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He is the co-founder and currently the sole member of the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), which was formed in 1970, and as a songwriter has written most of the band's hits, including "Evil Woman", "Livin' Thing", "Telephone Line", "Mr. Blue Sky", "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Hold On Tight".
- Traveling Wilburys
Traveling Wilburys were a British-American supergroup active...
- Electric Light Orchestra
The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band...
- From Out of Nowhere
From Out of Nowhere is the fourteenth studio album by...
- Long Wave
Propagation. Because of their long wavelength, radio waves...
- The Move
The Move were a British rock band of the late 1960s and the...
- Armchair Theatre
Personnel. Jeff Lynne – guitars, bass, piano, keyboards,...
- Evil Woman
"Evil Woman" is a song recorded by Electric Light Orchestra...
- Telephone Line
"Telephone Line" is a song by English rock band Electric...
- Out of The Blue
Out of the Blue is the seventh studio album by the British...
- Traveling Wilburys
- 1968–1974
- 1974–1986
- 2001–Present
In 1968, Roy Wood — guitarist, vocalist and songwriter of the Move — had an idea to form a new band that would use violins, cellos, string basses, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound, allowing rock music to "pick up where the Beatles left off..." in a new direction. The orchestral instruments would be the main focus, rather th...
Following the release of Eldorado, Kelly Groucutt was recruited as bassist and in early 1975, Melvyn Gale replaced Edwards on cello. The line-up stabilised as the band took to a decidedly more accessible sound. ELO had become successful in the US at this point and the group was a star attraction on the stadium and arena circuit, and appeared on The...
Lynne's comeback with ELO began in 2000 with the release of a retrospective box set, Flashback, containing three CDs of remastered tracks and a handful of out-takes and unfinished works, most notably a new version of ELO's only UK number one hit "Xanadu". In 2001 Zoom, ELO's first album since 1986, was released. Though billed and marketed as an ELO...
- Electric Light Orchestra, “Showdown” (1973) In the late 1960s, I was in a group called the Idle Race and this guy called Roy Wood that was in the Move, we used to meet up at the clubs in Birmingham and we got to be pals.
- Electric Light Orchestra, “Evil Woman” (1975) I wrote this in a matter of minutes. The rest of the album (Face the Music) was done. I listened to it and thought, "There's not a good single."
- Electric Light Orchestra, “Telephone Line” (1976) I can remember writing this on an old out-of-tune upright piano. I somehow squeezed this song out of it.
- Electric Light Orchestra, “Turn to Stone” (1977) "Turn to Stone" is one of my favorites I ever did. It's just so primary and simple, but yet very evocative.
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Apr 3, 2024 · Known for hits including "Xanadu" and "Mr. Blue Sky" - that's the song you're hearing now - ELO has sold over 50 million albums since the band formed in the 1970s. Sales for the newly announced...
Dec 3, 2019 · Nowadays, Jeff Lynne is ELO. Except for a few helping hands, Jeff Lynne writes, records, sings, plays and arranges everything on his new album, From Out of Nowhere, on his own. And he...
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