FOUR down and one to go, as Hermit Derek leckenby married last week leaving Herman the only bachelor of the group. Derek (seated centre) married 21-year-old Leonie Rosenbloom at Manchester Registry Office. Herman, holidaying in Ibiza, was unable to attend the wedding, but the other members of the group are (from left to right), Karl Green, Barry Whitwam and Keith Hopwood. Group's new single is "Sunshine Girl" - a dedication?




Herman: jolly and bouncy

HERMAN'S HERMITS
SUNSHINE Girl (Columbia) - Herman and I said "hello" to each other for the first time in years the other day. I therefore hope that he doesn't take my review of his record as a personal slight. It will probably do jolly well anyway, despite me, so why should he care?
    From that you will gather I don't like it much. No, I don't much. Well it's okay in a jolly, bouncy way and will make a lot of people feel happy, which is better than everyone feeling rotten isn't it? But it's not exactly anything you can get to grips with and it's a shame because he is capable of much better than this.

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