[MV] Herman's Hermits - I'll Never Dance Again

One of their best hits in the 60'.
Herman's Hermits were an English rock band in the 1960s, formed in Manchester in 1963. Part of the British Invasion, their trademark simple, non-threatening and clean-cut boys next door image made them easier to listen to and more accessible than other British Invasion bands. The band originally performed R&B numbers along with American pop. After settling on the Noone, Leckenby, Hopwood, Green and Whitwam lineup they secured a recording deal.

Producer Mickie Most controlled the band's output and pressed for a straight ahead pop sound. Popular myth is that the Hermits didn't play on their records despite being competent musicians. Like most things this is only partly true. The Hermits did in fact play on all the number one hits and many other singles together with most album cuts. This can be confirmed from Most's comments on the VH-1 My Generation episode featuring the band. Mickie Most did use session musicians on many of the records he produced, including on a number of Hermits singles, as was his (and for that matter industry) practice at the time, a practice that continues today. Acrimony between former members has increased the misinformation about the bands role on their records.

Further, because the band was allowed for the most part only to record straight ahead pop many critics dismiss them. For a brief time the band rivaled the Beatles on the charts and was the top selling pop act in the U.S. in 1965 (See Billboard Charts for verification). When Derek Leckenby passed away in the early '90s rock music lost a gifted and underrated player. Peter Noone and Barry Whitwam continue to perform, but separately. Hopwood is a successful writer and producer mainly scoring children's television shows in Britain and releasing the occasional rare recording from his days with the Hermits and thereafter. Karl Green is retired from the music business.

(Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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