Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits were one of those odd 1960's groups that accumulated millions of fans, but precious little respect. Indeed, their status is remarkably similar to that of the Monkees and it's not a coincidence that both groups' music was intended to appeal to younger teenagers. The difference is that as early as 1976, the Monkees began to be considered cool by people who really knew music; it has taken 35 years for Herman's Hermits to begin receiving higher regard for their work. Of course, that lack of respect had no relevance to their success: 20 singles lofted into the Top 40 in England and America between 1964 and 1970, 16 of them in the Top 20, and most of those Top Ten as well. Artistically, they were rated far lower than the Hollies, the Searchers, or Gerry & the Pacemakers, but commercially, the Hermits were only a couple of rungs below the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
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Many thanks for this post.
Thanks for this and all you do!
Thank you for all the great music you share xx
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You OK, mate? You've been unusually inactive lately.
If it's embarrassment over the Herman's Hermits post, don't worry about it, everyone's entitled to a guilty pleasure/lapse in taste. Better luck next time!
Thank you Wayne.
Hello unknown
No, not ok, am still in hospital.
Shit, I'm sorry. Had no idea. I could make a joke about how H's H's could put anyone in hospital, but I'm not a complete bastard.
Get well soon!
Hi Ozziguy.
Sorry to find out your in hospital. Get better soon and thank you for all you do here on this blog xx
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Gracias por los discos, una persona me lo habÃa pedido
gracias por subir la coleccion son muy buenas
Thanks...
You are VERY WELCOME cadiz.
Can you repost: 1966 - Hold On! and 1968 - Mrs Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter (non-music ones)? Thanks for all of your awesome posts!
I apologize for the duplicate post, must have been a bug on my end. Please remove 1 kookykrazee and the 2 anonymous posts, 2:32pm, 2:34pm, 2:36pm and 2:37pm. The 2:30 pm post is okay.
Hello kookykrazee.
I will make some changes soon. I did not know that those albums had been removed.
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