YEAR
2010
INDUCTED BY
Steven Van Zandt (E Street Band)
CATEGORY
Performers
Who can resist a catchy hook, rich harmonies and tuneful melodies?
The Hollies’ music featured all of these and more. Their infectious style landed twenty-two singles on the charts, making them one of the most commercially successfully bands of the British Invasion.
Allan Clarke
Bernie Calvert
Bobby Elliott
Eric Haydock
Graham Nash
Terry Sylvester
Tony Hicks
HALL OF FAME
ESSAY
By Andy Schwartz
When good reviews translated into sales, the group was chronically underrated by the music press.
When “rock & roll” became “rock” and moved from singles to albums, the band’s American LPs were carelessly assembled and frequently underpromoted. When creative autonomy was a counterculture byword, they simply recorded the best songs they could find, no matter the source.
They weren’t rebellious or scandalous or even terribly hip.
