Herman's Hermits

Line-Up:
Herman (real name Peter Noone) - born November 5, 1947
Keith Hopwood - born October 26, 1946
Karl Green - born July 31, 1947
Barry Whitham - born July 21, 1946
Derek Leckenby - born May 14, 1946
all from Manchester, England

Peter Noone adopted the name "Herman" due to his similarity with "Sherman", a British TV comic figure +++ The grou, originally performing as The Heartbeats, was discovered by British producer Mickie Most (who also produced the Animals and the Dave Clark Five, among others) in 1964 +++ Their first recording for COLUMBIA reached no. 1 in the UK and no. 13 in the US +++ Further hits followed, proving that the group was even more successful in the US than in their home country +++ Their biggest hits include "Silhouettes", "Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter", "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" (not charted in the UK), "No Milk Today", "There's A Kind Of Hush", "Something's Happening" and "Years May Come, Year's May Go" and many more +++ In 1970 Peter Noone went solo - with moderate success -, causing the group to split up shortly afterwards +++