'ermans 'ermits, "Mrs Brown You've Got a Luvly Dawter".
There are no coincidences, part LXVII:
Went to see the Pernice Brothers at the Music Hall Saturday night (very fine show--see them if they come to your town--but not the point of this post). As Joe Pernice was introducing the band, he got to the bass player, who was also a member of the opener, a Brit band called Royal Gun. The bass player's name? Peter Noone.
(My friends Steven & Kevin & I immediately looked at each other and said, "Peter NOONE?!?!?")
I once saw the real Peter Noone (or at least the first one) playing in a New Wave band called the Tremblers at a club in Sac-burg, circa 1980. They were pretty good, and yes, they did play "A Kind of Hush" and "Mrs. Brown..."