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Kettering, OH Fraze Pavilion Thu Jun 27 / 13 Find Tickets
Niagara Falls Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort Fri Jul 05 / 13 Find Tickets
Niagara Falls Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort Sat Jul 06 / 13 Find Tickets
Edmonton Century Casino Fri Sep 13 / 13 Find Tickets
Rama Casino Rama Sat Sep 21 / 13 Find Tickets
Lancaster, PA American Music Theatre Sun Sep 29 / 13 Find Tickets
Biloxi, MS Hard Rock Live Biloxi Sat Oct 12 / 13 Find Tickets
Greensburg, PA The Palace Theatre Thu Oct 24 / 13 Find Tickets
New York, NY B.B. King Blues Club & Grill Sun Dec 01 / 13 Find Tickets
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Herman's Hermits Biography

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Herman's Hermits are an English beat (or pop) band, formed in Manchester in 1963 as Herman & The Hermits. The group's record producer, Mickie Most (who controlled the band's output), emphasised a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image, although the band originally played R&B numbers. This helped Herman's Hermits become hugely successful in the mid-1960s but dampened the band's songwriting; Noone, Hopwood, Leckenby and Green's songs were relegated to B-sides and album cuts. Their first hit was a cover of Earl Jean's "I'm into Something Good" (written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King), which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 13 in the US in late 1964. They never topped the British charts again, but had two US Billboard Hot 100 No.1s with "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" (originally sung by Tom Courtenay in a 1963 British TV play) and "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am" (a British music hall song by Harry Champion dating from 1911, which Peter Noone's Irish grandfather had been in the habit of singing when Noone was young). These songs were aimed at a US fan base, with Peter Noone exaggerating his Mancunian accent; the band was not fond of either song, and they were never released as singles in Britain. In the US, their records were released on the MGM label, a company which often featured musical performers they had signed to record deals in films. The Hermits appeared in several MGM movies, including ''When the Boys Meet the Girls'' (1965) and ''Hold On!'' (1966). They also starred in the film ''Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter'' (1968) and appeared in the 1965 anthology film ''Pop Gear''. Herman's Hermits had three Top 3 hits in the US in 1965, with the aforementioned No. 1 hits and a cover version of Goldie & the Gingerbreads' "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" (US No. 2). They recorded The Rays' "Silhouettes" (US No. 5), Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World" (US No. 4), "Just A Little Bit Better" (US No. 7), and "A Must to Avoid" (US No. 8) in 1965; "Listen People" (US No. 3), George Formby, Jr.'s "Leaning on a Lamp Post," from ''Me and My Girl'' (US No. 9), and the Ray Davies song "Dandy" (US No. 5) in 1966; and "There's a Kind of Hush" (US No. 4) in 1967. On WLS "Mrs. Brown" and "Silhouettes" were 1–2 on 14 May 1965 and exchanged positions the next week, a distinction matched only by The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" during 14 February – 6 March 1964. They appeared on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', ''The Dean Martin Show'' and ''The Jackie Gleason Show''. Continued success in the US proved elusive beyond 1967, although they had as many Top Ten hits in Britain (five) in the period 1967 through 1970 as they had had there in the years of the mid-'sixties when the band were wowing American audiences and British audiences seemed more diffident. By the time the group recorded their final album of the 1960s, ''Rock 'n' Roll Party'', the band's success in the US was history and the album was not released by MGM there. Peter Noone and Keith Hopwood left the band in 1971. Herman's Hermits reunited in 1973 to headline a successful British invasion tour of the US culminating with a standing-room-only performance at Madison Square Garden and an appearance on ''The Midnight Special'' (without Hopwood). Later, a version of the band featuring Leckenby and Whitwam opened for The Monkees on reunion tours of the US. Noone declined an offer from tour organizers to appear, but later appeared with Davy Jones on a successful teen-idols tour.

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Herman's Hermits Albums

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Their Greatest Hits Compilation 2006-06-26 itunes amazon
The Very Best of Herman's Hermits Compilation 2005-05-16 itunes amazon
Best of the 60's: Herman's Hermits Compilation 2004 itunes amazon
Retrospective Compilation 2004 itunes amazon
No Milk Today Compilation 2002-06-03 itunes amazon
The Hermhits Compilation 2002-04-09 itunes amazon
All The Hits Plus More Compilation 2001-07-10 itunes amazon
The Best of Compilation 2001 itunes amazon
The Best of Herman's Hermits Compilation 1999 itunes amazon
Herman's Hermits Compilation 1998 itunes amazon
The Very Best of Herman's Hermits Compilation 1997-10-13 itunes amazon
Original Hits Compilation 1995 itunes amazon
Gold Compilation 1993 itunes amazon
The Best of the EMI Years, Volume 1:… Compilation 1991 itunes amazon
I'm Into Something Good / Silhouettes Single 1984 itunes amazon
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