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A group can go without a hit record for years and years - but the latest group to make bid for chart-topping stardom are the ultra-popular Herman's Hermits who in a few short months of being on the scene have fairly rocketed into the charts with their I'm Into something Good. This is a strong number and gives producer Mickie Most yet another hit to his credit, after putting The Animals and The Nashville Teens in the charts. Herman has had a very strong effect on the girl fans. Everywhere he appears the fans have gone absolutely mad on this young, impish-faced character who first appeared on TV under the guise of Len Fairclough's son in the long-running TV series "Coronation Street." This is a group I rate strongly. These days musical ability among groups still doesn't count for that much. It's usually personality, a group image and hit songs. Well, the hit song's certainly there. The group image is certainly there and Herman himself has enough personality to go around the whole group. There are other groups on the scene with the same amount of "image" but can they make hit records? As yet there is only one record from Herman's Hermits, but everyone is expecting them to continue to hit the charts with their next disc as The Searchers and Beatles have done. Certainly the teenage fans have become |
happily resigned to the fact that Herman's Hermits have become one of the newest and best groups on the whole beat scene. It's funny really. Sometimes you get a grop that can have a first time No. 1 and can also have that record tipped for the top in the States but when you put them on a tour nothing happens! They hardly draw more than the favourite local beat group. But put someone like Herman's Hermits and with only a Top Five hit they have that strength of image and personality that will draw the crowds anyway. I tip them as a personal favourite group of mine that I think will get to the top!! Whether they will or not remains to be seen, but Herman definitely has that elusive something that could make the beat scene stand on its ear for him! Call it star appeal, personality or what have you - but he has it - and I'm picking him to push the name of Herman's Hermits way into the American charts and follow up in Great Britain with another strong chart smasher. Apart from The Kinks, The Nashville Teens and The Animals I rate Herman's Hermits as the best of the new groups. The other three are all on a par with Herman. Certainly the way he is being greeted and treated by the girl fans shows that he is not just another leader of just another group. Herman, methinks, is here to stay!! |