![]() In 2017 the ELO line-up of Wood, Lynne, Bevan and Tandy were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits (20) without a number one single of any band in US chart history. From 1972 to 1986, ELO accumulated twenty-seven Top 40 songs on the UK Singles Chart, and fifteen Top 20 songs on the US Billboard Hot 100. After a brief reunion from 2000–01, ELO remained largely inactive until 2014, when Lynne re-formed the band again with Tandy as Jeff Lynne’s ELO.ĭuring ELO’s original 14-year period of active recording and touring, they sold over 50 million records worldwide, and collected 19 CRIA, 21 RIAA, and 38 BPI awards. Bevan responded by forming his own band, ELO Part II, which later became the Orchestra. In 1986, Lynne lost interest in the band and disbanded the group. During the 1970s and 1980s, ELO released a string of top 10 albums and singles, including two LPs that reached the top of British charts: the disco-inspired Discovery (1979) and the science-fiction-themed concept album Time (1981). It derived as an offshoot of Wood’s previous band, The Move, of which Lynne and Bevan were also members. For their initial tenure, Lynne, Bevan and keyboardist Richard Tandy were the group’s only consistent members.ĮLO was formed out of Lynne’s and Wood’s desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. After Wood’s departure in 1972, Lynne became the band’s sole leader, arranging and producing every album while writing nearly all of their original material. Their music is characterised by a fusion of Beatlesque pop, classical arrangements and futuristic iconography. The band’s unique mix of rock and classic elements saw the group score a series of hits throughout the 1970s with songs like “Evil Woman”, “Livin’ Thing”, “Strange Magic”, “Telephone Line”, “Shine A Little Love” and “Don’t Bring Me Down”, among others.ĮLO members went their separate ways in 1986, with Bevan carrying on as “ELO Part II” before selling his half of the rights to the ELO brand to Lynne in early 2000.The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters-multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan. Today, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced that 15-time Grammy winner Eminem and 11-time Grammy recipient Dolly Parton will join the class of 2022.Other inductees include the Eurythmics (of Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) fame), Lionel Richie (of Hello and All Night Long acclaim), and Pat Benetar (who gave us Heartbreaker). ![]() Hope to see you soon at a gig somewhere.”īevan formed ELO with Lynne and Wood in Birmingham, UK in 1970. So a huge thank you goes out to everyone who has ever purchased a record that I played on or been to any of the concerts. ![]() “However, I would like to add that without the support of the record buying and concert going public my great career could never have happened. It has been a blast and I still get a buzz every time I walk out on stage. “I have been incredibly fortunate to have had a life in the music business from my first band ‘Rocking Ronnie & The Renegades’ to ‘Black Sabbath and all the bits inbetween including The Move, Denny Laine & The Diplomats, Carl Wayne & The Vikings, Quill, The Electric Light Orchestra, the Brum Rocks concerts, Stand Up & Rock and more… surrounded by great talented musicians. “It would have been fantastic to meet up with Roy, Jeff and Richard again,” he continues, calling the recognition a great honor. “These dates have been sold out for some time and when the news broke about our induction it was too late to change them. “Unfortunately I will not be able to attend ELO’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame due to the fact that I am on tour in the UK with another great friend of Jeff (Lynne), Richard (Tandy) and Roy (Wood).the legend that is ‘Jasper Carrott’,” writes Bevan on Facebook. The group will be honored at New York’s Barclays Center on April 7 alongside Pearl Jam, Journey, Yes, Joan Baez and Tupac Shakur. ![]() ELO: (L-R) Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan and Roy WoodĮlectric Light Orchestra cofounder and drummer Bev Bevan will miss the band’s induction into the 2017 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame next month due to prior commitments. While looking over the full list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees (that now include 5 more very deserving acts: Heart, Randy Newman, Public Enemy, Rush.
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