That Sixties Music - If You Think That Herman's Hermits Were First With this, YOU'RE WRONG !!

It may be the version that you remember, but Herman's Hermits got the song second-hand on a license from the original.

[@sapelesteve]

Another excellent past musical history video by our favorite Old Guy! 👍👍📀📀

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks again, Steve! Great to see you again!

[@michaelcolllett9082]

Hi enjoyed history lesson.as I was born in 1958.when I 13yrs start my music collection. Now iam 66 still like collect music learn the history.thank for lesson

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@duelenigma7732]

thanks for the great show . I can chart my life ( 72 now) by the music of the day . I remember like yesterday all the music you talked about . The girl groups then the British invasion ... It's a great way to transport to some memories of forgotten years . 😎

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@willarellano833]

Thanks for doing a show on one of my favorite British invasion groups. I recently purchased that first Hermans Hermits album on vinyl because me and my brother wore out the original one we had in the 60s. Now 70 and still love Hermans Hermits

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@joeyvocals1]

Tremendous video as always! Lead Vocalist 26, so it is so 😎, that you give particular dates! Keep them coming! Joey in Cleveland.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Hey, Joey! Thanks for watching! Great to see you again on the channel!

[@jolaynemichaud4377]

Thank you for including the Canadian stats!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

You’re most welcome! Thanks for the view!!

[@kennethswain6313]

We love your thorough research- it helps us to appreciate the music we grew up with.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks, Kenneth! Good to see you again on the channel!!

[@davidg2122]

I caught Peter at the Grant county fair in the state of Washington around 1994. great show

[@richardwhitfield9901]

Thanks GT, I remember listening to them way back then. As always, excellent video!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks as always, Man!

[@DavidDykes-dm9lc]

Love that song!! As usual, great story GT!!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

@@DavidDykes-dm9lc Thanks as always for the view, David! Please share the videos for me!

[@Ken-l2e]

Bear family records put out a two cd box , best of Herman’s hermits in 2015. Catalog number BCD 17357. All tracks are in true stereo. The master tapes were located and remixed by Ron Furmanek in 1991 at abbey road studios using the 2 -3-4 & 8 track masters. Well worth the money to hear these songs in true stereo. The 138 page booklet is loaded with photos of the ep and lp sleeves as well as the record labels of various 45s and EPs. Photos of the band appear as well. There are 66 songs on this set, all unedited.

[@kelf114]

I loved Herman's Hermits when I was a wee small lass. "Dandy" was one of my first favorite songs. Still have my 45! 😄 Thank you for another great video! 😊♥️

[@the_guitar_trooper]

THANK YOU! Nice memory, too!

[@georgebelli4403]

Of course by now you know that Dandy is a Ray Davies composition and was originally recorded by the Kinks

[@mr.milehi9883]

That is just great. I'm sure I'm not the only one that made the suggestion for this video very nice. Thank you.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for watching! This one was a long time in preproduction.

[@EdNorris-x2b]

Always enjoy your videos. Saw the Hermits at the Indiana State Fair in the '60's. Great show!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

That’s neat. I saw the film of that appearance but never saw them in person. I remember being surprised to see them plugged into what appeared to be Fender Dual Showman amps. There wasn’t a Vox amp anywhere. Did you notice?

[@royzug2847]

Your videos are a treat to watch. So much information and so well presented.

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[@rosericci1363]

Really enjoy your videos. So many You Tube videos are full of filler , but yours are packed with lots of good info/research, and you get right to the point. Keep 'em coming !

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@patriciawhite6820]

It is so interesting to hear stories about these bands.

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[@Music_is_Breathing]

Hey Trooper, love the long form!!!! SO much cool content!!!!! I love the extra stuff about Carole King, she's absolutely amazing. Peter Noone was a host on 3 Episodes of Hullabaloo in the second season, in 1965.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks as always!!!

[@Music_is_Breathing]

@@the_guitar_trooper Thank you!!!

[@timnotbrianmay]

AWESOME, AS ALWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know who's getting this!!!!!!!!!!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

You're the best, Tim!!

[@timnotbrianmay]

@@the_guitar_trooper ... NO! YOU ARE!!!!!!! (Somewhat like Chip and Dale!)...

