1965 Songs: I’m Henry the Eighth, I Am

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Along with the celebration of songs that, like me, are turning 65 this year, I’m looking back 60 years to the songs from 1965. There’s been everything already in the list, and it’s only a week old! Let’s have a little levity with today’s singalong. I’m Henry the Eighth, I Am - Herman’s Hermits Now, I said this wouldn’t be country, but here’s a surprise for you: the B-side of this big hit was their cover of Skeeter Davis’ major hit “The End of the World.” It’s actually a pretty good version. But this is the one that everyone sings along with. Herman’s Hermits had a lot of great songs in their career, such as “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter,” “A Must to Avoid” (which, as a kid, I sang as “a muscular boy” ), and “A Kind of Hush.” This one gets all the jokes, though. As it should: although this particular version is now 60 years old, the song actually goes back to 1910 and a British music hall singer named Harry Champion. It’s always been sung with that Cockney accent (with “Henry” pronounced Henery)…even by us when we sang along!! So sing along again. And if the oldies show comes to town (we get it every year at the state fair), go see it. Peter Noone, the front man, is still out there singing this! I’m Henry the Eighth, I Am Written by Fred Murray and R.P. Weston Recorded by Herman’s Hermits From Herman’s Hermits, 1965 No Sam!