Billboard #1 Hits: #134: “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter”- Herman’s Hermits. May 1, 1965- #1 for 3 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.
- Single: “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter”- Herman’s Hermits
- Record Company- MGM Records
- Genre: Pop
- Written by Trevor Peacock
- Time: 2:45
- B-side: “I Gotta Dream On”
- Album-Herman’s Hermits
- Grade: C
- Peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Herman’s Hermits- from Manchester, England a group fronted by Peter Noone who was 17 years old in 1965- were huge in 1965. They released seven singles that year and all of them made the Top 10. They had two #1 hits- “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter” and “I’m Henry VIII, I Am.” In fact they sold more records in 1965- than The Beatles. They had a successful 1966- 5 Top 40 hits with 3 Top 10’s- in early 1967 they had a Top 10 hit early in the year and then faded from view- a victim of The Summer of Love. They then became one of those artists who were huge for their ‘moment”- then seemed to be erased from memory. I can’t think of the last time I heard a Herman’s Hermits song on the radio or the last time I even heard anyone mention them. They had some appeal but In listening to their greatest hits collection a maybe half a dozen times over the years they just don’t cut the mustard. Appealing but light weight. Their music just doesn’t hold up well. I would imagine by the end of the 60’s all those records that they sold in 1965- when they outsold The Beatles were probably collecting a lot of dust.
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My mother loved these guys! One day she had me teach her “Henry the 8th, I am, I am”. I don’t know how many times I had to sing it, till she got it down pat, but talk about a laugh!!
That’s a song as a kid I liked–but as an adult-no.
I thought that was ukelele playing. It’s a sweet song for a youngster, which I was when it came out. I still like it!
“I’m in to something good” still resonates with me!
The only two I can listen to now are There’s A Kind Of Hush and I’m Into Something Good.
I’m into something good- is their best IMO
A good friend of mine….his dad own all of their records…he bought them during the sixties…I couldn’t bring up the name Beatles or I’d get mean looks…. I couldn’t fathom why he didn’t have any records…
Found out he pitched all he had after John’s remark. His son came to my house after that.
It amazes me how people get all worked up about something a celebrity does or says- and never lets it go. Good story.