Electric Light Orchestra

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Birmingham, England (1970 – present)

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) was a very successful rock music group of the 1970s and 1980s, formed in Birmingham, England.
They incorporated the sounds of string ensembles, vocoders and dub echos into rock songs, thereby creating a very sophisticated studio version of rock. The musical content of ELO songs often went far beyond usual chord structures, mixing pop songwriting with classical romanticism and synthesized sounds. The band claim that their music ‘picks up where The Beatles left off.’

Formed in 1970 by Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan (the remaining members of the 1960s rock group The Move). The band used cellos, violin, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound. This was an idea Roy Wood initially had while with The Move, to take rock music in a new direction. In 1970 when Carl Wayne left the The Move, Jeff Lynne, front man with fellow Brum band Idle Race, responded to Wood’s second invitation to join the line-up, with the lure of starting the new band. To help finance the fledgling project, two more Move albums were released during the recording of their eponymous first album in 1971 which produced the UK hit

10538 Overture. In the US this album was released with the mistaken title of No Answer, due to a mix-up with an uncompleted telephone call to the American label and subsequent secretarial message.

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2	Don't Bring Me Down full track	1,599
3	Evil Woman full track	1,487
4	Livin' Thing full track	1,261
5	Turn To Stone full track	1,243
6	Telephone Line full track	944
7	Sweet Talkin' Woman full track	934
8	Hold On Tight full track	826
9	Strange Magic full track	733
10	Can't Get It Out Of My Head full track	633
11	Showdown full track	625
12	Twilight full track	620
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williamc99 wrote:
18 hours ago

How can Secret Messages NOT be in the top 15?! =O And how come Sweet Talkin' Woman is at number 7? I would have thought it would have been higher.

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infectedmodes wrote:
Thursday evening

We Love British Bands ◄

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dhadhidhum wrote:
Wednesday morning

great great great ! love mr. blue sky !!!

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GibsonGirl wrote:
last week

this band epitomise the '70s

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JamieGHarris wrote:
last week

One of the ALL TIME BEST BANDS ever! [2]

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Metlosh wrote:
last week

Ok, album Time on my gramophone rulezz..=oP

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Ardone wrote:
last week

Evil Woman, such a great song.

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Stephen_Miller wrote:
last month

One of the ALL TIME BEST BANDS ever!

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FrankTyrell wrote:
last month

On of the most underrated bands

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wetwillies wrote:
last month

Amazing vocals!

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SerpentLazarus wrote:
last month

Great band. Jeff Lynne is the maestro of ballads.

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ERMSHAN wrote:
last month

Ahhh this music always makes me happy. I have their greatest hits and listen to it 24/7 in the car.

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Gilaventi wrote:
last month

The British Rock Artists League has run for two successful seasons now. Now we need 4 new artists to begin Season 3, so click here and vote for Electric Light Orchestra!

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jeremiahcg wrote:
last month

Here is the news isn't a top 15...crazy

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vmgg wrote:
last month

Where is 10538 Overture?

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nik_keri wrote:
last month

Nice To What You Might Get It.

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Naathiw wrote:
last month

Four Little Diamonds Ftw .

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stormchasar wrote:
last month

Don't bring me dow-own... BRUCE

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ice_age wrote:
last month

elo!! love of my childhood!! :-))))

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greaseman64 wrote:
last month

How the hell is "Do Ya" not in the top 15?

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