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Eric Michael Stewart (born 20 January 1945) [1] is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer, best known as a founding member of the rock groups the Mindbenders with whom he played from 1963 to 1968, and likewise of 10cc from 1972 to 1995.
Guitarist Eric Stewart was a member of Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, a group that hit No. 1 with "The Game of Love", and scored a number of other mid-1960s hits. When Fontana left the band in October 1965, the group became known simply as the Mindbenders, with Stewart as their lead vocalist.
In 1995, Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman re-recorded "I'm Not in Love" as an acoustic version for the last 10cc studio album Mirror Mirror. It was released as a single and charted at number 29 in the UK, [65] giving the band their biggest hit since "Dreadlock Holiday" in 1978.
Finally, Graham Gouldman recordings of songs he had written for popular 1960s bands are featured on disc two, amongst them are songs he had written for The Hollies and The Yardbirds. " A Groovy Kind of Love " by The Mindbenders , a mid-1960s band featuring Eric Stewart , is also featured as the song was a hit in both the UK and the US.
The Mindbenders were an English beat group from Manchester. [1] Originally the backing group for Wayne Fontana, they were one of several acts that were successful in the mid-1960s British Invasion of the US charts, achieving major chart hits with "The Game of Love" (a number-one single with Fontana) in 1965 and "A Groovy Kind of Love" in 1966.
The album features the then-new line-up of 10cc after the departure of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme in 1976. The trio of Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman and Paul Burgess who recorded the most recent 10cc album, Deceptive Bends, that was issued earlier that year, were joined by Rick Fenn, Stuart Tosh and Tony O'Malley.
Stewart plays all the instruments himself although he is assisted with the backing vocals. EriŃ Stewart has said the album's title was inspired by a label posted on a package being mailed by his son Jody. [1] Stewart also wrote a song using the same title that was released on his next solo album Viva la Difference. [2]