Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders

Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders first emerged out of apprentice telephone engineer Glyn Geoffrey Ellis' daydreams of becoming a successful pop performer.

Rechristening himself Wayne Fontana after Elvis Presley's drummer, D.J.

Fontana, Fontana's first band was the Jets, a staple on the Manchester circuit in 1961 and 1962, but one that was doomed to failure.