Herma Keil along with brothers Olaf, Klaus, Rudolf and cousin Freddie Keil formed The

Keil Isles The Keil Isles were a New Zealand-based Rock & Roll group which consisted of the Keil Brothers, Olaf, Herman, Rudolf, Klaus and their cousin Freddie Keil. They were all Samoans with German ancestry. Band history Their lead guitarist Olaf Keil ...

in the 1950s which proved to be a popular hit making band. The band at one stage was billed as Herma Keil & The Keil Isles. He was their lead vocalist for six years from 1960 until 1966. He along with sister

Eliza ELIZA is an early natural language processing computer program created from 1964 to 1966 at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory by Joseph Weizenbaum. Created to demonstrate the superficiality of communication between humans and machines, E ...

left the band to pursue solo careers. He released records under his own name as a solo artist and he and sister Eliza appeared in the musical comedy film '' Don't Let It Get To You''. In later years Herma Keil moved to Australia and retired there.

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

Aotearoa Music Awards

The

Aotearoa Music Awards The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously called the New Zealand Music Awards), conferred annually by Recorded Music NZ, honour outstanding artistic and technical achievements in the recording industry. The awards are among the most significant that ...

(previously known as ''New Zealand Music Awards'' (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in

New Zealand music The music of New Zealand has been influenced by a number of traditions, including Māori music, the music introduced by European settlers during the nineteenth century, and a variety of styles imported during the twentieth century, including ...

and have been presented annually since 1965. ! , - , 1965 , , "Teardrops" , , Single of the Year, , , , , -

Film and television appearances

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Don't Let It Get You (1966)
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References

External links

AudioCulture profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keil, Herma New Zealand guitarists New Zealand male guitarists New Zealand people of German descent Samoan emigrants to New Zealand Samoan people of German descent New Zealand pop singers Viking Records artists Living people Samoan emigrants to Australia Year of birth missing (living people)