Editing Graham Nash (section)

===The Hollies===
{{Main article|The Hollies}}
[[File:GrahamNashBexhill300823 (40 of 42) (53155923197).jpg|thumb|Graham Nash at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, Wednesday 30 August 2023]]
[[File:Graham Nash 2012.jpg|thumb|Nash performing in 2011]]
In the early 1960s, Nash co-founded the Hollies, one of the UK's most successful pop groups, with school friend [[Allan Clarke (singer)|Allan Clarke]], and was credited as the group's leader on their first album. He was featured vocally on "[[Just One Look (song)|Just One Look]]" (1964) and sang his first lead vocal on the original Hollies song "To You My Love" on the band's second album ''In The Hollies Style'' of the same year. He often sang featured bridge vocals on later Hollies recordings ("So Lonely", "I've Been Wrong", "Pay You Back With Interest") and provided lead vocals on several later singles, notably "[[On a Carousel]]" and "[[Carrie Anne]]" (both 1967).<ref>{{cite news |last=Lennon |first=Troy |date=1 February 2017 |title=Prolific songwriter Graham Nash still finds his voice with a new generation of fans |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|Daily Telegraph]] |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/prolific-songwriter-graham-nash-still-finds-his-voice-with-a-new-generation-of-fans/news-story/10aa471da2073b4185c46108b5d4fdc1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303190528if_/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/prolific-songwriter-graham-nash-still-finds-his-voice-with-a-new-generation-of-fans/news-story/10aa471da2073b4185c46108b5d4fdc1 |archive-date=3 March 2017}}</ref>

Nash encouraged the Hollies to write their own songs, initially with Clarke, then with Clarke and guitarist Tony Hicks. From 1964 to mid-1966 they wrote under the alias L. Ransford. Their own names were credited on songs from "Stop Stop Stop" from October 1966 onward. In 1965, Nash, with Allan Clarke and guitarist Tony Hicks, formed Gralto Music Ltd, a publishing company which handled their own songs and later signed the young Reg Dwight (a.k.a. [[Elton John]]) who played piano and organ on Hollies 1969 and 1970 recordings.

Nash was pivotal in the forging of a sound and lyrics, often writing the verses on Clarke, Hicks & Nash songs. However, Nash also composed songs by himself under the 'team banner' (like [[Lennon & McCartney]]), including "Fifi the Flea" (1966), "Clown" (1966), "Stop Right There", and "Everything Is Sunshine" (1967). The ''[[Butterfly (The Hollies album)|Butterfly]]'' album included several of his songs that had less group participation and exhibited more of a singer-songwriter approach. He was disappointed when this new style did not register with their audience, especially "[[King Midas in Reverse]]" (Nash and producer Ron Richards clashed over this song because Richards believed it was 'too complex' to work as a hit single).