"""Mrs Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" and ""I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"" were both Number Ones in the USA in 1965 for which band formed in Manchester in 1962, although neither was released as a single in this country?"
"antique, but that's about it."" In ""The Spinning Image"", Graeme Clark described the film as ""something of an improvement on the Hermits' previous movie, ""Hold On!""...The songs are better...what you're left with is an artefact that was not intended to last down the ages, but has anyway."" Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (film) Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter is a 1968 British musical comedy film starring Peter Noone. The film showcases the British rock band, Herman's Hermits, and is their second and final feature film, following ""Hold On!"" in 1966. In ""Mrs. Brown, You've Got a"
"of the decade (after the Beatles' ""Hey Jude"" and ""Get Back""). The Hermits never released the track — or their other US 1965 number one, ""I'm Henry VIII, I Am"" — as a single in their native Britain. ""Mrs Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" was recorded as an afterthought in two takes and featured unique muted lead and rhythm guitar by Derek Leckenby and Keith Hopwood and heavily accented lead vocals by Peter Noone, with backing vocals from Karl Green and Keith Hopwood. The band never dreamed it would be a single let alone hit number one in the"
"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, which singer 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,"
"Heartbeat"", ""Leaning on a Lamp Post"", ""Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"", ""A Must to Avoid"", ""You Won't Be Leaving"", and ""I'm Henry VIII, I Am"" (the last said at the time to be ""the fastest-selling song in history""). Leckenby soloed on ""Henry"", and Hopwood played rhythm guitar on ""Mrs. Brown"". Despite the group's competent musicianship, some subsequent singles employed session musicians – including Big Jim Sullivan, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Vic Flick and Bobby Graham – with contributions from the band, although the role of session players on Herman's Hermits records has been exaggerated in the rock"
"Manchester), guitar; Derek Quinn (born 24 May 1942, Didsbury, Manchester), guitar and harmonica; Peter Birrell (born 9 May 1941, Wythenshawe, Manchester), bass; and Bernie Dwyer (11 September 1940, West Didsbury, Manchester – 4 December 2002, Cheadle, Cheshire), drums. Although the band was grouped as a part of the Merseybeat sound phenomenon that the Beatles exploded around the world in the wake of Beatlemania, they came from Manchester. Prior to becoming a singer, Garrity had worked as a milkman in Manchester. They had four Top 10 UK hits: a cover of James Ray's hit ""If You Gotta Make a Fool of"
"singer and mastermind of the acid jazz band Jamiroquai. In 1965, on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100, a unique hat-trick of consecutive number 1s took place in the spring, all from Mancunian pop groups. Freddie and the Dreamers spent two weeks at the top with ""I'm Telling You Now"" (April 10–24), Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders one week with ""Game of Love"" (24 April-1 May), and finally Herman's Hermits with ""Mrs Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"", a further three weeks (1–22 May), a total of six weeks, an achievement never matched even in the UK Top 50. Manchester's main"
"with Noone exaggerating his Mancunian accent. In the US, their records were released on the MGM label, a company which often featured musical performers signed to record deals in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 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 four Top 3 hits in the US in 1965, with the aforementioned No. 1 hits, ""Listen People"" (US No. 3), and ""Can't You Hear"
"The Gentrys The Gentrys were an American band of the 1960s and early 1970s, best known for their 1965 hit ""Keep on Dancing"". A cover by the Bay City Rollers charted No. 9 in the UK in 1971. Follow-up singles charted outside of the Top 40: ""Every Day I Have to Cry"" (1966), ""Spread It On Thick"" (1966), ""Cinnamon Girl"" (1970), ""Why Should I Cry"" (1970), ""Wild World"" (1971), and a 'Bubbling Under' ""Billboard"" chart entry, ""Brown Paper Sack"" (#101, 1966). The seven-member group of Treadwell High School (Memphis, Tennessee), alumni included Bruce Bowles (vocals), Bobby Fisher (saxophone, keyboards), Jimmy"
"promoted The Beatles' first tour. Between April and May 1965, a hat-trick of Manchester-based acts, all Kennedy Street artistes, enjoyed an unprecedented consecutive six week spell at No. 1 on the US Hot 100, with Freddie and the Dreamers spending two weeks at the top with ""I'm Telling You Now"" (10–24 April), Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders one week with ""Game of Love"" (24 April-1 May), and then Herman's Hermits a further three weeks with ""Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" (1–22 May). Lisberg spent much of his early career globe-trotting with Herman's Hermits, who capitalized on a string"
