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The Hollies – He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
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The origin of the sentence used as the song’s title is disputed. It may be traceable back to 1884.
Released in 1969, the vocalist is Allan Clarke
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The Hollies – Bus Stop
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Written by Graham Gouldman, later of 10cc – he wrote their biggest hit “I’m Not in Love” – mostly on a bus in Manchester.
The Hollies were a significant part of the ‘60s British
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The Hollies – Carrie Anne
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Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo-doo doo / Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo-doo doo / Hey, Carrie Anne / Hey, Carrie Anne / When we were at school, our games were simple / I played the
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The Hollies – Sorry Suzanne
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I can't make it if you leave me / I'm sorry, Suzanne, believe me, I was wrong / And I knew I was all along / Forgive me / I still love you more than ever / I'm sorry, Suzanne, for
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The Hollies – Schoolgirl
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She was a schoolgirl with seven GCE's / And one ambition was to collect degrees / But in the library researching English litt / She met a student who took her mind of it / She was
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The Hollies – Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
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The 1972 hit, one of the last for the Hollies, made it to No. 2 in the USA, but a major shake up in the group prevented it from regaining its 60’s place as one of the top British
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The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe
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The Air That I Breathe is a ballad written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood, initially recorded by Albert Hammond on his 1972 album It Never Rains in Southern California.
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The Hollies – We're Through
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I should be better off without you / You take a pride in making me blue / I'm telling you my friend / It's got to be the end / We're through / I told you time and time again / You
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The Hollies – I Lied
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Only a game had no intention / I pretended it was something wrong / I told her straight if it gets serious / Then I'll go running out that door / Because I've been burned and bound
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The Hollies – I'm Alive
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Did you ever see a man with no heart / Baby, that was me / Just a lonely, lonely man with no heart / 'Til you set me free / Now I can breathe, I can see, I can touch, I can feel
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The Hollies – Stop, Stop, Stop
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The only single by The Hollies that included banjo, “Stop, Stop, Stop” charted well in 1966 on both sides of the ocean and is a great example of their distinctive harmony. The band
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The Hollies – Here I Go Again
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Here I go again / Watch me now 'cause / Here I go again / I've been hurt so much before / I told myself, yes I did / No more, no more won't get hurt any more / There I was all by
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The Hollies – Confessions of a Mind
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She goes away for a couple of days / So you phone a few number you fancy a change / You say you'll miss her but deep down inside / There are thoughts of another girl waiting
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The Hollies – On a Carousel
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One of the many hits The Hollies had in 1967.
This one reached No. 4 in England and #11 in the US. It was the first time Graham Nash sang lead on a hit.
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The Hollies – Dear Eloise
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[Intro] / Dear Eloise, I am writing to say / A number of funny things I heard today / I heard that he's left you and run off to sea / Could be the best thing that's happened to me
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The Hollies – Butterfly
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We met on the shore of a lemonade lake / Weeping willows looked down where we lay / Orange blossoms I smell in your hair / Butterfly, flutter by, butterfly by / Waterfalls send
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The Hollies – Pick Up the Pieces Again
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Evening, I see the sun / Leaving today / Cool night, mellow light / Don't fade away / Your eyes, paradise / What do they say / Leaving, loving / Stay one more day / And after all
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The Hollies – Marigold: Gloria Swansong
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The book I bought yesterday / I started to read / I found a small marigold / Pressed between leaves / And in that small marigold / Well, I found a note / Saying, please won't you
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The Hollies – Love Is the Thing
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Love is the thing / It always comes back to love / In the end / Love is the thing / That brings you closer to a friend / In the end / Love, love, love / Love takes you back / To
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The Hollies – Charlie and Fred
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He rides on his horse and cart, Charlie does / Working from six until nine / Collecting old rags and used bicycles / Old iron of description of any kind / Here comes Charlie
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The Hollies – Witchy Woman
