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Wayne Fontana as well as the Mindbenders initial emerged away from apprentice phone engineer Glyn Geoffrey Ellis’ daydreams to become an effective pop performer. Rechristening himself Wayne Fontana after Elvis Presley’s drummer, DJ Fontana, Fontana’s first music group was the Jets, a staple around the Manchester circuit through 1961-1962, but …

b. Glyn Ellis, 28 Oct 1945, Manchester, Britain. After changing his name in honour of Elvis Presley’s drummer D.J. Fontana, Wayne was agreed upon to the properly named Fontana Information by A&R mind Jack port Baverstock. Wayne’s support group, the Mindbenders in the horror film of the same name, had …

Through the first fifty percent of the 1970s, Eric Stewart was among the stars of England’s pop/rock and roll scene, together with his bandmates from 10cc, Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme. Created Eric Michael Stewart in early 1945, in Droylsden, near Manchester, he began in music like a …