# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-fontana
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:21:19.441Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-fontana"
name: "Wayne Fontana"
slug: "wayne-fontana"
description: "Glyn Geoffrey Ellis, known professionally as Wayne Fontana, was an English rock and pop singer best known for fronting the beat group the Mindbenders, with whom he recorded the hit singles \"Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um\" (1964) and \"The Game of Love\" (1965). After leaving the Mindbenders to pursue a solo career, Fontana had further UK successes, including \"Pamela Pamela\" (1966). Despite legal issues in the 2000s, he continued to perform on the 60s nostalgia circuit until his death."
tagline: "British pop singer (1945–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wayne_Fontana_(1965).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-10-28"
deathDate: "2020-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.94
  momentum:             1.966463414634146
  historical:           10.84550933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284959/"
    handle:    "nm0284959"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/277346"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "واين فونتانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "واين فونتانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "واین فونتانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Fontana"
    title: "Wayne Fontana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Fontana"
    title: "Wayne Fontana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Fontana"
    title: "Wayne Fontana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Fontana"
    title: "Wayne Fontana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Fontana"
    title: "Wayne Fontana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Fontana"
    title: "Wayne Fontana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Fontana"
    title: "Wayne Fontana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Fontana"
    title: "Wayne Fontana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/14356daa-aca7-4d60-8f7f-292884bd2bbb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q474579"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump