About ten weeks ago I noted the death of Wayne Fontana and featured (along with his later solo hit Pamela, Pamela) Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, a top five song when he was with the Mindbenders. Except the way Fontana enunciated the lyric it sounded more like this song’s title. The first – and biggest – UK hit for the band Crash Test Dummies. This was around the time when my eldest son, not yet in his teens, was getting into music seriously. Ah, memories.

Crash Test Dummies: Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm

Another name from the 1960s, Wayne Fontana, died last week. He first came to public attention when fronting Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders with whom he had the unusually named hit Um, Um, Um, Um, Um (though, given the way the band pronounced it, it would be better rendered as “Mm, Mm, Mm, Mm, Mm.”)

Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders: Um, Um, Um, Um, Um

After splitting with the Mindbenders, Fontana had several hits of his own, of which this was the biggest.

Wayne Fontana: Pamela, Pamela

Glyn Geoffrey Ellis (Wayne Fontana:) 28/10/1945 – 6/8/ 2020. So it goes.