Wayne Fontana, whose hit Game Of Love was a chart and bar band staple in the 1960s and beyond, has died at age 74. A statement on behalf of his family said he died on Thursday at Stepping Hill Hosp…
Wayne Fontana death. File photo dated 13/07/1968 of Wayne Fontana with Allun Davis, Brenda Marsh, Marty Wilde and Friday Brown.was a chart and bar band staple in the 1960s and beyond, has died at age 74.Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders first broke into the UK top five in 1964 withwhich hit No. 1 in the US and No. 2 in the UK.
Success prompted Fontana to go solo, with his decision made in the middle of a concert. But he achieved success on his own, scoring Top 20 hits with Born Glyn Ellis in Manchester, UK, he created a stage name as an homage to Elvis Presley’s drummer, DJ Fontana. The Mindbenders, Freddie and the Dreamers and Herman’s Hermits were all from Manchester, making that city’s music scene second only to the fabled Liverpool crowd in the UK during the British Invasion.
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