He’d also led ELO through a dizzying stream of timeless ... here’s one longtime fan and critic’s countdown of their 30 best songs. It’s a livin’ thing. This was their final hit, the ...

“Slippin’ Away” peaked at No. 39, is Dave’s last song to date to crack the Hot 100’s Top 40. The synthesizer on the track was played by longtime ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy.

During ELO's original 14-year period of active recording and touring, they sold over 50 million records worldwide. From 1972 to 1986, ELO accumulated twenty Top 20 songs on the UK Singles Chart, and ...