![]() ![]() The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits of any group in US chart history without ever having a number one single.ĮLO collected 19 CRIA, 21 RIAA and 38 BPI awards, and sold over 50 million records worldwide during the group's active period of recording and touring. The group also scored 20 Top 20 UK hit singles, as well as 15 Top-20 hit singles in the US (as charted by Billboard magazine). From 1972 to 1986, ELO accumulated 27 Top-40 hit singles in both the UK and the US. By the mid-1970s, they had become one of the biggest-selling acts in music. After Wood's departure following the band's debut record, Lynne wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album.ĭespite early singles success in the United Kingdom, the band were initially more successful in the United States, billed as "The English guys with the big fiddles". They soon gained a cult following despite lukewarm reviews back in their native United Kingdom. The trio of Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood, and Bev Bevan formed in Birmingham, England. ![]() ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. Electric Light Orchestra Essentials Apple Music Classic Rock Combining meticulous arrangements with pop-friendly melodies, real string sections with searing synthesizers, ELO created such a bevy of genius 70s tunes that many critics compared them to The Beatles.
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