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: After failing to secure another Top 20 hit, the group officially split in November 1968.

: Eric Stewart eventually took the lessons learned from The Mindbenders and formed Strawberry Studios, which led to the creation of the legendary art-rock band 10cc .

In late 1965, during a performance at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, Wayne Fontana famously walked off stage mid-set, leaving his bandmates to finish the show alone.

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: They made a notable appearance in the 1967 film To Sir With Love , performing "It’s Getting Harder All the Time."

"Ashes to Ashes" followed their initial post-Fontana success and reached No. 14 on the UK charts in the autumn of 1966.

: Moving away from Fontana’s pop-soul influence, the group leaned into a more sophisticated, "Beat" sound that fit the mid-60s British landscape. The Release of "Ashes to Ashes"