*** For part of 1965, only the Beatles were more popular than Herman's Hermits. They matched the Beatles by having three songs in the Top Ten at the same time. Noone even made the cover of Time Magazine in 1965.
*** They sold over 50 million records and had seven gold albums and were one of the most popular groups in the mid-60s.
*** On his 21st birthday, Peter Noone married Mireille Strasser, a young French woman he met while vacationing. The remain married to this day.
*** The band broke up in 1971 and Noone pursued a solo career. He still tours with a new band called Herman's Hermits. I would have minded seeing him January 29th.
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Showing posts with label Herman's Hermits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Herman's Hermits. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
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
All of us could learn a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
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
All of us could learn a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Herman's Hermits-- Part 1
We spent last night in Clinton, Iowa at the Frontier Best Western. They had a local paper in the lobby called Clinton County Tidbits and it had an interesting article on Herman's Hermits.
They were one of my favorite groups of the sixties. As a matter of fact, Friday Peter Noone the front man of the group, was playing at Waukegan, Illinois' historical Genesee Theater along with the Grass Roots and Buckinghams. I had to choose between that and the Groundhog Day Dinner Dance.
I think that the very first album I ever bought was either the Herman's Hermits Greatest Hits or Beatles' Rubber Soul. I had to choose between the two and HH won, believe it or not, but they had more big hits on their album.
Some interesting facts:
*** The singer of the Heartbeats failed to show up at a show, and 17-year-old Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone was invited up on stage to sing a couple songs. The Manchester group invited him to join the band. The name was changed to Herman and the Hermits, but usually called just Herman's Hermits.
*** Peter changed his name to Sherman when someone mentioned that he resembled Mr. Peabody's boy on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. However, the name was misunderstood and Herman it became (you know those British accents).
More to Come. Who's Got a Lovely Daughter? --RoadDog
They were one of my favorite groups of the sixties. As a matter of fact, Friday Peter Noone the front man of the group, was playing at Waukegan, Illinois' historical Genesee Theater along with the Grass Roots and Buckinghams. I had to choose between that and the Groundhog Day Dinner Dance.
I think that the very first album I ever bought was either the Herman's Hermits Greatest Hits or Beatles' Rubber Soul. I had to choose between the two and HH won, believe it or not, but they had more big hits on their album.
Some interesting facts:
*** The singer of the Heartbeats failed to show up at a show, and 17-year-old Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone was invited up on stage to sing a couple songs. The Manchester group invited him to join the band. The name was changed to Herman and the Hermits, but usually called just Herman's Hermits.
*** Peter changed his name to Sherman when someone mentioned that he resembled Mr. Peabody's boy on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. However, the name was misunderstood and Herman it became (you know those British accents).
More to Come. Who's Got a Lovely Daughter? --RoadDog
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