{"id":21067,"date":"2021-05-31T05:30:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T09:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=21067"},"modified":"2021-05-31T10:31:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T14:31:55","slug":"peter-noone-still-into-something-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/31\/peter-noone-still-into-something-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Noone: Still Into Something Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Darlings of a generation, Herman\u2019s Hermits scored big on the pop music charts of the U.S., England and beyond in the mid 1960s. With hits like \u201cI\u2019m Into Something Good,\u201d \u201cNo Milk Today,\u201d \u201cMrs. Brown You\u2019ve Got a Lovely Daughter,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m Henry the Eighth, I Am\u201d and many others, the group from Manchester, England rivaled the Beatles in popularity. Fronted by youthful singer Peter Noone, the band landed 18 of its songs on the American Top 40 charts, earned five gold records for albums released between 1965 and \u201867, and starred in three popular motion pictures.<\/p>\n

Peter Noone left the group in 1971, but has continued a successful and high-profile career as a musician and actor ever since. In fact he got his start as an actor even before his recording career began. \u201cI went to the Manchester School of Music, but I was not enjoying the music thing,\u201d he says with a chuckle. \u201cIt was all a bit \u2018Vivaldi and Germans.\u2019\u201d A new television network had recently launched in England; Granada Television sent a talent scout to the school. Noone recalls the scout\u2019s brief: \u201cWe\u2019re looking for an 11-year old kid who can play \u2018The Holly and the Ivy\u2019 on the piano.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Noone fit the bill \u2013 sort of. \u201cI was 14,\u201d he says,\u201d but I looked 11.\u201d So he landed the job, and it soon led to others. \u201cEvery time they were looking for a boy to play any kind of role, I\u2019d get every job!\u201d He even landed a three-episode role on Britain\u2019s top-rated television soap opera Coronation Street<\/i>. The beloved program has been on the air since 1960, and remains popular after airing more than 10,000 episodes. \u201cIt\u2019s still number one,\u201d Noone laughs, \u201ceven without me in it!\u201d<\/p>\n

But the actor-singer would go on to bigger things. When Herman\u2019s Hermits released their debut single, \u201cI\u2019m Into Something Good\u201d in August 1964, Noone was still a few months shy of his 17th<\/sup> birthday. But the song catapulted him and the band into the spotlight. And there they would remain for the next several years. With their catchy, singalong tunes and an undeniably cuddly front man as a focal point, Herman\u2019s Hermits defined what would come to be known as bubblegum pop.<\/p>\n

Noone\u2019s talent had always been deeper and wider than Herman\u2019s Hermits\u2019 singles might suggest. After leaving the group, he went on to a solo career that leveraged his musical and acting skills. He released singles and albums on his own, appeared on television and toured internationally as Frederic in Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s comic opera The Pirates of Penzance<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Underscoring the fact that his musical tastes were hip, he led a power pop group, the Tremblers, in the early 1980s. And in the early \u201800s he collaborated with New York City multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and critics\u2019 darling Richard X. Heyman on a well-regarded EP, Heyman, Hoosier & Herman<\/i>. Today he hosts a popular segment on Sirius XM\u2019s \u201860s on 6 station, Something Good<\/i>.<\/p>\n

That program\u2019s title \u2013 a nod to his first hit single \u2013 is a reminder that Noone\u2019s popularity has its roots in Herman\u2019s Hermits. Since the \u201880s, he has often appeared fronting a group called Herman\u2019s Hermits Starring Peter Noone. But in this COVID-19 era of limited seating shows and social distancing, Noone has embarked on a stripped-down, intimate tour that brings him closer than ever to his fans.<\/p>\n

But Noone treats the shows the same way he would if they were concert halls filled to capacity. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how many people are in the audience,\u201d he says, noting that these up-close-and-personal performances are very much like the ones he used to do at the Cavern in Liverpool, the famous haunt that helped launch the Beatles. \u201cYou would have a bunch of good songs and some good repartee that you could use with the audience,\u201d he recalls. \u201cYou\u2019d do some research about the place you\u2019d be playing, and be a thing called an entertainer. And that\u2019s what I always strive to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

So after more than a half century of performing, what keeps it fresh and interesting for Peter Noone? \u201cI\u2019m still trying to get it right,\u201d he says, only partly in jest. \u201cI try to sing the songs better every time.\u201d He says that he works really hard to keep his voice in shape. He doesn\u2019t recall who it was that gave him advice early in his career \u2013 \u201csome really cool, old singer,\u201d Noone says \u2013 but he keeps the message in mind. \u201cYou know, Peter,\u201d the singer warned him, \u201cIf you can\u2019t sing, you have to stop. And some people don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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