The Butterfly album included several of his songs that had less group participation and exhibited more of a singer-songwriter approach. However, Nash also composed songs by himself under the 'team banner' (like Lennon & McCartney), for example, 'Fifi the Flea' (1966), 'Clown' (1966), 'Stop Right There', 'Everything is Sunshine' (1967). Nash was pivotal in the forging of a sound and lyrics, often writing the verses on Clarke, Hicks & Nash songs. ' Elton John' – who played piano and organ on Hollies 19 recordings). 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. Their own names were credited on songs from 'Stop Stop Stop' from October 1966 onward. From 1964 to mid-1966 they wrote under the alias L. Nash encouraged the Hollies to write their own songs, initially with Clarke, then with Clarke and guitarist Tony Hicks. 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). He was featured vocally on ' 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.

In the early 1960s, Nash co-founded the Hollies, one of the UK's most successful pop groups, with school friend Allan Clarke, and was credited as the group's leader on their first album.

The family subsequently returned to Salford, where Nash grew up. Graham William Nash was born on 2 February 1942 in Blackpool, to where his mother had been evacuated from her hometown of Salford when World War II began. Nash holds four honorary doctorates, including one from New York Institute of Technology, one in Music from the University of Salford in 2011 and one in Fine Arts from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours List for services to music and to charity. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1997 and as a member of the Hollies in 2010. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

Graham William Nash OBE (born 2 February 1942) is an English-American musician, singer, songwriter, photographer, and activist.

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