I-Hollies iyiqembu lodumo laseBrithani kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1960. Lena enye yamaphrojekthi aphumelele kakhulu ekhulwini leminyaka elidlule. Kukhona ukuqagela ukuthi igama elithi Hollies lakhethwa ukuhlonipha uBuddy Holly. Abaculi bakhuluma ngokugqugquzelwa imihlobiso kaKhisimusi.
Iqembu lasungulwa ngo-1962 eManchester. Emsuka weqembu lehlelo kukhona u-Allan Clark noGraham Nash. Abafana babefunda esikoleni esisodwa. Ngemva kokuhlangana, baqaphela ukuthi umculo wabo owuthandayo uyavumelana.
Esikoleni esiphakathi, abafana baqala ukudlala ndawonye. Babe sebesungula iqembu labo lokuqala, iThe Tow Teens. Ngemva kokuthweswa iziqu, u-Allan noGraham bathola umsebenzi, kodwa abazange bayishiye imbangela evamile. Abaculi bacula njenge-The Guytones ezindaweni zokudlela nezindawo zokucima ukoma.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1960, phezu kwegagasi lesithakazelo ku-rock and roll, abaculi baphenduka i-quartet ethi The Fourtones. Kamuva bashintsha igama labo laba yi-Deltas. Amanye amalungu amabili ajoyine iqembu - u-Eric Haydock no-Don Rathbone.
I-quartet iqhubekile nokudlala emigoqweni yendawo, ivakashela iLiverpool ngezikhathi ezithile. Ibhendi yacula eCavern edumile. Laba baculi baba yizihlabani edolobheni lakubo.
Ngo-1962, i-quartet yaqala ukubizwa ngokuthi i-Hollies. Ngemva konyaka, abaculi babonwa ngumkhiqizi we-EMI uRon Richards. Wamema abafana ukuba bazohlolwa. Kamuva, indawo ye-soul guitarist yathathwa nguTony Hicks. Ngenxa yalokho, waba yilungu elihlala njalo leqembu.
Indlela yokudala ye-The Hollies
Ukusebenzisana nomdidiyeli kwanika abaculi isipiliyoni esikhulu. Amalungu eqembu aqala ukuba matasa phakathi nezinsuku. Ukuhamba njalo, amakhonsathi nezinsuku ekugcineni kusitudiyo sokuqopha.
Leli qembu lihlonishwe abagxeki njengomunye wabaculi abashisa izikhotha kusukela kuThe Beatles. Abaculi beqembu bakwazi ukusebenza nabantu abadumile njengoJimmy Page, uJohn Paul Jones noJack Bruce.
Maphakathi nawo-1960, ibhendi yacula endaweni efanayo nenganekwane ye-rock and roll Little Richard. Ithimba laziwa njengabaculi abasezingeni lomhlaba.
Amaculo ebhendi abe nezinguquko ezincane kuphela iminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-30. Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960, amalungu ebhendi azama ukuqhela emsindweni wawo wendabuko. Ukuze uzwe izinguquko, vele ulalele izingoma ze-albhamu ethi Evolution kanye ne-Butterfly. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi abalandeli abazange bayithokozele imizamo yabakwaHollies kulesi sikhundla.
Iminyaka yawo-1970 yadlula ngaphandle kwezinguquko ezinkulu eqenjini. Ngo-1983, uGraham Nash wajoyina abaculi ukuqopha irekhodi elisha.
Umculo kaThe Hollies
Abaculi bethula ingoma yokuqala ngo-1962. Sikhuluma ngokwakhiwa (Ain't It) Just Like Me - inguqulo yekhava yamaCoasters. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, ithrekhi yathatha indawo ye-25 eshadini lase-UK. Lokhu kwavula amathemba amahle kuleli qembu.
Ngo-1963, abakwaHollies benza i-The Coasters, Searchin, ikhadi labo lokubiza. Futhi ngemva konyaka, ibhendi ngokushesha "yaqhuma" ngengoma ethi Stay Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs.
NgoMashi 1963, ibhendi yashaya i-#2 kumashadi ethi Stay With The Hollies. Ngo-Ephreli, amalungu ebhendi avuka ngempumelelo ngokuhlanganisa ingoma ka-Doris Troy ethi Just One Look.
Ehlobo, i-Here I Go Again yaguqula abakwaHollies baba izithixo zangempela zentsha. Endabeni yokuduma, abaculi bethula enye into entsha - ingoma ethi Siphelile.
Eminyakeni emine eyalandela, amalungu ebhendi ahlasele amashadi ngamaculo anomsindo nanamandla, kanye ne-polyphony ephumelelayo. Baba ngabenzi bamahithi abakhiqiza kakhulu kusukela ku-Beatles.
Maphakathi nawo-1960s, ama-parade ashisa izikhotha ahlanganisa izingoma zabaculi: Yebo Ngithanda, Ngiyaphila futhi Ngibheke Nganoma Iliphi Iwindi. Iqembu alizange likhohlwe nangamakhonsathi. Abaculi bayizivakashi ezivamile zamazwe aseYurophu.
Ngo-1966, abakwaHollies bethula elinye lamaculo abonakala kakhulu. Sikhuluma ngengoma yomculo ethi Bus Stop. Ingoma yalandelwa ukuhlolwa komculo okuholele kumathrekhi: Stop Stop Stop, Carrie-Anne kanye ne-Pay You Back With Interest.
