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Also known as Herman & the Hermits

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
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Record label
Columbia Records
Official website
www.hermanshermits.com
Image
Herman's Hermits 1968 US television concert special.JPG
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location of formation
Manchester
Commons category
Herman's Hermits
inception
1963-01-01
start of work period
1964-00-00
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.