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"Bus Stop" is the title of a song recorded and released as a 7" 45rpm Vinyl Single by the British pop band The Hollies . It became a hit in 1966 , reaching #5 in the UK Singles Chart . It was the Hollies' first US top ten, reaching #5 on the Billboard charts in Sept of 1966. It has also been recorded by Herman's Hermits . It was written by UK songwriter and future 10cc member Graham Gouldman , who also penned major hits for The Yardbirds (" For Your Love ") and Herman's Hermits (" No Milk Today "), as well as The Hollies' first venture into the US top 40 with ' Look Through Any Window '. Gouldman has said the opening lines from the song were written by his father, playwright Hyme Gouldman: "My late father was a writer. He was great to have around. I would write something and always show him the lyric and he would fix it for me. You know, he’d say 'There’s a better word than this' – he was kind of like a walking thesaurus as well and quite often, sometimes, he came up with titles for songs as well. 'No Milk Today' is one of his titles, and also the 10cc song 'Art For Art’s Sake'. 'Bus Stop', I had the title and I came home one day and he said 'I’ve started something on that Bus Stop idea you had' and I’m going to play it for you. He’d written 'Bus stop, wet day, she’s there, I say please share my umbrella' and it’s like when you get a really great part of a lyric or, I also had this nice riff as well, and when you have such a great start to a song it’s kind of like the rest is easy. It’s like finding your way onto a road and when you get onto the right route, you just follow it." Graham Gouldman interviewed on "I Write the Songs", BBC Radio Wales, December 25, 2006 REFERENCES |
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