Artist Name

Electric Light Orchestra

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Single Releases

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1986 - Calling America

1981 - Hold on Tight / When Time Stood Still

1977 - Mr. Blue Sky / One Summer Dream

Members
1 Male

Popularity

73

Followers
4,288,025

Origin
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Birmingham, England

Genre
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Progressive Rock

Style
Rock/Pop

Mood
Carefree

Born

1971

Active
1971 to 2001

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Alternate Name
E.L.O.

Most Loved Tracks

Track	Last.FM Listens	Youtube views	Loves
Mr. Blue Sky	13,743,072	25,356,333 views	9 users
Evil Woman	4,368,951	324,845 views	8 users
Last Train to London	4,630,949		5 users
Don't Bring Me Down	1,620,117		4 users
Livin' Thing	1,224,126		3 users
Turn to Stone	2,908,287	294,395 views	3 users
Eldorado			1 users
Here Is the News		3,174,685 views	1 users

Music Video Links

Evil Woman	Turn to Stone	Mr. Blue Sky
Wild West Hero	Shine a Little Love	The Diary of Horace Wimp
Ticket to the Moon	Here Is the News	Hold On Tight

Artist Biography
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Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. 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.

Despite 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. By the mid-1970s, they had become one of the biggest-selling acts in music. From 1972 to 1986, ELO accumulated 27 Top-40 hit singles in both the UK and the US. The group also scored 20 Top 20 UK hit singles, as well as 19 Top-20 hit singles in the US (as charted by Billboard Magazine). 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.

ELO 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.