Herman's Hermits-- Part 2

Continuing from Feb. 3rd.

SOME MORE INTERESTING FACTS

*** The drummer was a hairdresser, one guitarist a telephone engineer and a student on the other. The bass player was an engraver. Peter Noone was at student at the Manchester School of Music and Drama and had been on a British TV series.

*** The band was signed to a record deal by Mickie Most, who made Noone the focal point of the group because he thought Peter looked like a young John F. Kennedy.

*** Their first hit was "I'm Into Something Good" which was recorded in 1964 when peter was 17. Then came "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter," "I'm Henry the Eighth I Am," and "There's a Kind of a Hush."

*** "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am" was originally recorded back in 1911 by British music hall star Harry Champion. It was written by Fred Murray and R. P. Weston and the Herman's Hermits recording was the fastest-selling song in history to that point.

Weston also wrote the Henry VIIIth song about Anne Boleyn haunting the Tower of London called "With Her Head Tucked Underneath her Arm." Anne was beheaded.

More to Come. --RoadDog


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