"Tour"", MGM released ""Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" in April, 1965. It immediately went to #1 on the US Billboard chart. The album itself peaked on the Billboard 200 chart at #2, and remained on the chart for 40 weeks. The album was not released in the UK until September, 1965. As was customary at the time, UK album releases did not have any singles on them. The UK version peaked at #16, and was only on the charts for two weeks. In his retrospective review of the album's release, Richie Unterberger for AllMusic gave the album a"
"under the Gentrys name is a gospel family quartet of no relation to the original band. The Gentrys The Gentrys were an American band of the 1960s and early 1970s, best known for their 1965 hit ""Keep on Dancing"". A cover by the Bay City Rollers charted No. 9 in the UK in 1971. Follow-up singles charted outside of the Top 40: ""Every Day I Have to Cry"" (1966), ""Spread It On Thick"" (1966), ""Cinnamon Girl"" (1970), ""Why Should I Cry"" (1970), ""Wild World"" (1971), and a 'Bubbling Under' ""Billboard"" chart entry, ""Brown Paper Sack"" (#101, 1966). The seven-member group"
"scene entitled ""Knees Up Mother Brown"". On the back of the painting Harris describes the scene as ""The Costers' Party on the 100th Anniversary of Ma Brown"". This indicates that this song must have been inspired by, or arose from, the costermonger community of London. Both Robert and Harris Weston drew inspiration from London's cockney culture for many of their songs, some of which were often sung in a cockney accent. These include Robert Weston's ""What a Mouth"", which was recorded as a pop song by Tommy Steele in 1960, and ""I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"" (with Fred Murray),"
"at the same time. That got to number thirteen. “Can't You Hear My Heartbeat”, there were no other instruments. That got to number two. “Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter” got to number one. “I'm Henry the VIII”. Number one. “A Must to Avoid”. Number eight. “Listen People”. “Leaning on the Lamppost”. That's six in the top ten with Jimmy Page or anybody else not involved! Another seventy of the tracks on the albums is only the Hermits. I think I worked it out, and I think in only thirty percent of all the songs ever recorded the Hermits"
"Hopwood, Peter Noone and Karl Green. He admired their record producer Mickie Most, but was bothered at times by Most's use of session musicians on the band's mid-career hits, despite the Hermits' more-than-acceptable skills as players. Leckenby played on all the band's US and UK Number One hits and provided the solo on ""I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"". Karl Green commented on VH1's ""My Generation-Herman's Hermits"" that Most's use of session musicians on some of the band's records was unfair to Leckenby in particular. During the 1970s and 1980s, Leckenby tried to set the record straight with the rock"
"hit, the sticker was eliminated and the cover was changed to read, with correct title, ""Including 'Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter"". Herman's Hermits (album) Herman's Hermits (sometimes called Introducing Herman's Hermits) is the debut album of the band Herman's Hermits, first issued in 1965. As was typical of the time, the album's contents were different on the UK and US releases. UK albums did not have any singles included. The success of Herman's Hermits first single, ""I'm Into Something Good"", #1 in the UK and #13 on the US Billboard Hot 100, led to a US release of"
"record with 1965's ""Keep on Dancing"". Before becoming The Gentrys, they were known as just ""The Gents."" Their production manager told them that if they did not change their name, then they would not succeed in the music industry. Later, after the leader of the group Larry Raspberry left, Hart took over and they had a few minor hits, most notably ""Why Should I Cry"" and a cover of Neil Young's ""Cinnamon Girl"", but were never able to match the success of ""Keep on Dancing."" Hart and the band were successful in the Memphis area nightclub circuit. The group was"
"Hermits ""played on a lot of their records, and some they didn't."" The group played on all their US and UK No.1 hits (""I'm into Something Good"", ""Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"", and ""I'm Henry VIII, I Am""), on most of their Top Ten US singles, on a number of other singles and most album cuts. According to Peter Noone, Leckenby played the muted lead on ""This Door Swings Both Ways"". The riff in ""Silhouettes"" has been variously credited to Jimmy Page, Big Jim Sullivan and Vic Flick; however, according to Keith Hopwood and Karl Green, Leckenby replaced"
