The Hollies worked their way from smoky backstreet clubs to global stardom. Allan Clarke tells Garry Bushell what keeps him going at 81.

20 years after he retired from music to spend time with his family, The Hollies lead singer Allan Clarke has returned with a new solo album Resurgence, due out on September 20 via BMG. Hear the ...

Photo: The Hollies (l to r) Graham Nash, Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks, Bobby Elliott and Eric Haydock, during a visit to Hollywood, California, October 1966. (Archive Photos/Getty Images) ...

Up to this point, The Hollies - despite recording some thoughtful and mature albums - were thought of a singles' bands. But then singer Allan Clarke left for a couple of years.

But when it came to writing "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" with Allan Clarke and Roger Greenaway, Cook was trying to tap into American drinking culture — specifically, the Prohibition era.

When the Hollies released their third U.K. album, Hollies, in September 1965, the group had yet to conquer America as part of the British Invasion. But an increased reliance on original tunes by ...

Their trademark harmonies are absent, Allan Clarke’s voice is near unrecognizable as he takes on what sounds like an American Southern accent, and the arrangement is pure country rock.

He persuaded Allan and Graham to join The Deltas and that was the origins of The Hollies." In 1962 they were playing the Oasis Club in Manchester and the MC asked Allan Clarke what the band was ...

What was your first reaction to the news that the Hollies will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2010? My absolute first reaction was that I was so pleased for my friend Allan Clarke. He’s my ...

The Hollies formed in 1962, first as a duo of Graham Nash and Allan Clarke, before expanding into a full group. Throughout the Sixties, the group notched many major U.K. hits, like “Just One ...