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The Mind Benders is a 1963 novel by the British writer James Kennaway. [1] It is based on the screenplay he had written for the film The Mind Benders directed by Basil Dearden, which was released the same year.
- Drama
- James Kennaway
- English
- United Kingdom
The Mindbenders were an English beat group from Manchester. Originally the backing group for Wayne Fontana , they were one of several acts that were successful in the mid-1960s British Invasion of the US charts, achieving major chart hits with " The Game of Love " (a number-one single with Fontana) in 1965 and " A Groovy Kind of Love " in 1966.
- 1963–1968
- Fontana Records
- Beat
- Manchester, England
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Literature. The Mindbenders (novel), a 1963 novel by James Kennaway. The Mind Benders (book), a 1971 book by Cyril Vosper. Mindbenders: Stories to Warp Your Brain, a 2000 story collection by Neal Shusterman. Music. The Mindbenders, a 1960s English beat group. "Mind Bender", a song by Stillwater, 1977.
Glyn Geoffrey Ellis (28 October 1945 – 6 August 2020), [1] known professionally as Wayne Fontana, was an English rock and pop singer best known for fronting the beat group the Mindbenders, with whom he recorded the hit singles "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" (1964) and "The Game of Love" (1965).
Synopsis. Professor Sharpey, working in a university research laboratory, is suspected of passing secrets to the Soviet Union and commits suicide. British intelligence believe that his suicide was the result of shame over his betrayal of his country.
- The Mindbenders, 1963 novel, by James Kennaway
- Michael Relph
The Mind Benders was written by Cyril Vosper, a Scientologist of 14 years who had become disillusioned, [1] Published in 1971 (hardback, Neville Spearman, ISBN 0-85435-061-6) and reprinted in 1973 (softcover, Mayflower, ISBN 0-583-12249-3 ), it was the first book on Scientology to be written by an ex-member and the first critical book on ...
Aug 7, 2020 · BBC. Wayne Fontana, who found pop stardom in the 1960s with songs including Game Of Love, has died at the age of 74. With his band The Mindbenders, the Manchester-born singer broke into the UK...