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Wayne Fontana founded the band in June 1963 with Bob Lang, Ric Rothwell, and Eric Stewart. The name of the group was inspired by the title of a 1963 UK feature film, starring the British actor Dirk Bogarde, called The Mind Benders. Before that Fontana had a group called Wayne Fontana and the Jets (from July 1962).
- 1963–1968
- Fontana Records
- Beat
- Manchester, England
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).
Aug 7, 2020 · Wayne Fontana, who had hits with The Mindbenders and solo, passed away on Thursday. He was one of the Manchester groups that dominated the US charts in 1965 with songs like Game Of Love.
British beat group active from 1963-1965. One of several acts that were successful in the mid-1960s British Invasion of the US charts, achieving a major chart hit with "The Game of Love." Wayne Fontana founded the band in June 1963 with Robert F. Lang, Ric Rothwell, and Eric Stewart.
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Aug 10, 2020 · Mr. Fontana, who made a name performing as Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, found brief success with the band when “The Game of Love” hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard chart the week of...
