About this title: While Herman's Hermits will undoubtedly never get the critical respect afforded other British Invasion groups like the Beatles, the Who, the Rolling Stones, or the Kinks, as a group they weren't as silly as most people remember them. OK, maybe they were -- certainly when on camera -- but they and their producer Mickie Most had the good sense to pick solid songs to cover (the Goffin & King nugget "I'm into Something Good," "Silhouettes," originally done by the Rays, and Sam Cooke's great "Wonderful World"), which allowed them to sustain a hit-making career long past the end of chart action for ...
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Description: BRAND NEW. In the early 60s, Manchester was developing a thriving scene for beat music and Peter Noone, though not yet 16, was a DJ in Club El Rio and also singing in local clubs. He recalls, "Herman's Hermits was originally called Pete Novac and the Heartbeats because we were a tribute band to Buddy Holly and the Crickets. I wore glasses to look like Buddy Holly when I sang, and someone in a pub shouted, 'You don't look like Buddy Holly, you look like Sherman from The Bullwinkle Show' and ... read more
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