Biography
Harold Allan Clarke is a retired English pop rock singer, who was one of the founding members and the original lead singer of The Hollies.Harold Allan Clarke and his childhood friend, Graham Nash, began singing together in Manchester while still at school. They formed The Hollies in December 1962 with Vic Steele (lead guitar) and Eric Haydock (bass guitar). In April 1963, they added Tony Hicks (replacing Steele on lead guitar) and Bobby Elliott (replacing Don Rathbone on drums). In 1966, Bernie Calvert replaced Haydock as bass guitarist. Clarke was The Hollies’ original lead singer, but also played occasional guitar and harmonica. In the UK, they enjoyed 30 chart singles, plus two further chart entries with re-releases, 17 of which made the Top 10, with two – “I’m Alive” (1965) and “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” (1988 re-issue) – reaching No. 1. He also performed guest vocals on the 1977 album I Robot by The Alan Parsons Project (most notably, lead vocals on “Breakdown”). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Clarke
Album & Cover
The gatefold cover consists of cartoonish heads with Dada-ist drawings of bowler-hatted and umbrella-appendaged men trying to break free from their self-induced prisons.
Cover Location: Hipgnosis Studio, London, UK
Who Did What: Cover Design – Hipgnosis/C. Elgie. Illustration – C. Elgie
Label: EMI EMA 752(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
| Side One Complete Controllable Man People Of That Kind Fishin’ Who ? Drift Away |
Side Two Shift Lovin’ Lady I Look In Your Eyes Give Us A Song Would You Believe (Revisited |
Credits
Backing Vocals – Margo Newman (tracks: B2)
Bass, Backing Vocals – Dee Murray
Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Tony Newman
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Ray Glynn
Guitar, Vocals, Producer – Allan Clarke
Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals – Kirk Duncan
