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Fact #129252

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Short story:

The Hollies score their first UK No1 single with I'm Alive. It will remain on top for two weeks.

Full article:

Graham Nash (guitar/vocals, The Hollies) : The Hollies' music was, of course, a lot lighter than Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young. And the pressures were totally different. In fact, I can't remember much pressure with The Hollies. We were having too good a time. We were five guys who escaped from Manchester, in the north of England. We escaped from the cycle of doing what our fathers did, and what their fathers before them did. You know, work forty years, get a gold watch, and then die. Music saved our ass, so we never really succumbed to the pressure of "What do you do after you've had a Top 10 record?"
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