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Wayne Fontana - vocals (born Glyn Ellis, September 28th 1945, Manchester) Eric Stewart - guitar (born January 20th 1945, Manchester) Bib Lang - bass guitar (born January 10th 1946, Manchester) Ric Rothwell - drums (born March 11th 1944, Manchester)
They began as The Jets in 1963 playing R&B covers in Manchester pubs where they were spotted by a Fontana Records talent scout. He signed them and the bands' name was duly changed. After making a few competent, if not particularly exceptional records, their cover of Major Lance's "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" was their first big hit in the autumn of '64. They followed this with another top ten record "Game Of Love" (65), but from that point they began to suffer from the same problem as many otf their contemporaries - their original material wasn't strong enough. The partnership broke up in the closing months of 1965, and The Mindbenders immediately struck gold with the beautiful beat ballad "A Groovy Kind Of Love". They reached the top twenty again with "Ashes To Ashes" (66) and made an appearance in the film before disappearing from view, eventually splitting up in 1968. Fontana too, put out solo records but none of them set the world on fire, his highest placing was No. 11 with "Pamela, Pamela" at the end of '66. This would also be his final chart entry. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders Singles Jun '63 Hello Josephine/ Fontana TF 404 UK#46 Oct '63 For You, For You/ Fontana TF 418 - Feb '64 Little Darlin'/ Fontana TF 436 - May '64 Stop, Look And Listen/ Fontana TF 451 UK#37 Sep '64 Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um/ Fontana TF 497 UK#5 Jan '65 The Game Of Love/ Fontana TF 535 UK#2 Jun '65 Just A Little Bit Too Late/ Fontana TF 579 UK#20 Sep '65 She Needs Love/ Fontana TF 611 UK#32 E.P.s 1964 Roadrunner Fontana TE 17421 1964 Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um Fontana TE 17435 1965 The Game Of Love Fontana TE 17449 Jan '66 Walking On Air Fontana TE 17453 L.P.s 1964 Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders Fontana TL 5230 Oct '65 Eric, Rick, Wayne and Bob: It's Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders Fontana TL 5257 Wayne Fontana Singles
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Nov '65 |
It Was Easier To Hurt Her/ You Made Me What I Am Today |
Fontana TF 642 |
UK#36 |
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Apr '66 |
Come On Home/ My Eyes Break Out In Tears |
Fontana TF 684 |
UK#16 |
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Aug '66 |
Goodbye Bluebird/ The Sun's So Hot Today |
Fontana TF 737 |
UK#49 |
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Nov '66 |
Pamela, Pamela/ Something Keeps Calling Me Back |
Fontana TF 770 |
UK#11 |
L.P.
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Sep '66 |
Wayne One - Fascinating Rhythm/Please Stop The Wedding/My Friend And I/Star Of Eastern Street/My Eyes Break Out In Tears/Come On Home/Always Something There To Remind Me/Entertainer/Perfidia/It Was Easier To Hurt Her/You Made Me What I Am Today/Internal CircleFontana TL 5351 |
The Mindbenders
Singles
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Dec '65 |
A Groovy Kind Of Love/ Love Is Good |
Fontana TF 644 |
UK#2 |
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Apr '66 |
Can't Live With You, Can't Live Without You/ One Fine Day |
Fontana TF 697 |
UK#28 |
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Jul '66 |
Ashes To Ashes/ You Don't Know About Love |
Fontana TF 731 |
UK#14 |
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Dec '66 |
I Want Her, She Wants Me/ The Morning After |
Fontana TF 780 |
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L.P.
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Jul '66 |
The Mindbenders - The Way You Do The Things You Do/Just A Little Bit/Seventh Son/One Fine Day/Tricky Dicky/A Groovy Kind Of Love/Little Nightingale/Don't Cry No More/You Don't Know About Love/Love Is Good/Rockin' Jaybee/All Night WorkerFontana TL 5324 |
Re-issues
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1994 |
The Best Of Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Game of Love/Stop, Look And Listen/Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um/Since You've Been Gone/Where Have You Been?/ It's Just a Little Bit Too Late/Remind My Baby Of Me/She Needs Love/A Groovy Kind Of Love/Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You/Ashes To Ashes/Pamela, Pamela/I Want Her, She Wants Me/Off And Running/It's Getting Harder All Of The Time/We'll Talk About It Tomorrow/Far Across Town/My New Day And Age/Schoolgirl/Uncle Joe The Ice Cream ManFontana 522666 |