Herman's Hermits
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British musical group; beat rock band formed in Manchester in 1964
Key facts
- Origin
- Manchester , England
- Genres
- Pop beat rock bubblegum
- Years active
- 1963–present
- Labels
- Columbia (EMI) MGM Rak RCA CBS Private Stock Buddah Roulette
- Members
- Barry Whitwam, Jamie Thurston, John Summerton, Tony Young
- Past members
- Peter Noone , Derek Leckenby , Keith Hopwood , Karl Green, See all former members at Band members
- Website
- hermanshermits .co .uk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Genre
- beat music
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.hermanshermits.com
- Image
- Herman's Hermits 1968 US television concert special.JPG
Show 6 more facts
- location of formation
- Manchester
- Commons category
- Herman's Hermits
- inception
- 1963-01-01
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
- name
- Herman's Hermits
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Encyclopedic overview
Herman's Hermits are an English pop rock group formed in 1963 in Manchester and fronted by singer Peter Noone. Known for their jaunty beat sound and Noone's often tongue-in-cheek vocal style, the Hermits charted with numerous transatlantic hits in the UK and in America, where they ranked as one of the most successful acts in the Beatles-led British Invasion. Between March and August 1965 in the United States, the group logged twenty-four consecutive weeks in the Top Ten of Billboard's Hot 100 with five singles, including the two number ones "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" and "I'm Henry VIII, I Am".
Their other international hits in the 1960s include "I'm into Something Good" (their sole UK number one), "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat", the two covers "Silhouettes" and "Wonderful World", "A Must to Avoid", "Listen People", "No Milk Today", "There's a Kind of Hush", "I Can Take or Leave Your Loving", "Something's Happening" and "My Sentimental Friend", all of which were produced by Mickie Most. The band had at least ten Top-10 singles both in Britain and the US. Herman's Hermits also appeared in four films, two of which were vehicles for the band.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Herman's Hermits” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.