Peter Noone

Early life

Noone was born in Davyhulme, Lancashire, the second of five children, the son of an accountant, and attended Wellacre Primary School in Flixton, St. Bede's College, Manchester, and Stretford Grammar School, Stretford, near Manchester. He 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.

Herman's Hermits

Early in his career, he used the stage name Peter Novac. At the age of 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 cover collage showing new faces in popular music.

His classic hits included: "I'm into Something Good", "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter", "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am", "Silhouettes", "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat", "Just a Little Bit Better", "Wonderful World", "There's a Kind of Hush", "A Must to Avoid", "Listen People", "The End of the World" and "Dandy". Herman’s Hermits sold more than 60 million recordings, with 14 gold singles and seven gold albums. The Hermits were twice named Cashbox's "Entertainer of the Year".

As Herman, Noone also 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 M-G-M: Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter, Hold On! and When The Boys Meet The Girls.

Solo work

After Herman's Hermits disbanded in 1971, Noone recorded four singles for UK RAK Records, one single for UK and US Philips, and several singles for the small UK record label, Bus Stop Records. His first RAK single, "Oh! You Pretty Things", peaked at No.12 in the UK Singles Chart. It was written by David Bowie, who also played piano on the track. In 1974 Noone scored a No. 15 US AC and No. 101 US Bubbling Under success with "Meet Me on the Corner Down at Joe's Cafe" on the Casablanca Records label. In 1989 he had a No. 19 US AC hit with his solo recording of Goffin and King's "I'm Into Something Good" from the film The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! In the 1980s Noone released a solo album, One of the Glory Boys. Noone appeared as Frederic in the New York Shakespeare Festivals' Broadway Production of Pirates of Penzance. He also toured the United States in the National Production and appeared in the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, West End Production. He also appeared in the National touring company of Romance /Romance.

The Tremblers

Noone spearheaded a new wave band known as the Tremblers, which was active briefly around 1980. The group toured and released a single album titled "Twice Nightly." The band's lineup included Greg Inhofer on keyboards, Robert Williams on drums (formerly of the Pop), George Conner on lead guitar, and Mark Browne on bass. The album's liner notes reveal contributions labeled "licks & tricks" from several prominent musicians, including members of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers and Elton John's backing band, as well as Daryl Dragon and Dave Clark.

SiriusXM

Noone now has a programme on SiriusXM's 60s on 6 station titled "Something Good" after Herman's Hermits' hit song, "I'm into Something Good".

Herman's Hermits Revived

As of 2017 Peter Noone has reformed a band under the name Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone to perform their repertoire.

Personal life

Noone is married to Mireille (born Strasser), a Strasbourg-born French woman. They were married on 5 November 1968, Noone's twenty-first birthday. The couple have one daughter, Natalie (born 3 July 1985), who is also currently a singer-songwriter. Peter Noone is a naturalised US citizen currently living in Santa Barbara, California.