There's a Strange Kind of Hush, All over the World Tonight

One of their first albums

Peter Noon - 45 years later

Last night I went to a concert sponsored by the Coffee County Arts Alliance at Elba High school auditorium.   It was great!  I went to see Herman's Hermits (an older version of the 1963 group).

Herman's Hermits is an English beat or pop band, formed in Manchester in 1963 as Herman & The Hermits. 

Peter Noone a few years ago

I remember our boys had records of this group and I was amazed that I remembered so many of the tunes after all these years.  I guess I heard them so much when the boys would play them on their stereo (no headphones back then so everybody had to listed to the music when it was playing).


He had the audience participating and singing along several times.  Remember "Mrs. Brown: you have a Lovely Daughter"?  He has a beautiful tenor voice on that one.  And that crazy song "Henry the VIII, I Am" -  that was so much fun singing along.


Teenagers who grew up with this music were in the audience with their own children and grandchildren.  Unlike modern day music, at least you could understand the words of the songs.


Jim elected not to go with me; said he didn't know that group.  He would have remembered once he heard the songs being played.  He missed a fun-filled evening.








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