Allan Clarke

At 82 years old, Allan Clarke has this physical status:

Harold Allan Clarke, born in 1942, is an English pop rock singer who was one of the original members and original lead singer of The Hollies.

He retired from performing in 1999 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

Personal life

Clarke married Jennifer Bowstead in Coventry on March 24, 1964. Tim (born 1966), Toby (b. ), and Tim (b. 1996) have three children. Piper (b. 1969) and Piper (b. 1972 (in the United Kingdom)) The Hollies' song name, "Jennifer Eccles," was a combination of Clarke's wife and Graham Nash's then-wife, Rose Eccles.

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Career

When Harold Allan Clarke and his childhood friend Graham Nash first started performing in Manchester while still at school, they became a unit. Vic Steele (lead guitar) and Eric Haydock (bass guitar) joined the Hollies in December 1962. They added Tony Hicks (replacing Steele on lead guitar) and Bobby Elliott in April 1963 (replacing Don Rathbone on drums). Bernie Calvert replaced Haydock as the bass guitarist in 1966. Clarke was the Hollies' first lead singer, but he also performed occasional guitar and harmonica. They enjoyed 30 chart singles and two more chart entries with re-releases in the United Kingdom, 17 of which made the Top ten, with two – "I'm Alive" (1965) and "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (1988) – landing No. 107. 1.

They had 23 chart singles in the US charts, six of which made it to the Top ten, six of which reached the Top 10. Clarke co-wrote several of the group's songs, mainly with Nash and Hicks, until Nash's departure at the end of 1968. They began using the pseudonym "L. Ransford" for their songwriting credit, then "Clarke-Nash-Hicks" from mid-1966 onwards, a popular British authorship. Clarke and his brother, Eric Clarke, were among the Everly Brothers' recordings of their album Two Yanks in England, which included Everly cover versions of predominantly Hollies songs co-written by Clarke in 1966.

Clarke-Nash-Hicks produced the Hollies' albums For Certain Because (1966) and Butterfly (1967). The Hollies' Greatest Hits compilation in August 1968 debuted on the UK charts.

Clarke began writing solo songs under the company banner in 1967, including "Lullaby To Tim" (dedicated to his son, but performed by Nash), "Heading for a Fall," and "Would You Believe?" Clarke also wrote songs with Nash, including "Tomorrow When It Comes," "Jennifer Eccles" and "Wings" (1968). Following Graham Nash's departure from the club in December 1968, Clarke assumed more of a figurehead role as the front man of the Hollies. Clarke, Hollies Sing Dylan's sole lead singer (a UK No. 8) was Clarke. In early 1969, there was a 3 album.

Clarke is the author of "My Life Is Over With You," "Goodbye Tomorrow," "Not That Way at All," "Marigold" (1969), "Mad Professor Blyth," "Mad Professor Blyth" (1970), "Hold On" and "Hold On" (1971).

Clarke, as a teen, helped Nash's replacement, Terry Sylvester, develop as a writer, co-writing several songs, including "I Wanna Shout," "Man Without a Heart," and "Perfect Lady Housewife" (1970).

Keen wanted to start a solo career after Nash's success in Crosby, Stills & Nash, Clarke, in 1971. Mikael Rickfors, a Swedish musician who was formerly with Bamboo, had him replace him. Clarke also released two solo albums: My Real Name Is 'Arold (Epic, 1972) and Headroom (EMI, 1973).

Clarke left the Hollies with "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress," a song from 1971-1990, in which Clarke co-written with songwriter Roger Cook and on which Clarke sang lead and played lead guitar, became a top-five hit single, peaking at No. 1. In the United States, there are two (their most profitable single ever) and No. 301 (their most popular single ever). In the UK Singles Chart, the 32nd place is at number 32. However, the Hollies toured with Nash's replacement, Sylvester, who assumed the lead vocal on the single rather than Clarke. In July 1973, Rickfors and Clarke rejoined them. "The Day Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee," another of his hits in the fall, was his first single with him back in the fold.

Clarke continued to record and perform solo albums while in the Hollies, but his solo career did not succeed in album or single chart success. In 1974, he released his self-titled third album. I've Got Time (1976) was his next album. On "Breakdown" by The Alan Parsons Project, he also appeared as lead vocals on their 1977 album I Robot. In March 1978, he left The Hollies briefly for the second time, releasing I Wasn't Born Yesterday (1978), an album of original material mainly written with singer-songwriter Gary Benson. In "I Will Be Your") Shadow on the Street," it produced a single chart. In August, he rejoined the company. Legendary Heroes (1980), another largely original set, was renamed in the United Kingdom and track running order changed to The Only One, among other subgroups. He compiled a Best of... collection (Aura, 1981). Reasons to Believe (1990), his last solo album of the twentieth century, was released in Germany on Polydor Records, but it is still unreleased in the United States and UK.

Clarke wrote the majority of the original songs for the Hollies, which were released on a number of studio albums with Tony Hicks and Terry Sylvester from 1974 to 1978.

Clarke released "Someone Else Will" c/w "Castles in the Wind" on Forever Records in 1982, but the song failed to chart. Clarke performed cover versions of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run," "Blinded by the Sun," and "If I Were the Priest." Clarke also used material by Lindsey Buckingham, Janis Ian, Gavin Sutherland, and Randy Newman during this time.

Clarke's last chart success with the Hollies came as a result of Nik Kershaw's "The Woman I Love" album, which debuted in the United Kingdom at No. 66. 42.

Clarke, with the Hollies and Graham Nash, contributed to a new version of "Peggy Sue Got Married" starring lead vocals by Buddy Holly, who was referred to as 'Buddy Holly and The Hollies' in 1996. It was on the Not Fade Away tribute album.

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