 The city of Manchester contributed a disproportionate share of pop hitmakers to the British cause. Herman's Hermits, the Hollies, Freddie and The Dreamers and Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders all claimed a piece of the U.S. charts. Fronted by doe-eyed Peter Noone, a former child actor, the Hermits recorded an impressive string of pop and music-hall flavored tunes set to a Mersey beat. "Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter" was their best known song, but they cracked the Top Ten nine times in a row between 1965 and 1966 - a feat that even the Beatles couldn't claim. |