"Flores, Emi Fujita, Girls, Nina Gordon, Herman's Hermits (as the B-side of ""I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am""), Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann (released on the b-side to Eurovision Song Contest winner song 1963; Dansevise), Satoko Ishimine, Joni James, Cyndi Lauper, Brenda Lee, Vic Dana, Lobo, Julie London, Claudine Longet, Loretta Lynn, Al Martino, Johnny Mathis, Anne Mattila (in Finnish as ""Maailmain""), Imelda May, Maywood, John Mellencamp, Anita Meyer, the Mills Brothers, Ronnie Milsap, Dorothy Moore, Mud, Anne Murray, Leigh Nash, Nomeansno, Patti Page, Helen Shapiro, Anne Shelton, Vonda Shepard, Nancy Sinatra, Sonia, the Tokens, Twiggy, Twinkle, Sharon Van Etten, the"
"The Toggery Five The Toggery Five were an English freakbeat band from Manchester, England that was formed in the midst of the Manchester Beat scene. The band emerged as other popular British acts like The Hollies and The Dakotas were also coming to prominence in Manchester. They were the first band to record ""I'm Alive, which inspired The Hollies to also record the song. The band released two singles, but never were able to achieve success outside of the local scene or in the United States. Still, the band members went on to perform in more prominent musical acts. In"
"Hertfordshire, where he played in various school bands and met his soon-to-be bandmates, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek. Originally, the group played on Friday nights at the local American teen club, mostly doing acoustic covers of Crosby Stills and Nash tunes. The original drummer was a classmate, Dave Atwood. America signed a recording contract with the British division of Warner Bros. Records and found success in 1972 with ""A Horse with No Name."" Beckley wrote and sang America's 1972 top ten hit ""I Need You"" and its 1975 number one hit ""Sister Golden Hair"" as well as its top 20"
"favorite rock band was The Beatles. In July 1965, Sylvia and Jenny Likens were living with their mother, Betty, in Indianapolis. During that time, Betty was arrested and jailed for shoplifting. Lester Likens, who had recently separated from his wife, arranged for his daughters to board with Gertrude Baniszewski, the mother of the girls' new friend Paula Baniszewski (aged 17) and Paula's six siblings, Stephanie (15), John (12), Marie (11), Shirley (10), John Jr. (8), and few-months-old Dennis Lee Wright Jr. During her early time with the Baniszewski family, she would sing with Baniszewski's daughter, Stephanie. Although the Baniszewskis were"
"The Magic Lanterns The Magic Lanterns were an English pop rock group formed in Warrington, Lancashire. They formed in 1962 as The Sabres, playing locally in Manchester and changing their name a few years later. They signed to CBS Records after releasing the single, ""Excuse Me Baby"", which charted at #44 in the UK in 1966, and a few singles later they put out an album, ""Lit Up"". In 1968 they switched to Atlantic Records and released their first US hit, ""Shame, Shame"", which hit #29 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart and peaked on #3 on Canada's RPM Charts."
"The Honeycombs The Honeycombs were an English beat/pop group, founded in 1963 in North London, best known for their chart-topping 1964 hit, the million selling ""Have I the Right?"" The band was also notable for having Honey Lantree on drums, one of the few female drummers in bands at that time. The original group members were: The group started in November 1963 as an amateur band founded by Martin Murray. Its members were Murray, a hairdresser, his salon assistant Honey Lantree, her brother John and two friends. Originally they called themselves the Sheratons. The group played dates in the West"
"three former members of The John Barry Seven :- Jeff Bannister (lead vocals and organ) (born Jeffrey Bannister, 7 January 1943), Dave Green (sax, clarinet and flute) and Stan Haldane (bass) together with Pete Burgess (guitar) and Vic Sweeney (drums). They played American R&B and soul and played the same club circuit as Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames and Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers. In 1965 Tony Hatch signed to them to Pye Records but their first single ""Can't Let Her Go"" / ""I'm The One"" did not chart. In 1966 Green was replaced by John Helliwell and"
"London. Brown had already experienced substantial mainstream success, having led and performed with his group The Left Banke, which had made the U.S. charts with the Brown-penned singles ""Walk Away Renee"" (#5, 1966) and ""Pretty Ballerina"" (#15, 1967). The two set about becoming a Beatlesque band. They recruited New Yorkers Love and Madey and located an interested record label in Kama Sutra. A self-titled album and a single – ""I'm Coming Home"" (#42, 1972) – followed. Afterward, the band started work on their second LP with producer Eddie Kramer, ""About Us"" (1973). After the album's release, Brown left the band"