[@miltoncallan1471]

Glad I found your channel. I really apreciate your research and delivery. Good job!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@chrissherri1614]

Good video. I always learn something new about pop music history on your channel.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@edcowles6414]

Another video with a wealth of knowledge. Thank you.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@theclearsounds3911]

I actually met Herman's Hermits in person in 1979 or 1980 when they were touring the US! It was in a Dunkin Donuts just before they were about to perform in a nightclub in Stanhope, New Jersey, believe it or not! Now, I'm thinking this was the newly formed group, which explains why the autographed picture looked nothing like the pictures on the album covers. Such a random brush with fame! Sadly, I can't find the picture anymore.

[@williampatterson1795]

yes, guitar trooper, the coolest youtube old dude 😁

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Hey, William! Thanks a MILLION!!

[@GiseleLeclerc]

love this band

[@the_guitar_trooper]

A lot of people do! Thanks for the view, Gisele! Please share my videos for me!

[@PuppyKatt]

David Cassidy also recorded that song. I cannot think of a bad version.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Quite catchy.

[@judih.8754]

Thanks GT. Another great video!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Glad you enjoyed it, Judith! Great to hear from you again!

[@linda1915]

The movie "Grace of My Heart" was loosely based on Carole King's life.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

I had no idea.

[@petercena9497]

Great story, Herman's Hermits also recorded The Kinks "Dandy" before the original was released.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Nice bit of trivia there! Thanks for the view!

[@Foul_Quince]

Yes, "Brill Building" was a metonym more for a song writing process than a locus of activity. As you recently printed out, the quintessential brill Building song was written the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles! Always surprised that Carpenters didn't cover this. I took a great deal of grief in a video once for opining that Carole King is the greatest living American songwriter - Jimmy Webb and maybe Smokey Robinson run her close, but I stand by that. By the way, this made #11 in the old hometown!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Hi Quince! Research details on this vid drove me NUTS! Nobody chronicled gritty details that group in ‘64, making linear story telling one of the toughest that I’ve had!

[@Foul_Quince]

@@the_guitar_trooper You did your usual impeccable job! Mickey Most was always a bit fast and loose with things, like royalty payments etc. He, of course had the great RAK label in the early 70's - if you were down the record store and you saw a new single on that label, you just bough tit because you knew it would be great!

[@MartysPopParty]

Excellent job on this GT. Isn’t it odd how the thirst for details on these sessions and circumstances seems to grow as time passes ? Perhaps it’s because folks realize the genuine quality of the craft involved from writing through recording and mastering. And yes, it’s a shame that better records were not kept on sessions,etc. Unfortunately, as time passes, memories become blurred and distorted. Something akin to what they now call the Mandela Effect. You ask three of the original band members about a certain recording session and end up with three different stories. That’s why we have The Guitar Trooper to sort it all out. Ha !

[@the_guitar_trooper]

So true, Marty! Thanks for your support, but I gotta say that sometimes there is no cooboration for any accounts of an event and sorting it out requires inspection of the source contributer, timing of events, and any other relevant evidence. I hate to guess, but sometimes the vagueness of the recounted events is irreconcilable. Such fun!

[@dadaveda]

You did a great job on this one

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thank you SO VERY MUCH!! It was a long preproduction road on this one.

[@mattmarcz7574]

Have you listened to the latest hermits complication that has everything in Stereo? It's awesome!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

I have not heard that work. I might find a moment to catch it though. Not long after they did that first recording, Kingsway was purchased by the Delane Lea company and in mid 1965 the arcane studio equipment was upgraded to an 8-track recorder and new mixing desk. A lot of their subsequent records were mastered there.

[@rustyrobinson8027]

Good video thanks 👍🇺🇸

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for watching!!

[@WillieBowen-o2n]

Could you do a video about the Dave Clarke 5, The Searchers, The Hollies, The Fortunes, Cream, and Spencer Davis Group.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks Willie! I have concepts on the list for The Hollies, Searchers, The Fortunes and Spencer Davis. Oddly, Dave Clarke is an issue though. I have tried on a couple of occasions to draft a story out of the Dave Clarke Five but as yet can’t find a story deep enough in which to invest.

