Seems only appropriate that Peter Noone had a show on SiriusXM - the former lead singer of Herman's Hermits believes radio was the key to the group's success in the 60s. And he hasn't forgotten what hearing their songs on the "wireless" over 'ome meant to their becoming huge hitmakers. 

“The dream was if you got on the radio, you would be on there with Frankie Valli and Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry—all the people that we idolized,” Noone told Best Classic Bands. “So you’d get on the radio and there you were within the same room as all those people. It was my visualization of what the music business was. I was probably only about 15, but I realized that you didn’t need to buy a record to like it. You could buy the ones that you really liked, but you would know all the other ones as well.

I knew all the words to Cliff Richard’s songs, even though I never bought one. I liked them, but I didn’t buy them. Radio gave you an opportunity to listen to songs hundredeeeds of times without buying them."

I've read may stories over the years about unknown groups hearing their first song played on their local radio station and going crazy, even pulling their car over to the side of the road to celebrate. The Internet has changed things a lot, but it certainly must have been a huge thrill to find your voice on the airwaves. For many, it was the big break they needed.

1965 Rock Song, With 17-Year-Old Singer of Herman’s Hermits, Is Still a Powerful Hit 61 Years Later