcast in black and white on Top of the Pops on UK television. The video portion of the film clip was shot while The Beatles were performing the song “Hey Bulldog,” but the “Lady Madonna” audio track was paired with the video for the promo release.

1969, The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded a live concert in Amsterdam, Holland for Fan Club,” a Dutch TV show.

1970, Pink Floyd performed at Meisteringer Halle in Nurnberg, West Germany.

1970, Simon & Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water enters the second week of a ten week run atop the US album charts.

1971, The Rolling Stones played the last night of a 9-date UK tour at the Roundhouse, London.

1971, The Grateful Dead played at Camp Randall Field House on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

1972,  Carole King and producer Lou Adler  wins a Grammy for “It’s Too Late” as Record of the Year, and Tapestry wins a Grammy as Album of the Year. King also took home a statue for Songwriting for “You’ve Got A Friend,” while Carly Simon wins a Grammy as Best New Artist.

don't shoot-elton john1973, Elton John was at number one on the singles chart with “Crocodile Rock.”

1981, Eric Clapton was hospitalized with bleeding ulcers, causing a US tour to be cancelled. He was back in hospital five weeks later after being involved in a car crash.

1981, Roxy Music were at umber one on the UK singles chart with their cover of the John Lennon song “Jealous Guy.”

1982, Metallica made their live debut when they appeared at Radio City in Anaheim, California.

1991, American songwriter Doc Pomus died. With Mort Shuman he wrote many early ’60s hits including, “A Teenager in Love,” “Save The Last Dance For Me,” “Sweets For My Sweet,” “Can’t Get Used to Losing You,” and “Viva Las Vegas.”

Born on March 14: Quincy Jones (1933); Loretta Lynn (1940); Walt Parazaider, Chicago (1945);  Jim Pons, The Turtles (1946)

Get more Today in Rock History

Today in Rock History – March 5

by

1965, The Rolling Stones kicked off their fifth UK tour at The Regal Theatre, Edmonton, London. A 14-date package tour with The Hollies, The Konrads and Dave Berry and the Cruisers.

1966, Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass went to number one on the album chart with Going Places.

1966, Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler started a five week run at number one on the singles chart with “Ballad Of The Green Berets,” it made number 24 in the UK.

1967, The Lovin’ Spoonful appeared at the Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia.

1967, Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck, The Ryan Brothers and Lee Dorsey all appeared at the Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, England. Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles leased the theatre in 1965, presenting both plays and music shows. The venue became notorious for its Sunday night concerts.

1969, Yes played at the Marquee Club, London.

1970, John Lennon and Yoko Ono check into the London Clinic. Later in the month the couple begin a primal-scream course led by therapist Dr. Arthur Janov. Lennon starts writing songs, such as “Mother” and “Isolation” – that will appear on Plastic Ono Band.

1971, Led Zeppelin started a 12-date Thank You tour for British fans appearing at the clubs from their early days and charging the admission price from 1968. The first show was at The Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the first public performance of “Black Dog,” “Rock and Roll,” “Going To California,” and “Stairway to Heaven” from the forthcoming Zoso album.

1972, The Allman Brothers Band performed at the Long Beach Civic Arena, Long Beach, California.

1972, The Grateful Dead played at San Francisco’s Winterland Arena.

1973, the former US manager of Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jeffrey was one of 68 people killed in a plane crash in France. Jeffery was en-route to a court appearance in London related to Hendrix.

1975, Rod Stewart met Swedish actress, Britt Ekland at a party in Los Angeles, the couple went on to have a high profile love affair.

1975, Rush played at the Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, Georgia.

1976, David Bowie appeared at Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri.

1977, AC/DC performed at the County Cricket Ground, Northampton, England.

1977, Barbra Streisand started a three week run at number one on the singles chart with “Love Theme From A Star Is Born,” her second chart topper. The Eagles were at number two with “New Kid In Town” and The Steve Miller Band was third with “Fly Like An Eagle.”

1981, The Grateful Dead played at Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

belushi-animal-house1982, actor and singer John Belushi died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin. Belushi was one of the original cast members on Saturday Night Live, played “Joliet” Jake Blues in The Blues Brothers and also appeared in the film Animal House. His tombstone reads “I may be gone, but rock n roll lives on.”

1983, Aerosmith appeared at the Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

1985, Eric Clapton performed at the Wembley Arena, London.

