''The Very Best of Herman's Hermits'' is the name of a greatest hits album released in the U.K. by EMI Records' budget label Music For Pleasure for Herman's Hermits in

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. The album's final track on Side 2, the cover version of

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's "Oh You Pretty Things" is not Herman's Hermits but

Peter Noone Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone (born 5 November 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor. He was the lead singer "Herman" in the 1960s pop group Herman's Hermits. Early life Noone was born in Davyhulme, Lancashir ...

solo from 1971. EMI licensed the song for this LP from RAK Records. The cover uses the same photograph as earlier MFP compilation ''

The Most of Herman's Hermits ''The Most of Herman's Hermits'' is the name of a greatest hits album released in the U.K. by EMI Records' budget label Music For Pleasure for Herman's Hermits in 1971 in music, 1971. The title refers to the producer Mickie Most and was first use ...

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I'm into Something Good "I'm into Something Good" is a song composed by Gerry Goffin (lyrics) and Carole King (music) and made famous by Herman's Hermits. The song was originally recorded (as "I'm into Somethin' Good") by Cookies member Earl-Jean on Colpix Records ...

" ( Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 2:39 # "

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" (Frank Slay, Bob Crewe) - 1:59 # "

Can't You Hear My Heartbeat "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" is a song written by John Carter and Ken Lewis, produced by Mickie Most, and performed by Herman's Hermits. It reached #2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1965. "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" was kept from the #1 ...

" (Carter, Lewis) - 2:16 # " Wonderful World" (Barbara Campbell,

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, Sam Cooke) - 1:58 # " Leaning on the Lamp Post" (Gay) - 2:43 # "

A Must to Avoid "A Must to Avoid" is a song written by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri and performed by Herman's Hermits. It was featured on their 1966 album, '' Hold On!'' and on their 1966 EP, '' A Must to Avoid''. The song was produced by Mickie Most. Backgr ...

" (Sloan, Barri) - 1:59 # "

No Milk Today "No Milk Today" is a song that was written by Graham Gouldman and originally recorded by British pop band Herman's Hermits. It was first released as a single by the Mancunian group in the UK in October 1966 and, with the B-side "My Reservati ...

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) - 2:58 # " Years May Come, Years May Go" (Popp, Fishman) - 3:38 ;Side 2 # "

I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am" (also "I'm Henery the VIII, I Am" or "I'm Henry VIII, I Am"; spelled "Henery" but pronounced " 'Enery" in the Cockney style normally used to sing it) is a 1910 British music hall song by Fred Murray and R. P. West ...

" (Murray, Weston) - 1:49 # "

There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World ''There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World'' is the fifth album released by MGM Records in the US and Canada for the band Herman's Hermits. It was released in March 1967. In the UK, ''There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World'' is the band's ...

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Geoff Stephens Geoffrey Stephens (1 October 1934 – 24 December 2020) was an English songwriter and record producer, most prolific in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s. He wrote a long series of hit records, often in conjunction with other British so ...

, Les Reed) - 2:33 # "

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Ray Davies Sir Raymond Douglas Davies ( ; born 21 June 1944) is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter for the rock band the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother Dave on lead guitar and backing voc ...

) - 2:03 # " Sunshine Girl" (Stephens, Carter) - 2:36 # " Something's Happening" (Fred Murray, Weston) - 3:13 # "

Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" is a popular song written by British actor, screenwriter and songwriter Trevor Peacock. It was originally sung by actor Tom Courtenay in ''The Lads'', a British TV play of 1963, and released as a singl ...

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) - 2:48 # " My Sentimental Friend" (Stephens, Carter) - 3:16 # " Oh You Pretty Things" (

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