Once went floating on log down Manchester Ship Canal with Karl - and was so excited by beat music from transistor on bank, he fell in.
Disc label: Columbia. First disc: "I'm Into Something Good." Released August 1964.
Prefers being called Pete.
Before hitting disc charts, money for him and group was £15 a night. Now about 20 times that.
Played Dick Whittington in panto at Chester Royalty last Christmas.
Re first trip to States (late 1964) says, "We met some swinging girls who were mad keen surfers." Adds that in Los Angeles club he saw Bo Diddley, Righteous Brothers and The Shirelles "all in one gas of a show."
Recording manager is Mickie Most.
Likes hamburgers with sauce and lots of onions.
Fave group is the Inkspots - famous long before he was born!
Before signing with Columbia (through Mickie Most) had been turned down by two record companies.
During rise to fame, his Manchester fans used to emboider WE LOVE HERMAN on their sweaters - and at Derby two fire engines had to be called out to control the crowds.
Likes horror films.
Fave composers: Burt Bacharach, Goffin-King.

Quote: "I dig it when the girl fans start raving - but I get hopping mad when they pull my hair."
Mickie Most flew to Manchester to see Herman and group after their manager had sent him an airline ticket.
His sisters are Denise (19, married) and Suzanne (18 months).
Once auditioned for a part in Lionel Bart's "Oliver." Got through three tests. "But," he says, "I was reckoned to be too tall and awkward - and I would have had to learn Cockney!"
Hit charts with first three discs: "Something Good," "Show Me Girl," "Silhouettes." ("Can't You hear My Heartbeat?" was smash hit in America - but in Britain was B side of "Silhouettes").

Quote: "We used to play Beatle numbers till Graham Nash of the Hollies told us to develop our own style. We thought so much of the Hollies, we would have performed standing on our heads if they had suggested it."
Before The Heartbeats became The Hermits, they had spells as The Dreadnoughts, Vacuums, Thunderbirds - and Nuts & Bolts.
Advice from Graham Nash was given during one-nighter at the Stamford Hall, Altrincham.
Had to cancel Swiss holiday because of success of "Silhouettes."
Fave film star: Tom Courtenay.
Quote: "I don't reckon myself as a singer or an actor - so I suppose I must be a nothing!"
Paid five bob bet to Cathy McGowan when "Something Good" reached number one.
At end of April 1965 went to America for long tour in Dick Clark's "Caravan of Stars."
Before start of Columbia career, recorded LP tracks as part of "Liverpool Cavern" LP for Oriole label.
Quote: "I try to make myself look as young as possible on stage - so as to make the girls go ahhhhh!
Was earning £100 a week when he was 13.
Parents used to live in Prestatyn, Wales - now have house in Huyton, Liverpool.
Personal managers: Charles Silverman, Harvey Lisberg.
Agents: Kennedy Street Enterprises, Manchester.
Early in 1965 his publicity representative became Dawn James, whose sister is Twinkle.
In April 1965 had three discs at once in American Top Hundred: "Silhouettes," "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat?" and "Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter."
Quote: "You can trust Mickie Most like your father."

Still has bo-bo bronco horse bought for him when he was a kid. (It is a toy horse which moves forward when you ride it.)