1992, R.E.M. cleaned up in The Rolling Stone Music Awards winning Album of the year, for Out Of Time, Artist of the year, Best Single for “Losing My Religion,” Best Video for “Losing My Religion,” and Best Band, Best Guitarist and Best Songwriter awards.

1995, Viv Stanshall of The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band was killed in a house fire. The English singer-songwriter, painter, musician, author, and poet is best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his surreal exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, and for narrating Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells.

2002, The first episode of The Osbournes TV show was aired on MTV in the US. Focusing on the madman and his wife Sharon, and two of their three children. Oblivious to the camera, they bicker, squabble, curse and hang out backstage at Ozzy shows.

2005, A commemorative plaque for the The Jimi Hendrix Experience was unveiled in Loisin-sous-Lens. Hendrix had appeared at The Twenty Club when it opened in 1967. It was his first European tour where he was totally unknown. Club owner Rikki Stein stated: “The place was packed and at the end of ’Wild Thing’, his first number, there was total silence. The entire audience just stood there, open-mouthed. They’d never seen or heard anything like it in their life.”

Born on March 5: Richard Bell, pianist, Full Tilt Boogie Band, The Band  (1948); Eddy Grant, The Equals (1948); Alan Clark, keyboards, Dire Straits (1952); Andy Gibb (1958); John Frusciante, guitarist, Red Hot Chili Peppers (1970)

Get more Today in Rock History

Today in Rock History – December 30

by

kinks-shindig-19651965, The Kinks, The Who, Manfred Man, The Hollies and Gerry and the Pacemakers all appeared on the TV pop show Shindig!

1966, Pink Floyd and Soft Machine played at the UFO presents Night Tripper at the Blarney Club, London, England.

1967, John Lee Hooker performed at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, Michigan.

1967, The Beatles scored their 15th number one with “Hello Goodbye.” Gladys Knight and the Pips were at number two with “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” and The Monkees in the third spot with “Daydream Believer.”

1968, Led Zeppelin appeared at Gonzaga University Gymnasium, Spokane on their first North American tour supporting Vanilla Fudge.

1969, Peter Tork quit The Monkees, buying himself out of his contract, which left him broke.

1969, Yes played at the Van Dike Club, Plymouth, England.

1971, Hawkwind appeared at Public Hall, Wallington, London.

1972, Seventh Sojourn by the Moody Blues is the number one album entering the final week of the year.  It resided for five weeks there until being knocked off by Carly Simon’s “No Secrets.”

1972, Brownsville Station, Sha-Na-Na and Bruce Springsteen (who was the opening act), all appeared at the Ohio Theatre, Columbus, Ohio.

1974, Wishbone Ash and Brownsville Station played at Palmer auditorium at Palmer Junior College in Davenport, Iowa.

1975, Aerosmith performed at the Sports Arena in San Diego, California.

1976, Elvis Presley appeared at the Omni Coliseum, Atlanta.

1977, Rush played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.

elp-live1978, Emerson Lake and Palmer announced their official break up.

1980, Molly Hatchett played at the Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida.

1982, ZZ Top appeared at the Convention Center in Tucson, Arizona.

1985, The Grateful Dead performed at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, in Oakland, California.

1986, Members of the Neville Brothers sat in during the second set of the Grateful Dead’s concert at the  Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland, California.

1999,  Former Beatle George Harrison is stabbed four times in the chest during an attempted robbery early in the morning at his home at Henley-Upon-Thames, near London. The 56-year-old musician and his wife Olivia struggle with the intruder and are able to subdue him until the authorities arrive.

2002, The funeral of former Clash singer and guitarist Joe Strummer took place in London. Strummer had died of a suspected heart attack on Dec 22nd, aged 50.

2012, A rare copy of a Beatles LP signed by all four members sold for the sum rejected at auction in Sussex a few weeks earlier. Chris Collins, from Eastbourne, and his sister, Liz Chambers, from Worthing, initially turned down a £12,000 for a copy of the album, Please Please Me. They had hoped to get £15,000 for the LP, which was given to their late father during a drinking session. However, the siblings later accepted the £12,000 from private buyers. The album cover was signed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, after they used it as a drink coaster during a card game in 1963.

