Mrs. Miller She spent her remaining years doing charity work. She lived in a condo in Northridge, California, until an earthquake in 1994. She then moved to a retirement home. She may have been the inspiration for a similar act called Mr Miller and the Blue Notes, who released their 1966 version of the Herman's Hermits hit, "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" among a number of other similarly themed novelty acts of the era. Elva Miller died in Garden Terrace Retirement Center, in Vista, California, in 1997, aged 89. She was interred in Pomona Mausoleum, at Pomona Valley Memorial Park,
Herman's Hermits Herman's Hermits Herman's Hermits are an English beat rock band, formed in Manchester in 1964. Originally called Herman & The Hermits, they were discovered by Harvey Lisberg, who signed them up to management. Lisberg sent a return plane ticket to Mickie Most so that he could come up from London to see the band play in Bolton. Most became the group's record producer, controlling the band's output. He emphasised a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image, although the band originally played R&B numbers. This helped Herman's Hermits become hugely successful in the mid-1960s. Their first hit was a cover of Earl-Jean's "I'm