Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by multi‑instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood and drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of pop and classical arrangements with futuristic iconography. After Wood’s departure in 1972, Lynne became the band’s sole leader, co‑arranging and producing every album while writing nearly all of their original material. During their first run from 1970 to 1986, Lynne and Bevan were the group’s only consistent members. The group’s name is a pun referencing both electric light and “light orchestral music”, a popular style featured on the BBC Light Programme between the 1940s and 1960s. ELO was formed out of Lynne’s and Wood’s desire to create modern rock and pop songs with electric instruments and classical influences. It developed as an offshoot of Wood’s previous band, the Move, of which Lynne and Bevan were also members. During the 1970s and 1980s, ELO released a string of top‑10 albums and singles, including their most commercially successful release, the double album Out of the Blue (1977). Two ELO albums reached the top of the British charts: the disco‑inspired Discovery (1979) and the science‑fiction‑themed concept album Time (1981). In 1986, Lynne lost interest in the band and disbanded the group. Bevan responded by forming his own band, ELO Part II, in 1989, which came to include several former ELO bandmates by the early 1990s. Part II later evolved into The Orchestra after Bevan’s departure in 1999.
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Can’t Get it Out of My Head
Strange Magic
Something
Livin’ Thing
Roll Over Beethoven
Evil Woman
Turn to Stone
Prologue/Twilight
Don’t Bring Me Down
West Hero
All Over The World
Hold on tight
Calling America
Nightrider
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