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Peter Noone

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77 Years Old

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. Noone was born in Davyhulme, Lancashire, England, the second of five children, the son of an accountant, and attended English Martyrs (Urmston), Wellacre Primary School (Flixton), Stretford Grammar School, and St Bede's College, Manchester. Noone played a number of acting roles on television, including that of Stanley Fairclough in the soap opera Coronation Street. Noone studied voice and drama at the Manchester School of Music, where he won the Outstanding Young Musician Award. Early in his career, he used the stage name Peter Novac. At 15, he became the lead singer, spokesman and frontman of Herman's Hermits, who were discovered by Harvey Lisberg. As "Herman", the photogenic Noone appeared on the cover of many international publications, including Time Magazine's collage showing new faces in popular music. The Hermits consisted of Noone, Derek “Lek” Leckenby and Keith Hopwood (guitars), Karl Green (bass) and Barry Whitwam (drums). The band's hits included: "I'm into Something Good", "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat", "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter", "Silhouettes", "Wonderful World", "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am" (in the U.S.), "There's a Kind of Hush", "Just a Little Bit Better", "A Must to Avoid", "Listen People", "The End of the World", "Dandy", and "No Milk Today". Herman's Hermits sold more than 60 million records and had 14 gold singles and seven gold albums. The Hermits were twice named in the U.S. trade paper Cashbox as "Entertainer of the Year". As Herman, Noone performed on hundreds of television programmes and appeared with the Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason, Dean Martin and Danny Kaye television programs. He starred in ABC's musical version of The Canterville Ghost, Hallmark Hall of Fame's presentation of the classic Pinocchio (in which he played the title role), and three feature films for MGM: Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter, Hold On! and When The Boys Meet The Girls. Noone at a dairy in the Netherlands, after his gold record for "No Milk Today" in 1966 They were the opening act of the 1970 Royal Variety Performance from the London Palladium performing a medley of their hits to date followed by their rendition of If I Were a Rich Man, Where is Love? and Old Henry's Fish and Chips. They ended with their recent hit There's a Kind of Hush. ... Source: Article "Peter Noone" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Born

Manchester, England, UK on 5th November 1947

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Top of the Pops Image
Top of the Pops
Self
Married... with Children Image
Married... with Children
Peter Noone
Phineas and Ferb Image
Phineas and Ferb
Adrian (voice)
The Merv Griffin Show Image
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Laverne & Shirley Image
Laverne & Shirley
American Idol Image
American Idol
Self - Guest Performer
American Idol Image
American Idol
Self
The Danny Kaye Show Image
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
Quantum Leap Image
Quantum Leap
Dwayne
Beat the Geeks Image
Beat the Geeks
Numéro un Image
Numéro un
Self
Hullabaloo Image
Hullabaloo
Self - Host
Dave's World Image
Dave's World
Peter Noone
Mystery and Imagination Image
Mystery and Imagination
Look - Mike Yarwood! Image
Look - Mike Yarwood!
This Is Tom Jones Image
This Is Tom Jones
Self
The Midnight Special Image
The Midnight Special
Self
Remember WENN Image
Remember WENN
Gil Martin
ABC Stage 67 Image
ABC Stage 67
David, the Duke of Cheshire
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution Image
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
Self
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4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
Self
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Image
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Our Guests at Heartland
Musical Comedy Tonight III Image
Musical Comedy Tonight III
When the Boys Meet the Girls Image
When the Boys Meet the Girls
Peter Noone
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol Image
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage)
The History of Rock 'n' Roll Image
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Self
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter Image
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Herman
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' Image
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Self
Pinocchio Image
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
Pop Gear Image
Pop Gear
Self
El Rey en Londres Image
El Rey en Londres
Self (archive footage)
Hold On! Image
Hold On!
Herman
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution Image
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
Self
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'60s Pop Rock Reunion
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees Image
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
Self
Carnaby Street Undressed Image
Carnaby Street Undressed
Self
Never Too Young to Rock Image
Never Too Young to Rock
Army Captain
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The Canterville Ghost
David, the Duke of Cheshire
Betcher! Image
Betcher!
Himself
Ed and Zed! Image
Ed and Zed!
Self - Guest