BH: But even in those days, Roger — you're tipping a pint and you got "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress." RC: Yeah. BH: The song was pretty much a global hit — eventually.

With their song about an F.B.I. agent, a raid and an eye-catching woman, the British band the Hollies came up with their biggest U.S. hit.

"Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)" was released on 1971's Distant Light, three years after Graham Nash's departure from the Hollies. The song was a move away from the harmony-rich pop the group ...

Song Contest Winners; Rules and Deadlines; Meet the Judges; ... ,” “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress,” “I Just Want to Dance With You” (which was written with John Prine, ...

British hit songwriters Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, who had also written the Hollies‘ 1972 hit “Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress),” and songs for Engelbert Humperdinck, Deep Purple ...