Legendary 60s pop band The Hollies are to be honoured by the prestigious American Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame this year for their impact on the evolution of popular music.
And the group who’ve outlasted many of their contemporaries will prove they are still a force to be reckoned with when they play Aberdeen’s Music Hall on Wednesday, November 10.
Tickets for the city gig cost £23.50 and go on sale to APA Friends this Friday (March 5) and to the general public on Monday (March 8) online at www.boxofficeaberdeen.com, by phone at 01224 641122 and at Aberdeen Box Office at the Music Hall, His Majesty’s Theatre and The Lemon Tree.
According to the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles, throughout the 1960s and 1970s, The Hollies had more hit records than The Beatles. Their singles included He ain’t Heavy, He’s my Brother, Just One Look, Here I go Again, I'm Alive, Bus Stop, Gasoline Alley Bred, Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress and The Air That I Breathe.
The group - Tony Hicks, Ray Stiles, Peter Howarth, Steve Lauri, Ian Parker and Bobby Elliott - still sell out major venues all over the world in their own right and have been presented with The Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.
The Hollies appeared on the BBC’s first Top of the Pops on New Year’s Day 1964, along with The Stones, Dusty Springfield and The Beatles. Friend and colleague Graham Nash left The Hollies to form super group Crosby Stills and Nash in Los Angeles. December 1968.
Elton John played piano on several Hollies hits, including He Ain’t Heavy, which reached No 2 in the charts in 1969; it was re-released in 1988 and went straight to No 1.
