Moody Blues

The Moody Blues were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in May 1964. The original lineup consisted of Graeme Edge (drums), Denny Laine (guitar, vocals), Mike Pinder (keyboards, vocals), Ray Thomas (multi‑instrumentalist, vocals) and Clint Warwick (bass, vocals). Initially part of the British beat and R&B scene of the early to mid‑1960s, the band first came to prominence with the UK number‑one and US Top 10 single “Go Now” in late 1964 and early 1965. Laine and Warwick left the group in 1966, after which Edge, Pinder and Thomas recruited Justin Hayward (guitar, vocals) and John Lodge (bass, vocals). Embracing the psychedelic rock movement of the late 1960s, the band released Days of Future Passed (1967), a fusion of rock and classical music performed with the London Festival Orchestra. The album is widely regarded as a landmark recording and one of the earliest successful concept albums, establishing the Moody Blues as pioneers of art rock and progressive rock. The group released six more albums during this era—In Search of the Lost Chord (1968), On the Threshold of a Dream (1969), To Our Children’s Children’s Children (1969), A Question of Balance (1970), Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971) and Seventh Sojourn (1972)—and toured extensively until going on hiatus in 1974. Their recordings from this period were among the most successful in the progressive rock genre and produced major FM radio hits, including “Nights in White Satin” (1967; charting again in 1972 and 1979), “Tuesday Afternoon” (1968), “Question” (1970), “The Story in Your Eyes” (1971), “Isn’t Life Strange” (1972) and “I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)” (1973).
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Go Now

I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)

Nights In White Satin

Question

Ride My See-Saw

Tuesday Afternoons

Melancholy Man

Dear Diary

For My Lady

The Story In Your Eyes

Visions of Paradise

The Voice

Gemini Dream

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