Terry Sylvester is one of five people from Liverpool, England who have been inducted into Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. He grew with the other four...John, Paul, George and Ringo.
Terry started his Rock n' Roll career as a teenager with a band called The Escorts. He then joined The Swinging Blue Jeans who had a huge hit with Hippy Hippy Shake.
In 1968, The Hollies called and asked Terry to join them when Graham Nash left the group. While with The Hollies, Terry co-wrote and was part of many Top 10 hits including: “Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)”, “He Ain't Heavy (He's My Brother)”, “Sorry Suzanne” and “The Air That I Breathe”.
In 1981, Terry left The Hollies to start a successful solo career. He and The Hollies were inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. Terry currently tours North America and Europe, performing many great songs and telling stories of his career.
The Hollies is a British beat and pop band that formed in the early 60s. Initially they had a squeaky-clean image and were famous for their rich vocal harmonies, rivaling those of The Beach Boys. Between 1964 and 1969, only two Hollies songs failed to reach the UK Top 10. Their most famous member was Graham Nash, who left in 1968 to form the folk supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash. Two of the core members, drummer Bobby Elliott and lead guitarist Tony Hicks, still perform with The Hollies into the new millennium.
Frequent releases during the mid-60s included many cover versions of popular songs, as well as a few group-penned hits and many songs written especially for them by professional songwriters.