“One of the more lightweight British beat groups of the sixties, Herman’s Hermits were one of the most commercially successful. The exaggerated ‘Englishness’ of material like ‘Mrs Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter’ and music-hall star Harry Champion’s 1911 song ‘I’m Henry the Eighth, I Am’ made the group especially popular in America...Peter Noone and the group then appeared in the teen movies When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965) and Hold on! (1966). Their soundtracks yielded further hits” (Phil Hardy, The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music, 2001).
Herman’s Hermits “I’m Henry the VIII, I Am”
Herman’s Hermits “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter”
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