As a rock 'n' roll star, Keith Hopwood had the good fortune to be associated for most of the 1960s with Herman's Hermits, who were one of the top-selling singles' acts to come out of the British Invasion. As a rock 'n' roll musician, though, Keith Hopwood had the bad fortune to be associated for most of the 1960s with Herman's Hermits.
Hopwood was born in Manchester, England in 1946, and attended Urmston Grammar School. He reached his teens amid the late-1950s British beat boom, just as groups such as Cliff Richard and the Shadows were emerging as major rock 'n' roll acts. H...