Chlo Zhao Has Looked Into the Void The New Yorker I must have heard The Hollies' Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) on the radio about a million times, and still don't know any of the lyrics. This week in 1972 The Hollies released the classic song Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress (April 17) The song originally appearing on their album Distant Light was credited to Allan "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"is a song written by Allan Clarke, Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, and performed by the British rock group the Hollies. , "Long Cool Woman" is different from most