In Wood’s absence Lynne stepped up to become the group’s new leader, as well as primary songwriter. Wood and Hunt left ELO to form their own band Wizzard. Price and Craig would be soon out as well, and Michael D’Alberquerque soon took Price’s place as bass guitarist and Colin Walker joined as another cellist. Woolam left ELO before the band’s reshuffling of lineup that now consisted of Wood, Lynne, Bevan, Hunt, new violinst Wilfred Gibson and cellists Hugh McDowell, Mike Edwards and Andy Craig, and bassist Richard Tandy. In the UK it reached #32, helped by “10538 Overture” which peaked at #9 on the singles chart there. The album Electric Light Orchestra was released in the US as No Answer.
During the making of their debut album they had been joined by other musicians Bill Hunt (horns, keyboards) and violinist Steve Woolam. Other founding members were bass guitarist Rick Price and drummer Bev Bevan. The result was “10538 Overture” which was intended to be a Move B-side, but it landed instead on their new band Electric Light Orchestra’s eponymous 1971 debut album. When another The Move member Carly Wayne quit, Lynne joined Wood in making a whole different project that would realize their musical ambitions. Together, they conceived an idea of making music with lush classical flourishes, to pick up “where the Beatles had left off.” Roy Wood was the singer-songwriter and guitarist of the band The Move and Jeff Lynne was the front man of The Idle Race. The members of Electric Light Orchestra came from two Birmingham-based groups. Formation and rise in the UK music sceneīritish rock/pop band Electric Light Orchestra seamlessly combined the epic and the cheesy with such aplomb that no other band could ever dare attempt. ELO reformed in 2000 to release their boxed set Flashback, containing remastered tracks as well as studio outtakes.
In the 1980s, ELO disbanded, and Bevan, who also had rights to the ELO name, formed ELO Part II in the late 1980s up to the late 1990s when he sold his interest of the name back to Lynne the following year. Jeff Lyne also composed the half of the Xanadu film soundtrack and also the album, which became also a success. Blue Sky”, “Sweet Talkin’ Woman”, “Wild West Hero”. 1977’s Out The Of Bluespawned singles such as “Turn To Stone”, “Mr.
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ELO had an incredibly full schedule, continuing their extensive tours just in the US alone to promote their albums. A New World Record yielded the singles “Livin’ Thing”, “Do Ya”, “Rockaria!” and “Telephone Line” which were major hits on both sides of the Atlantic. They were gaining much more buzz and success in the US than in the UK but by the time the group’s sixth LP A New World Record was released, ELO were ignored no more in their native land. The album’s single “Can’t Get It Out Of My Head” became their first US Top 10 hit. Lynne, singer-songwriter/musician Roy Wood (formerly of the Move) as well as drummer Bev Bevan co-founded ELO in 1970, and of course were the band’s original founders.Īfter a few hit singles in the UK, ELO slowly were gaining foothold in the US, with their fourth LP Eldorado, the first of their concept albums, gained their first US gold certification. Jeff Lyne has remained the core member since its formation in Birmingham, England in 1970. During their active years ELO spawned a lot of Top 10 hits in the US and in the UK but without having achieved a #1 single to date. Electric Light Orchestra or ELO was a British rock group known for its so-called “chamber rock” or “symphonic rock”.
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