Residency at the Fair #MusicMovesMe

 It's September, it's Labor Day, and it's time for music.

Today I am joining up with other  Music Moves Me bloggers,  a group of music loving bloggers who blog about music each Sunday or Monday (or even later in the week). If you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! (Music Posts Only-meaning at least one music video, please! Otherwise, your post may be labeled "No Music".)   Our head host is Xmas Dolly, and our co-hosts are Cathy from Curious as a Cathy, joined by the knowledgeable Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and, last but not least, me.

Every other week, we have a theme.  On alternate weeks, we can blog on any music theme we want. This week's theme is "You Pick".

Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits played their 14th concert at the annual New York State Fair on August 26.  Perhaps that's not a residency like Elton John in Las Vegas or Billy Joel at New York City's Madison Square garden but let's call it a residency. 14 years deserves some kind of recognition.

Here are some photos taken August 26.

Peter Noone, the lead singer of Herman's Hermits, is 76 now and I love his showmanship.  He and his band still do about 200 concerts a year.

Here, he holds up an album cover with his (much younger) portrait in the front.

This is my third time traveling to the Fair to see them.

We got there an hour before the concert started and there were only seats in the back.  First come, first served, and he joked about his fans being old.  And him being old.  And how people growing up in his neighborhood dreamed of visiting Syracuse, New York one day. (Yes, I know he was kidding.)

Herman's Hermits could be considered a cover band.  Many of their hits were covers but, as Simon Cowell would say, they made these songs their own.  Here, for example, is the setlist for their 2021 NYS Fair performance.

Here's a selection, including some covers of hits by other artists Peter did portions of.

(not my video)  Herman's Hermits:  Listen, People, from 1965.

Also from 1965, Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter.  He had a little slip up in the video.  This is a cover of a 1963 song from a television play, but Herman's Hermits made it an international hit.

One other cover that also was a hit for them - Silhouettes, first sung by the Rays in 1957. 

Now, the covers he did.

Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

Finally, although the group didn't perform this song at this concert, I heard it at a different concert.  In honor of Labor Day (sort of), here's No Milk Today from 1966.  Fun fact, this was a B side for another Herman's Hermit's cover - the song Dandy, first done by the Kinks.

And that's a wrap!

Join me again next week for another episode of Music Moves Me.