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Raven hair and ruby lips / Sparks fly from her fingertips / Echoed voices in the night / She's a restless spirit on an endless flight / Woo hoo witchy woman / See how high she
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The Hollies – High Classed
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You're high classed / Well, your taste is good / I know I can't love you / Like I know I should / But we've got a good understanding / Ah, we've got us / You wear good clothes
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The Hollies – If I Needed Someone
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If I needed someone to love / You're the one that I'd be thinking of / If I needed someone / If I had some more time to spend / Then I'd guess I'd be with you my friend / If I
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The Hollies – Postcard
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When sand's close at hand / And the sea is touching me / I feel much happier / Than I've ever felt / And a long time goes by / And I'm floating in the sky / And I wish you could be
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The Hollies – Promised Land
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Where where is the promised land / Where where is the promised land / It can't be found in Viet Nam / It can't be where the eagle has landed / If we want peace for every man / We'
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The Hollies – Why Didn't You Believe
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Why didn't you believe in Him / Why didn't you believe / Why didn't you believe in Him / Why didn't you believe / He asked for you to love one another / You turned your back and
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The Hollies – Hold On
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Standing on a corner / Nothing on my mind / When walked past a woman / She looked my kind / I said a hey there woman / What you got to do / She took one look at me and said baby
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The Hollies – I'm Down
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Shook my head out of dreams / Reality's calling / The early bird's been up all morning / But I've got no notion of moving from where I am / Though my legs won't move / I feel
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The Hollies – Leave Me
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Leave me / If it gives you satisfaction / Slander my name all over the place / Don't you have an inclination / You're gonna ruin a reputation / Leave me / Tell me / Now I've got
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The Hollies – Maker
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Days of yellow saffron / Nights with purple skies / Melting in the sunbeams / From my maker's eyes / Mountain-colored lilac / In the distant haze / I would like to lie here
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The Hollies – Passengers
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Home in my bed our sky is alive / With the things that you said they stay in my mind / And I'm glad that my heart is awakened / And now I can feel 'cos life is so precious and
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The Hollies – The Baby
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Words that were spoken in the anger / Of youth only half truth / Touched by the chilbride / While / Deep inside her lie real truth / He was the passion of the spring / He was the
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The Hollies (Ft. Peter Sellers) – After the Fox
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From the the sountrack of the 1966 Peter Sellers film with the same name.
The unique combination of The Hollies and Peter Sellers, produced this unusual crossover,
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The Hollies – Stay
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Well, your mama don't mind / And your papa don't mind / If we have another dance, oh yeah / Just one more time / Oh, won't you stay just a little bit longer / Now please, please
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The Hollies – Write On
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Write on, even though there's no one listening to your songs / Write on / Shine on, get it together, let your light break through / Shine on, baby, shine on / Write on, sitting on
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The Hollies – Don't Let Me Down
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The sun is overshadowed by the presence of the moon / Night time has fallen she'll be comin' home soon / Leave the door wide open, ah, so she won't need a key / Lock it behind you
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The Hollies – Yes I Will
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Yes I will / Yes I will / I'll be true to you, yes I will / I'll be true to you, yes I will / I won't look twice when the other girls go by / I'll be true to you, yes I will
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The Hollies – Wheels on Fire
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This wheel's on fire / This wheel's on fire / This wheel's on fire / If your memory serves you well / We're gonna meet again and wait / So I'm gonna pack all my things / And sit
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The Hollies – Hey Willy
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Hey Willy your mother calls you Billy / Your father calls you silly / But you really are a pretty one / Hey baby you're dressing like a lady / The fellows call you Sadie / But you
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The Hollies – Very Last Day
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Everybody's gonna pray / On the very last day / When they hear that bell / Ring the world away / Everybody's gonna pray to the heavens on the Judgment Day / Well you can sing about
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The Hollies – My Island
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Sailing on a summer breeze, going back to my island / Nearly done my time, my life will be mine once again / The distant past so far behind and I hope there hasn't been many
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