PETER NOONE
Peter Noone (born 5 November 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor, best known as Herman of the successful 1960’s pop group Herman’s Hermits. He would frequently be a guest star on television shows when the topic was about the Sixties. (More from Wikipedia)
For those wanting to hear ’em like they used to be, I live in a casino town, so a lot of the oldies acts come through here. I set aside a more or less random Marquee newspaper insert covering entertainment options down here (from October 2011). Here are the better known acts that were listed, and this is by no means everybody who was in town over those several weeks: Herman’s Hermits (featuring Peter Noone), Loretta Lynn, Frankie Avalon, Tommy James and the Shondells, David Cassidy, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Kool & the Gang, Merle Haggard, and the Four Tops.
(January 2012)
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At the time of the British Invasion that began in late 1963, it wasn’t so hip to be American. However, with a few exceptions – such as Peter Noone, the lead vocalist of Herman’s Hermits – even singers that had heavy British accents in their speaking voices didn’t sound particularly British when they sang. Thus, many bands and recording artists in that period feigned Englishness in hopes of improving their changes of making the charts.
(April 2013)
