The Hollies "Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress"

 


This week's Sunday Special.  

From May 11th, 1973, on "The Midnight Special" here are The Hollies with their hit song "Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress".  The band was formed during the British Invasion of popular music, in 1962, in Manchester, England.  Lead guitarist Tony Hicks and drummer Bobby Elliott have been with the band since the beginning.  The core of the band actually stayed together between 1962 and 1981.  So, this 1973 lineup features Hicks and Elliott who briefly left the band but then rejoined in mid-1973.  In this specific lineup of the band, it includes Tony Hicks on lead guitar, Allan Clarke on rhythm guitar and vocals, Bernie Calvert on bass and keyboards, and Mikael Rickfors on lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, and harmonica.


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