The Mindbenders | |
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 Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders in 1965. L-R: Bob Lang, Ric Rothwell, Eric Stewart and Wayne Fontana | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Manchester, England |
| Genres | Beat[1] |
| Years active | 1963–1968 |
| Labels | Fontana Records |
| Past members | Wayne Fontana Bob Lang Ric Rothwell Eric Stewart Geoff Foot Paul Hancox Graham Gouldman Jimmy O'Neil |
The Mindbenders were an English beat group from Manchester.[1] Originally the backing group for Wayne Fontana, they were one of several acts that were successful in the mid-1960s British Invasion of the US charts, achieving major chart hits with "The Game of Love" (a number-one single with Fontana) in 1965 and "A Groovy Kind of Love" in 1966.