Wembley or Bust: Jeff Lynne's ELO

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In an early 1980s Rolling Stone magazine interview, Steve Winwood said that ELO's Time had influenced him. Ladyhawke has stated that ELO's Time is one of her five favourite albums. [23]

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Bevan is also a patron of The Dorridge Music School (Knowle). [14] In 2012, Bevan narrated the audiobook version of Tony Iommi's biography Iron Man – My Journey Through Heaven and Hell. [15] Bevan's 2014 calendar contained no fewer than 102 gigs in 11 months, [16] some of which formed the final gigs for the Move, before Bevan and Burton went their separate ways again. Unterberger, Richie (2009). The Rough Guide to Jimi Hendrix. Rough Guides. p.75. ISBN 978-1-84836-002-0.In November 2022, it was announced that Jeff Lynne had been nominated for the Songwriters Hall of Fame alongside artists like Blondie, Bryan Adams, and Patti Smith. When I wrote and recorded these songs originally, I never would have expected the fantastic audience response all these years later; it's amazing.' - Jeff Lynne Welcome to Dorridge Music School – Greville Court Knowle – West Midlands" . Retrieved 9 April 2023.

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Bevan was born in South Yardley, Birmingham. [4] After attending Moseley Grammar School, where he gained two O level passes, he worked as a trainee buyer in a city centre department store called The Beehive with school friend Jasper Carrott (Robert Davis). In the 10th episode of series 2 of Doctor Who titled 'Love and Monsters', ELO were the favourite band of Elton Pope, who would regularly sing their songs while in his flat. During the episode, one character called Linda was singing 'Don't Bring Me Down' when Victor Kennedy turned up to her basement. a b Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (2000), Night Moves: Pop Music in the Late '70s, St. Martin's Press, ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3 ELO a no-go". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 18 August 2001. pp.E8. "The off-switch has been flipped on the Electric Light Orchestra. Or at least its tour, which was wired to illuminate the First Union Center on 15 Sept."His most regularly broadcast song is the seasonal Wizzard single " I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday". In 1995, Wood released a new live version as the 'Roy Wood Big Band', which charted at No. 59, and in 2000 he joined forces with Mike Batt and the Wombles, for a re-working of "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" and the Wombles' hit "Wombling Merry Christmas", together in one song which reached No. 22. [17] Over Christmas 2007, Wood appeared in a catalogue advertisement for Argos, where he played the part of a rowdy neighbour playing guitar along to Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", and the song once again entered the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 16. In the 2010 Christmas special of the ITV comedy Benidorm, Wood in a cameo role performed his Christmas hit at the Benidorm Palace cabaret theatre. [18] He later performed with Wizzard on the Christmas edition of Pointless Celebrities in December 2013. By the late 1970s, Wood was appearing less in public; commercial success faded away, and his musical experiments did not always match popular taste, but he remained productive in the studio as musician, producer and songwriter. He was a fan of Elvis Presley, but never succeeded in getting him to adopt one of his compositions. However, he was untiring as a producer for other acts, most successfully doo-wop revivalists Darts. In 1976, Wood recorded the Beatles songs " Lovely Rita" and " Polythene Pam" for the ill-fated musical documentary All This and World War II. [16] The Wizzo Band and subsequent work [ edit ] a b c d e Beaumont, Mark. "Electric Light Orchestra – 10 of the best". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 March 2016.

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a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. The band continued to tour in 2018 in North America and Europe. A video was created for the City of Birmingham which used the original recording of "Mr. Blue Sky" as its music; this was played at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony during the handover presentation of Birmingham 2022. [61] ELO's debut concert took place on 16 April 1972 at the Greyhound Pub in Croydon, Surrey, [20] with a line-up of Wood, Lynne, Bevan, Bill Hunt (keyboards/French horn), Andy Craig (cello), Mike Edwards (cello), Wilfred Gibson (violin), Hugh McDowell (cello), and Richard Tandy (bass). However, this line-up did not last for long. [ failed verification] First Craig departed, and then Wood, during the recordings for the band's second LP. Taking Hunt and McDowell with him, Wood left the band to form Wizzard. Both cited problems with their manager, Don Arden, [21] who Wood felt failed in his role, and an unsatisfactory tour of Italy, where the cellos and violins could not be heard over the electric instruments. However, Arden would manage Wizzard, despite Wood's negative comments towards Arden. [22] Despite predictions from the music press that the band would fold without Wood, who had been the driving force behind the creation of ELO, Lynne stepped up to lead the band, with Bevan, Edwards, Gibson and Tandy (who had switched from bass to keyboards to replace Hunt) remaining from the previous line-up, and new recruits Mike de Albuquerque and Colin Walker joining the band on bass and cello, respectively. [23]After releasing two more albums between 1974-1977, spawning hits like 'Strange Magic', ELO released the double-LP 'Out of the Blue' in 1977, which included the singles, 'Wild West Hero', 'Mr Blue Sky' and 'Sweet Talkin' Woman', which charted at Number 6 in the UK charts. Robert Porter. "Electric Light Orchestra – The USA Singles". Jeff Lynne Song Database . Retrieved 27 July 2007. ATV Today: 06.01.1970: Roy Wood of the Move pop group married". Macearchive.org. 23 June 2017 . Retrieved 25 January 2022.