Ushintsho lwenkampani
Ngo-1967, iqembu lashintsha inkampani yabo yaseMelika i-Imperial yaba yi-Epic. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abaculi baqala ukuqopha i-albhamu Butterfly. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, abaculi babezama umsindo.
NgoJanuwari 1969, umculi omusha, uTerry Sylvester, wajoyina iqembu. Ukuqala komculi kwenzeke ku-albhamu eyodwa ethi Sorry Suzanne kanye ne-albhamu ethi Hollies Sing Dylan.
Amalungu eqembu azama ukuhlala ekhiqiza futhi akhulula i-albhamu ethi Hollies Sing Hollies ngawo lowo nyaka. Naphezu kwemizamo yabaculi, abalandeli balibingelele kamnandi iqoqo elisha. Amahithi asekupheleni kwawo-1960s bekungamaculo: Akanzima, Ungumfowethu futhi Angikwazi Ukusho Okuphansi Kusukela Phezulu.
U-1971 waqala eqenjini ngokulahlekelwa. U-Clark ucabange ukuhlala eqenjini ngokungathembisi. Umculi washiya iqembu. Indawo yakhe ithathwe nguMikael Rickfors.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, leli bhendi liphinde lashintsha isitudiyo sokuqopha saseBrithani, sashiya iParlophone Polydor. Lesi sikhathi simakwe ngengoma ethi The Baby. Naphezu kokuthi uClark wafunga ukuthi ngeke aphinde abuyele eqenjini, ngo-1971 wayeseqenjini iHollies.
Yehlisa futhi ukhule ekudumeni kwe-The Hollies
U-1972 waphawulwa ngenani lezingoma nama-albhamu angazange aphumelele. Kuleli gagasi, uRon Richards wanquma ukulishiya iqembu. Lesi sikhathi bekungesona esingcono kakhulu empilweni yeqembu. AbakwaHollies bangena kancane ethunzini. Kodwa ukubuya kwabaculi esiteji kwakufanelekile iminyaka eminingana yokuzola cishe okuphelele.
Entwasahlobo ka-1977, ibhendi yaqopha okokuqala bukhoma ekhonsathini eNew Zealand. Sikhuluma ngeqoqo elithi The Hollies Live Hits. I-albhamu ebukhoma yaba yimpumelelo enkulu e-England.
Isiqalo esihle ngemuva kokunye sigubuzelwe wukwethulwa kwe-albhamu entsha ethi A Crazy Steal. Iqoqo liphenduke "ukwehluleka" futhi u-Clark wahamba futhi. Ngemva kwezinyanga ezingu-6, umculi wabuyela eqenjini futhi.
Ngo-1979, abakwaHollies baphinde bahlangana noRichards ukuze baqophe i-Double Seven O Four enamanzi e-Five Three One. Ngemva konyaka, band washiya umculi Sylvester. UCalvert walandela emasontweni ambalwa kamuva.
Eminyakeni emine kamuva, i-discography yeqembu yaphinde yagcwaliswa ngeqoqo elisha, What Goes Around. Irekhodi libe yimpumelelo ngokuphelele e-United States of America. Kodwa abathandi bomculo wesiNgisi abazange bawuthande. Ukweseka leli qoqo, ithimba liye lavakasha. Babuyela ekhaya engekho uNash. Umculi washiya iqembu.
U-Hollis usayina ne-Columbia-EMI
Ngo-1987, iqembu elihlanganisa uClark, uHicks, u-Elliott, u-Alan Coates (amazwi), uRay Stiles kanye nomculi wekhibhodi uDenis Haynes baphinde basayina ne-Columbia-EMI. Kwaphela iminyaka emithathu, abaculi bakhipha izingoma, okuyinto, ngeshwa, ayizange idonse ukunaka kwabalandeli abangaba khona.
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980 kanye nengxenye yokuqala yawo-1990, ibhendi yakhipha ama-albhamu ambalwa aphumelele. Ukukhishwa kweqoqo ngalinye kuhambisane nokuvakasha.
Ngo-1993, i-EMI yakhipha i-The Air That I Breathe: The Best of the Hollies. Ngaso leso sikhathi, kwakhululwa i-albhamu entsha ethi Treasured Hits and Hidden Treasures. Irekhodi ikakhulukazi liqukethe amahithi amadala.
AbakwaHollies namuhla
Abaculi bethule i-albhamu yabo yokugcina yesitudiyo ngo-2006. Ngalesi sikhathi, abaculi bajikeleza ngenkuthalo.
Kwenzeke isigameko esibuhlungu ngo-2019. U-Eric Haydock (ongumdlali webhesi "wokuqala" weqembu elidumile laseManchester i-The Hollies) ushone ngoJanuwari 5. Odokotela baveze ukuthi imbangela yokufa kwaba wukugula okuthathe isikhathi eside kodwa abashongo ukuthi yikuphi.
Ngo-2020, abaculi bekufanele babe nohambo olukhulu. Ibhendi iluhlehlisile ukuvakasha ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-coronavirus. Izindaba zakamuva ezivela empilweni yeqembu zingatholakala kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni.
