Peter Noone had things figured out. Noone formed Herman’s Hermit’s in 1964, when he was 16. He’d already found some measure of fame in the UK, acting on the long-running soap opera Coronation Street, ...
When British Invasion pop band Herman’s Hermits was starting out in the mid-1960s, it had the simplistic idea that everyone who heard its songs “I’m Into Something Good,” “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat” ...
OK, you don’t even need the word “bloke” to recognize this is a British song. That’s because the engaging young voice that made “Mrs. Brown” famous probably had one of the most unmistakenly ...
In this 50th anniversary year of the British Invasion — that musical and cultural revolution whose more obvious touchstones include the Beatles’ “Ed Sullivan Show” debut on Feb. 9, 1964 — Peter Noone, ...
When British Invasion pop band Herman’s Hermits was starting out in the mid-1960s, it had the simplistic idea that everyone who heard its songs “I’m Into Something Good,” “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat” ...