It may not be his most successful tribute to the music of the rockabilly era. “Hold on Tight” had given ELO a Top 10 hit on both sides of the pond just two years earlier. But this one tops the ...

Andrew Loog Oldham, the manager of the Rolling Stones, put it best when he was talking about the true impact ... Here, we will look at ELO’s five songs that sound most like something The Beatles could ...

Mixing classical music instruments with rock and ... and every one of them spawned at least one U.S. Top-20 hit. After a three-year hiatus, ELO released the album Balance of Power in 1986.

Not that Jeff didn't have moments of doubt, even with his best-loved creations ... Paul's producer Brendan Lynch sampled the ELO song, on the understanding that if Jeff Lynne sued, the settlement ...

When Lynne founded ELO in 1971, along with Roy Wood ... and the band clocked up twenty Top 20 hits between 1972 and 1983 - including ‘Mr Blue Sky’, which reached #6 in January 1978.