{"id":2313,"date":"2020-08-10T03:03:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T03:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2020-08-10T03:03:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T03:03:44","slug":"wayne-fontana-british-singer-who-topped-us-charts-with-game-of-love-dies-aged-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/10\/wayne-fontana-british-singer-who-topped-us-charts-with-game-of-love-dies-aged-74\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Fontana, British singer who topped US charts with Game of Love, dies aged 74"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4862.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2314\" src=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4862.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4862.jpg 1210w, https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4862-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4862-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4862-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4862-700x420.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-pn0kqp\">\n<div class=\"css-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"css-1qvfpal\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1o781fl\">\n<div class=\"css-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"css-ss9mnu\">\n<div class=\"css-1gyftku\">\n<div class=\"css-1ey43xh-straightLines-fourLines-Lines\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1aul2ye\">\n<div class=\"css-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"css-ss9mnu\">\n<div class=\"css-k4wq22\">\n<div class=\"css-fj5ypv\">\n<div>\n<address aria-label=\"Contributor info\" data-component=\"meta-byline\" data-link-name=\"byline\">\n<div class=\"css-1sq67yf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/profile\/ben-beaumont-thomas\" rel=\"author\" data-link-name=\"auto tag link\">Ben Beaumont-Thomas<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1ntdfk2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ben_bt\" aria-label=\"@ben_bt on Twitter\">@ben_bt<\/a><\/div>\n<\/address>\n<div class=\"css-1kkxezg\" role=\"textbox\"><span class=\"css-nyo8hb\">theguardian.Published on <\/span>Fri 7 Aug 2020 10.29 EDT<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fznh52\">\n<div class=\"css-1jxiasq\">\n<ul class=\"css-1n0u3w8\">\n<li class=\"css-h50b31\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2020\/aug\/07\/wayne-fontana-game-of-love-dies?CMP=share_btn_link<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1aul2ye\">\n<div class=\"css-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"css-ss9mnu\">\n<div class=\"css-k4wq22\">\n<div class=\"css-1fznh52\">\n<div class=\"css-1jxiasq\">\n<ul class=\"css-1n0u3w8\">\n<li class=\"css-h50b31\">ACCORDING TO theguardian 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1cxsha3\">\n<div id=\"share-comment-counts\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1uuhxtj\">\n<div class=\"css-1olk8yb\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector css-79elbk\">\n<p class=\"css-182kmce\">HOLLYWOOD( theguardian.) 8\/7\/2020\/Pop singer Wayne Fontana, who scored a major transatlantic hit with The Game of Love in 1965, has died aged 74 at hospital in Stockport \u201cwith his long-term partner by his side\u201d, according to a press representative. The cause of death has not been announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-182kmce\">Born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis in the Levenshulme area of Manchester, Fontana took his stage name from the Elvis Presley drummer DJ Fontana. Backed by his band, the Mindbenders, he released his debut single in 1963 and further singles grew ever more successful: Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um reached No 5 in the UK in 1964, with The Game of Love reaching No 2 the following year and going on to become his signature song.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"sign-in-gate\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1gbfee2\">\n<div class=\"css-laouyh\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/KLb6v3mB_-s?wmode=opaque&amp;feature=oembed\" width=\"460\" height=\"259\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Ben Beaumont-Thomas @ben_bt theguardian.Published on Fri 7 Aug 2020 10.29 EDT https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2020\/aug\/07\/wayne-fontana-game-of-love-dies?CMP=share_btn_link &nbsp; ACCORDING TO theguardian 2020 HOLLYWOOD( theguardian.) 8\/7\/2020\/Pop singer Wayne Fontana, who scored a major transatlantic hit with The Game of Love&hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/10\/wayne-fontana-british-singer-who-topped-us-charts-with-game-of-love-dies-aged-74\/\">Continue Reading Wayne Fontana, British singer who topped US charts with Game of Love, dies aged 74<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[1304,1305,1303],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2315,"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313\/revisions\/2315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}