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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Music Deaths: Wayne Fontana of the Mindbenders

WAYNE FONTANA, 74

Died 6 August 2020

Singer and front man for 60s group Mindbenders.  

British Invasion at its best.  Took his name after Elvis Presley's drummer D.J. Fontana.

Real name Glyn Geoffrey Ellis.  Fronted rock group from Manchester, England.  Left the group in 1965.  Graham Gouldman joined  in 1968.  Later, he and Fontana lead guitarist and singer Eric Stewart formed Hotlegs and then 10CC.

The Mindbenders had just two Top 40s, but what a two shot.  

"Game of Love"  (#1-1965)

"A Groovy Kind of Love"   (#2-1966)


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