EASTON, Pa. — An English pop-rock group that in the mid-1960s had a dozen Top 10 hits and once had the fastest-selling single ever will perform at Easton’s State Theatre, it was announced.
Joining them will be a music group that had a major role in the 1960s blue-eyed soul movement.
Herman’s Hermits, known for the hits “I’m Into Something Good,” “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter,” “Listen People” and “There’s a Kind of Hush,” will perform at the theater at 7:30 p.m. April 25, the theater announced.
Also on the bill will be The Box Tops, best known for its hits “The Letter,” “Cry Like a Baby” and “Soul Deep.”
Tickets, at $70-$110, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 19 at the State Theatre website or at the box office at 453 Northampton St., Easton.State Theatre
Tickets, at $70-$110, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 19 at the state theatre website or at the box office at 453 Northampton St., Easton.
Herman's Hermits still has original singer Peter Noone, 78, who was just 15 when he became the band's leader and sang on a dozen Top 10 hits from 1964-67.
The group had its first hit in 1964 with "I'm into Something Good," which reached No 13 in the United States.
The group’s biggest hit was “I’m Henry The VIII, I Am,” which became the fastest-selling song in history to that point when it was released in 1965.
The band's other Top 10 hits included "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat," "Silhouettes" and "Wonderful World."
"There's a Kind of Hush" in 1967 was the band's last U.S. Top 10 hit, though it continued to have minor hits in the United States through 1969 and in the U.K. through 1970.
The Box Tops
The Box Tops, which combined soul music with light pop, had the No. 1 hit “The Letter” in 1967.
The song stayed atop the charts for four weeks, sold more than 4 million copies and received two Grammy Award nominations.
The Box Tops followed it with the million-selling No. 2 “Cry Like a Baby” in 1968. In all, the group had six Top 30 hits 1967-69, with its last being “Soul Deep.”
The group disbanded in 1972 but reunited in 1996. The group played Bethlehem’s Stabler Arena in 1997, and headlined Allentown’s Mayfair festival in 2001.
Lead singer Alex Chilton died in 2010, but original guitarist Gary Talley and original bassist Bill Cunningham continue to tour, with Lehigh Valley native Rick Levy as a second guitarist and vocalist.
