The Hollies - Magic Woman Touch

Michael Rickfors had taken over the lead vocal role with the Hollies while Allan Clark was off pursuing his solo career.

This song hit #60 in the USA not charting in the UK at all.

It deserved to do better.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• elliot
• calvert
• hicks
• sylvester
• rickfors
• hollies
• magic
• woman
• touch

[macboymike]

this is the awesome sound of summer for a generation of new zealanders, where it topped the charts and is still played on an ongoing basis. The fact that it didn't chart in the us or uk - doesn't mean it wasn't good. It just means it wasn't played and promoted there. Romany was and still is a great album, sure recorded without allan but with a great continuity over it and a full sound with solid songs. It is an aspect of their career - so embrace it if you like it

[dbailey62]

@macboymike I agree. Romany is a great album and while I may upset the purists, I would venture to say that it would not have been nearly as good with Allan. His absence, and the addition of Rickfors, allowed the group to really stretch out. If one compares (for example) the versions of songs from the Rickfors period to those when Allan returned, it is my feeling that Hey Granny, Out On The Road and Trans-Atlantic Westbound Plane were superior without Allan, as great as he is.

[MrSteveUtah]

So,,Where is the guy that sing many of their greatest hit,,He ain't heavy for instance. This is a brilliant song all the same,,But did he leave at some point.

It is annoying how the head of a band leaves and the rest carry on ,and really it is not the same band anymore ,They just carry on with the merits of who they once were as another band,,Frustrating

[dbailey62]

@MrSteveUtah A quick Google will give you all the answers you want and more. Alan Clarke may have been the lead singer of the band but that doesn't make one the head of the band.

[chivela5]

This may not be one of the Hollies best, but at least we get plenty of closeups of cutie Tony, at last!

[vithiamortensen]

I love this beautiful song.

[TENBolt]

@lannykaster1

Totally!!! It was a big hit in NZ!!! It still gets airplay on Classic Hits FM!!!

[ocarrington]

Surprise I really like this Romany album - a little richer sound but I like it alot - I like all Hollies music and I really dont know why I like them so much ... all phases of their music is great to me. :)

[zqzqpj]

Good song, Rickfors does a good job but He will never will replace Alan on lead

[lannykaster1]

EVERYTIME i hear this track...... argh!, WHY was this NOT a hit in England?!?!...... it reached the Top 10 in New Zealand and is, here at least, one of their best known hits

[999YORK]

Hollies had many great hits. This was my favorite. Great group.

[johndynan1]

hollies what can you say a really great band

[goblinking169]

These are the songs that make life complete

[tworist69]

@Aibajunno

I Agree - The Hollies best song by far.