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Continuing my Manchester mini-series this is Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders' first single 'Hello Josephine', 1963, it rocks. They had so much fun in those days, whereas the Manchester groups of the 80s and 90s were anything but fun...
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The Rubetts didn't actually sing this, it was a group of session singers that made the recording and they just mimed it.
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Paul da Vinci - Putting The Miming Record Straight - Beat Magazine
By Ian Woolley The voice of Paul da Vinci catapulted the Rubettes into the charts back in 1974. It was ironic that a short time later he appeared on Top of the Pops with his solo single “Your Baby Ain’t Your Baby Anymore” in the same studio with The Rubettes… Recorded at 1.30 am in […]
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Levenshulme's Wayne Fontana eventually split from the Mindbenders, and was set for a glittering solo career, but it never really took off. He made a few good records in the process though. 'Pamela Pamela' was written by the aforementioned Graham Gouldman...
Quite surreal to read about the early stuff Graham Gouldman wrote, all whilst working in a menswear shop, lol.
- "For Your Love" – The Yardbirds
- "Heart Full of Soul" – The Yardbirds
- "Look Through Any Window" – The Hollies
- "Bus Stop" – The Hollies
- "No Milk Today" – Herman’s Hermits
