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Electric Light Orchestra, also known as E.L.O., were a successful rock music
group of the 1970s and 1980s from Birmingham, England that was originally
intended to be a side project of established rock band The Move; however, the
departure of founding member Roy Wood saw Jeff Lynne finally achieve the success
and recognition that had eluded him from his days in the Idle Race. It was in the United States that the band was first warmly received, billed
as The English guys with the big fiddles. They soon gained a cult following
despite lukewarm reviews back in their native United Kingdom. They were managed
by no-nonsense businessman Don Arden (the father of Sharon Osbourne).
By the mid seventies they had become one of the biggest selling rock music
bands in the world. Under Lynne's leadership the group scored twenty top-20 UK
hit singles, as well as fifteen top-20 appearances in the US Billboard chart,
The band also hold the record for having the most Billboard Top 40 hits of any
band in US history, without ever having a #1 single. The band proved to be an
excellent vehicle for (self confessed Beatles fan) Lynne's semi-classical
Beatlesque compositions, steering a fine line between an album-oriented rock
outfit and a hit-making machine. Source:
Wikipedia
Concert photography: © Helge Øverås. Must not be used without permission.
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