Herman's Hermits (album) Tour", MGM released "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" in April, 1965. It immediately went to #1 on the US Billboard chart. The album itself peaked on the Billboard 200 chart at #2, and remained on the chart for 40 weeks. The album was not released in the UK until September, 1965. As was customary at the time, UK album releases did not have any singles on them. The UK version peaked at #16, and was only on the charts for two weeks. In his retrospective review of the album's release, Richie Unterberger for AllMusic gave the album a
Herman S. Bloch Award and Lectureship from Johns Hopkins University in 1971. Bloch was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1975. Bloch was born in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants Aaron and Esther Bloch. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1936 from the University of Chicago. Herman S. Bloch Herman Samuel Bloch (June 15, 1912 – June 16, 1990) was an American chemist and an inventor. Bloch invented the catalytic converter, a device that removes pollutants from automobile exhaust fumes. Bloch held more than 270 patents. He was the deputy director of research of AlliedSignal