British pop/rock vocalist Wayne Fontana was born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis on October
28, 1945 in Manchester, England. Forming his first band in June 1963, he changed
his name to Wayne Fontana – in homage to Elvis Presley drummer DJ Fontana – and
called his backing band The Mindbenders. The band issued their first single,
“Hello Josephine”, on Fontana Records in 1963. The single entered the UK’s Top
50, but their next two singles failed to chart. Things began to turn around for
the band when the single “Stop Look and Listen” (1964) entered the Top 40. The
next single, “Um, Um, Um, Um, ...