 The author is Michael Druxman. Here's what he wrote. The four years he spent with Freddie Martin gave Merv the opportunity to cut many records with the orchestra, three of which went on to become major hits. Wilhelmina and Never Been Kissed sold about a half million copies each, but a novelty number by Englishman Fred Hetherton, which Griffin sang with a Cockney accent, hit the three million mark.