Born on this December 30: Bo Diddley (1928); Del Shannon (1934); Kenny Penifallo, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (1940); Michael Nesmith (1942) Davy Jones (1945): Patti Smith (1946); Clive Bunker, drummer, Jethro Tull (1946); Jeff Lynne, ELO (1947);  Jon Theodore, The Mars Volta,  Queens of the Stone Age (1973)

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress” by The Hollies

by

By the time this song had hit the charts in 1972, The Hollies were already on their second career having survived the setback of having two key members leaving the group. Throughout the sixties, they released indelible singles like “Bus Stop,” “Stop Stop Stop,” “Look Through Any Window,” “Carrie Anne” and “Jennifer Eccles” before original member Graham Nash left to join David Crosby and Stephen Stills. By the time of this #2 single in 1972, the band changed record labels after original member Allan Clarke left. As was standard practice back then, their old record label dug up “Long Cool Woman” from the album “Distant Light” resulting in yet another chart renaissance with hits like “The Air That I Breathe” (featuring Elton John on piano) to follow. Allan Clarke would soon rejoin the group in 1973 in time for this 1975 clip is from the British TV show “Supersonic” featuring Marc Bolan of T. Rex introducing the band.

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – The Jukebox Series #99 – The Hollies: “Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)” b/w “Look What We’ve Got” Epic 5-10871

by

hollieslongcoolwoman45hollieslookwhat45

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – The Jukebox Series #99 – The Hollies: “Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)” b/w “Look What We’ve Got” Epic 5-10871

By the time today’s jukebox classic hit the charts in 1972, The Hollies were already on their second career having survived the setback of having two key members leave the group. Throughout the sixties, they released indelible singles like “Bus Stop,” “Stop Stop Stop,” “Look Through Any Window,” “Carrie Anne” and “Jennifer Eccles” before original member Graham Nash left to join David Crosby and Stephen Stills to form CSN.

By the time of this #2 single in 1972, the band changed record labels (from Epic to Polydor) after original member Allan Clarke left. In fact, today’s single lacks The Hollies’ patented harmonies because the track was originally intended to be a Clarke solo recording. The rest of the band gave Clarke an ultimatum that he could either remain a member of the Hollies or have a solo career, but not both.

Clarke: “I think with me the band feared that if I got a hit I’d leave. How can you stop destiny? Now, if they originally agreed, I might not even have left. ‘Long Cool Woman’ would have been released a year earlier, and we’d have done a few tours of the States and maybe would have been really big.” (Rolling Stone via Songfacts.com)

The song was written in about five minutes time by Clarke with Roger Cooke and Roger Greenway who both also wrote The Seekers’ hit “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing.” The group was intentionally paying homage to Creedence Clearwater Revival who had disbanded around the time of the recording session, and Clarke based his vocals on CCR’s recording of “Green River.”

Clarke ultimately opted to leave the band and go solo, and as was standard practice back then, their old record label dug up “Long Cool Woman” from the Distant Light album which had been out almost a year in the UK but was not released in the US until after Clarke’s departure. The song was released to compete with the Hollies’ first release for Polydor Records featuring Clarke’s replacement Mikael Rickfors.

“Long Cool Woman” climbed all the way to the #2 position on the charts selling over two million copies worldwide making it the group’s best showing in the US. Personnel on the album included Allan Clarke on lead vocals and guitar, Tony Hicks on guitar and vocals, Terry Sylvester on guitar and vocals, Bernie Calvert on bass and Bobby Elliot on drums. The album shot up to the #21 position on the charts based on the performance of today’s jukebox classic and its follow-up single “Long Dark Road,” which charted at #26.

The band were able to participate in yet another chart renaissance with hits like “The Air That I Breathe” (featuring Elton John on piano) after the group’s two Polydor albums sank without a trace here in the states, and Allan Clarke rejoined the group in 1973 (forcing Rickfors out).

The group recorded and released their last album for Epic Records in the US in 1975 featuring a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” which went nowhere as a single. Shortly thereafter, Epic Records gave up on the band in the US, although they continued to release material in the UK and tour. They were inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame in 2010 and the current line-up of Tony Hicks, Bobby Elliott, Ray Stiles, Ian Parker, Peter Howarth and Steve Lauri continue to record and tour today.

“The Jukebox Series” focused on the 80 records that currently inhabit my 1963 Seeburg LPC1 jukebox. I’ve had my jukebox (or as I like to call it “the prehistoric iPod”) for a little over twelve years and in that time I’d like to think that I’ve perfected the mix of 45s within. Over the years, records have come and gone out of the ranks of the juke, but they were all at one time juke-worthy. I’ve decided to expand “The Jukebox Series” to include many of the “juke-worthy” records that are no longer currently in the mix, but at one time inhabited a coveted slot.