"Among the new personnel, included Mick Abrahams and Clive Bunker, founding members of the band, Jethro Tull. Paul Young became lead singer with Mike and the Mechanics and died of a heart attack in 2000. The Toggery Five The Toggery Five were an English freakbeat band from Manchester, England that was formed in the midst of the Manchester Beat scene. The band emerged as other popular British acts like The Hollies and The Dakotas were also coming to prominence in Manchester. They were the first band to record ""I'm Alive, which inspired The Hollies to also record the song. The"
"late 1964 and early 1965 they broke through with their late 1965 single ""Keep on Running"", which knocked The Beatles off the number 1 position in the UK in January 1966. Two more UK hit singles followed during 1966 alongside two highly successful albums, before the November 1966 release of their own composition ""Gimme Some Loving"" – the group's masterpiece and one of the great recordings of the 1960s. This and its 1967 Winwood-written follow up ""I'm a Man"" were top 10 hits on both sides of the Atlantic selling over a million copies and adding a huge fanbase in"
"the middle of the 8th inning. The song also plays at the end of the 3rd quarter at FirstEnergy Stadium during every Cleveland Browns game, and is also played at Cleveland Cavaliers games at Quicken Loans Arena. During games it is common for fans to yell ""O-H-I-O!"" following the chorus. Hang On Sloopy ""Hang On Sloopy"" is a 1964 song by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns, originally titled ""My Girl Sloopy"". It peaked at number 1 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number 5 on the UK Singles Chart. According to Rick Derringer, the original version of Sloopy was"
"Great Britain where it spent two non-consecutive weeks at number one. In April, 1968, the vocal trio The Wailers, featuring Bob Marley on lead vocals and guitar, Rita Marley (replacing Bunny Wailer) and Peter Tosh on harmony vocals, backed by Rastafarian nyabinghi percussion group Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus recorded an adapted version of the song in Kingston, Jamaica. Its lyrics were adapted from the Orioles' version by Rasta leader Mortimo Planno, who also produced and pressed the single entitled ""Selassie Is the Chapel"", the first ever Rastafarian song recorded and released by Marley. The song is thus"
"Townshend. The Beatles went on to become the most prominent commercial exponents of the ""psychedelic revolution"" (e.g., ""Revolver"", ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" and ""Magical Mystery Tour"") in the late 1960s. In the United States, bands that exemplified the counterculture were becoming huge commercial and mainstream successes. These included The Mamas & the Papas (""If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears""), Big Brother and the Holding Company (""Cheap Thrills""), Jimi Hendrix (""Are You Experienced""), Jefferson Airplane (""Surrealistic Pillow""), The Doors (""The Doors"") and Sly and the Family Stone (""Stand!""). Bands and other musicians, such as the Grateful Dead,"
"Episode Six Episode Six were an English rock band formed in Harrow, London in 1965. The band did not have commercial success in the UK, releasing nine singles that all failed to chart, but they did find minor success in Beirut at the time. Group members Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left in 1969 to join Deep Purple, while drummer Mick Underwood founded Quatermass and later collaborated with Gillan. The band was formed in Hatch End, then in Middlesex, in July 1964 from two local bands, The Lightnings and the Madisons, who had all met at Harrow County School. The"
"of his British contemporaries"". The band released their first album, ""The Angry Young Them"", in June 1965 (UK) and it appeared in the USA on Parrot Records in July. But Them's next single, ""One More Time"", chosen by Phil Solomon, failed – according to Billy Harrison because it never constituted single material. In July 1965, the band added English drummer Terry Noon and Scottish lead guitarist Joe Baldi (born Joseph Baldi, 10 March 1943, in La Spezia, Italy) but they left in September. Their second album, ""Them Again"", was released in January 1966 in the UK and in April 1966"
"Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame. The following singles reached the top 40 on the US or UK charts: The Spinners (American R&B group) The Spinners are an American rhythm and blues vocal group that formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1954. They enjoyed a string of hit singles and albums during the 1960s and 1970s. The group continues to tour, with Henry Fambrough as the only original member. The group is also listed as the Detroit Spinners and the Motown Spinners, due to their 1960s recordings with the Motown label. These other names were used in the UK to"