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"Jennifer Eccles" is a single by the Hollies. It was released in 1968 with the B-side "Open Up Your Eyes" on the Parlophone label, Catalogue number R5680. The track reached No.7 on the UK singles chart in March 1968. It was released in the US with a different B-side, "Try It", and reached No.40 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by members of the band with input from their wives and the title is a combination of their names (Allan Clarke's wife Jennifer née Bowstead and Graham Nash's wife Rose née Eccles). After the disappointing chart performance of the psychedelic-leaning "King Midas in Reverse", this song was a return to the popular style that had been commercially successful for the group.

Cash Box praised the song's "simplicity and straightforward happiness."

The name Jennifer Eccles also features in the song "Lily the Pink" by The Scaffold; the reference is an in-joke, as Graham Nash, who left the Hollies in December 1968, sang backing vocals on this recording; Nash had been married to Rose Eccles from 1964 until 1966.

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Other versions

• The independent rock artist E | released a cover on The Hollies tribute album Sing Hollies in Reverse, later rereleasing it on Eels single "Souljacker Part I" (CD 2) and on Useless Trinkets, a collection of Eels (and E) B-sides and rarities.

References

1. "Session Listing". Hollies.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
2. "Sugar Sugar: The Golden Age of Bubblegum Pop". 15 October 2020.
3. "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 2, 1968. p. 30. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
4. "Lily The Pink by The Scaffold". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
5. "Go-Set Australian Charts –22 May 1968". Pop Archives. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
6. Steffen Hung. "The Hollies - Jennifer Eccles". austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
7. "Offiziellecharts.de – Hollies, The – Jennifer Eccles" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see peak chart position, click "TITEL VON Hollies, The"
8. Steffen Hung. "The Hollies - Jennifer Eccles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
9. Steffen Hung. "The Hollies - Jennifer Eccles". norwegiancharts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
10. "The Hollies - Carrie-Anne". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
11. Jennifer Eccles at AllMusic

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