[@daytripper9222]

In 2015 bear family released Hermans Hermits anthology. A lot of the songs were remastered and remixed and it's the best sound quality of any Herman's Hermits CDs I've ever heard. Some of the songs had a count in and a lot of the songs had longer fadeouts. Although there's a ton of songs on these two discs it's still missing some that I wish that were on there, especially songs from the both sides of Herman's Hermits album.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

It’s possible that the first songs were eliminated from this collection because they couldn’t be remixed. Other than that, I don’t understand why they would leave them off either.

[@AlexandraMargaretScarratt]

FAB times and of course...video!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@Slotnikoff]

Earl-Jean's version of 'I'm Into Something Good' is SOOOO superior to the pimply "groove" rendered by Herman's Hermans that to prefer the latter is, to me, mouth-dropping, though I have to confess that when I was a young lad, I did have two 45s starring this ridiculous combo. My record of 'Mrs. Brown...' has a different B-side to the one you display: 'I Gotta Dream On'.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

The probable reason, of course, that her version get any higher on the chart than it did was the fact that she was not British. In 1964, British acts ruled.

[@paulsto6516]

Good show!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks, Paul!

[@mikemclenison8200]

Would like to hear more about The Beatles!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

I keep a Beatles subject queue ongoing!

[@gianni1646]

Hello again Guitar Trooper! Gianni here. Another great video! I was a teen in the 60’s and the memories flowed watching this one. My friend Jay would drop his dad off at the truck terminal to haul goods to Buffalo and we’d have the car for the weekend. We’d turn the radio up and sing along with all the groups including The Hermits! I have a question, in the epilogue you show a picture of Herman’s Hermits new band. Is Peter Noon the guy on the left? Gianni❤

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Frankly, I have no idea. Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone is just 4 guys, and the image was identified as Herman’s Hermits. The individuals were not tagged.

[@mr.milehi9883]

You're really skill that your video editing. What's great about that is that it's easy for us to enjoy what you do not I really get how difficult it must be for you to arrange everything in a way where it flows nicely through the clip. That's swell video production and editing on your behalf well done sir not

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thank you so much 😊!

[@BlueLightSpecial2023]

...it would be risky business to raise the cost of making a brand new group's first record by hiring studio musicians..." The most famous exception to this, of course, would be George Martin bringing in Andy White to drum on 'Love Me Do" and 'P.S. I Love You' which still irks Ringo to this day. 🙂

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Good point! The situation is pretty much the same as well: Martin had seen the guys perform and they had become very popular as a regional act besides.

[@OuryLN]

There’s a kind of hush, is a cover two!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Yep

[@darrelhill9754]

love it could you please do something on eddie cochran well loved in here uk

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks! Eddie is on the research queue already, but not scheduled yet.

[@mjemigh3304]

I saw the original Herman's Hermits a couple of times and have to believe that the records were made with seasoned musicians. Maybe not that first one, but after that, they just sounded too good. The original guys were okay, but they just didn't play like the real teams we saw with The Beatles and The Stones. The band Peter has now is top-notch, by the way!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

There were studio guys on several, but not anywhere near a majority, of the sessions.

[@deechatterton5828]

I have a semi-related question. The two largest groups from the sixties British Invasion were the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Who was third? I've often thought it was Herman's Hermits but there are a few other possibilities. Can you or your audience fill me in? Thanks.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

goldradio.com lists the top three as: Beatles with 25 US top 20 hits Herman’s Hermits with 14 US top 20 hits Dave Clark five with 13 US top 20 hits

[@williampatterson1795]

I loathed Hermans Hermits as a kid. it took me years to realize they were likely a bunch of nice fellas who simply did not wish to work in the factories. more power to 'em ay? still, the music was ghastly 😱

[@the_guitar_trooper]

But, in the midst of all that, Peter Noone was just TOO CUTE! Hehe

[@highpath4776]

I would disagree that Brill writers (and their publishers) didnt expect UK or other countries to pick up tunes, as these would be mailed over by publishers to (mainly London Denmark Street publishers they had deals with) people would come in and say, what have you got ? The Beatles did their covers by listening to songs - (bought) denmark street might get promos or acetates sent over. the Beatles and some other groups realised that they got more money , and control, if they wrote their own material

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Well said! The fact that many British acts were writing their own songs contributed to the decline of the New York-based music mill.