Herman's Hermits with Noone exaggerating his Mancunian accent. In the US, their records were released on the MGM label, a company which often featured musical performers signed to record deals in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films. The Hermits appeared in several MGM movies, including "When the Boys Meet the Girls" (1965) and "Hold On!" (1966). They also starred in the film "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" (1968) and appeared in the 1965 anthology film "Pop Gear". Herman's Hermits had four Top 3 hits in the US in 1965, with the aforementioned No. 1 hits, "Listen People" (US No. 3), and "Can't You Hear
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer In 1984, with the song now a big hit nationally, CBS Records was interested in re-issuing both the 1982 Oink 45 re-recording, and the 1982 Oink LP. Soon after, Epic Records acquired the rights to both, from Elmo and Patsy. The Epic #04703 45 opted to replace the Oink 45's B-side, "Christmas", with a track from the LP, ("Percy, the Puny Poinsettia"). Epic's 1984 re-release of the 1982 Oink LP was a straight re-issue, on Epic #39931. By the end of 1984, it was reported that sales of "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" were, by record label: Oink: