Graham Gouldman wrote a batch of hits at the core of the British invasion. The Yardbirds, Herman’s Hermits, and The Hollies all recorded the Manchester teenager’s songs. By day, he worked at a ...

In the new horror movie Heretic, Hugh Grant’s character Mr. Reed plays the Hollies’ ’70s-era hit single “The Air That I Breathe” while allowing that his chosen victims might not recognize the song.