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British rock artist Jeff Lynne has been bringing music to fans in his home country and the United States for nearly two decades. He first came to real prominence as the leader of the Electric Light Orchestra—perhaps better known by its initials, ELO. With this band, he scored many hits throughout the 1970s, including "Can’t Get It Out of My Head," "Livin" Thing," and "Don’t Bring Me Down." After ELO’s popularity died down somewhat during the 1980s, Lynne concentrated on production and songwriting work for fellow major stars, former Beatles Paul McCartney and George Harrison among them. Lynne resurfaced as a performer in 1 988, when he became a member of the Traveling Wilburys.

Lynne’s first small taste of success in the music world came with a group he fronted during the late 1960s called the Idle Race. The band had a sufficient following among British college students to merit recording an album on the Liberty label in 1969, The Birthday Party. A year later, Lynne was approached by Roy Wood of the underground rock group the Move; Wood wanted Lynne to join. The Move had recently undergone radical changes in personnel, and was down to two members, Wood and drummer Bev Bevan. Lynne consented, but not merely to become part of a more successful band. Rather, he was interested in what Brock Helander described in his book, The Rock Who’s Who, as "Wood’s conception of a fully electric rock band augmented by a classical string section."

The plan was that Wood and Lynne would develop this project, to be called the Electric Light Orchestra, at the same time as they worked on Move albums. The first album the group put out as ELO, No Answer, was well received in Great Britain, and scored a hit there with the single, "10538 Overture," in 1972. Ironically, however, Lynne’s first success in the United States, as well as the Move’s biggest record in that country, came with the 1973 single "Do Ya," from the Move’s Split Ends. Lynne eventually included the number in ELO concert performances.

Split Ends proved to be the last album the Move released. And Wood had grown bored with ELO, leaving it in Lynne’s control. As Helander reported, the latter "assumed the primary role as producer, arranger, composer, lead vocalist, and lead guitarist." To make the album ELO II, Lynne decided to put even greater emphasis on the blending of the rock and classical styles, and recruited keyboard player Richard Tandy (also a Move veteran), bassist Kelly Groucutt, cellists Melvyn Gale and Hugh McDowell, and violinist Mik Kaminsky. The latter three musicians had played previously with the London Symphony Orchestra. ELO II provided the remade band with a 1973 hit in the United

States, a remake of rock pioneer Chuck Berry’s "Roll Over, Beethoven" that featured excerpts from other rock classics.

Some critics felt that ELO’s version of "Roll Over, Beethoven" was too much like a novelty record to presage further success for the group, but they were quickly proven wrong. On the Third Day, released later in 1973, provided ELO with a few more minor hits, and fueled audience appreciation for their U.S. concert tours. And Eldorado, released in 1974, launched ELO’s first huge single success, "Can’t Get It Out of My Head." In the following year, Face the Music included the smashes "Evil Woman" and "Strange Magic." As Helander phrased it, ELO had "secured [its] position in the forefront of so-called ‘classical-rock.’"

Oddly enough, however, though Lynne and ELO occasionally charted in their native England, the band fared much, much better with fans in the United States. Their popularity in the latter country continued unabated through the late 1970s, and they saw songs like 1976’s "Telephone Line" and "Livin’ Thing," 1977’s "Turn to Stone" and "Sweet Talkin’Woman," and 1979’s "Shine a Little Love" and "Don’t Bring Me Down" race up the U.S. record charts. The latter two singles came from the album Discovery, on which Lynne took the classical aspects of ELO further by backing them with a forty-two piece orchestra and a thirty-member all-male choir. In 1980, Lynne and ELO provided music for the soundtrack of the motion picture Xanadu.

Though ELO put out a few more albums during the early 1980s, Lynne’s efforts turned increasingly to writing and producing for other stars. He has reportedly said that the major influences upon his songwriting stylewere John Lennon and Paul McCartney; fortunately his reputation has become such that he gained the opportunity to work for one of his idols, helping McCartney with an album. He has also produced for Dave Edmunds, and assisted Tom Petty and Randy Newman with recordings. And critics had high praise for his production work on George Harrison’s 1987 album, Cloud Nine.

But the work that really brought Lynne back into the spotlight was getting together with his famous friends—Harrison, Petty, Bob Dylan, and the late Roy Orbison—and recording as the Traveling Wilburys. Apparently Lynne and friends got the idea while having dinner together in Los Angeles; they eventually decided to adopt the personas of the various Wilbury brothers to lend humor to the project. The result, the Grammy Award-winning The Traveling Wilburys, Volume I, proved popular with fans and critics alike. Lynne discussed the Wilburys’ recording sessions with a Rolling Stone reporter: "We would arrive about twelve or one o’clock and have some coffee," he explained. "Somebody would say, ‘What about this?’ and start on a riff. Then we’d all join in, and it’d turn into something. We’d finish around midnight…. Then we’d come back the next day to work on another one. That’s why the songs are so good and fresh—because they haven’t been second-guessed and dissected and replaced."

Following the death of Orbison, the remaining Wilburys got together to record a follow-up album, released in 1990 under the title Traveling Wilburys, Volume III (in keeping with the lightheaded tone of the project they "skipped" Volume II, opting to follow Volume I with Volume III). Lynne also found time to put together a solo album for release in 1990, Armchair Theatre.

Selected discography

With the Move
Message From the Country, Capitol, 1971.
Split Ends (includes "Do Ya"), United Artists, 1973.

With the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
No Answer (includes "10538 Overture"), United Artists, 1972.
ELO II (includes "Roll Over, Beethoven"), United Artists, 1973.
On the Third Day, United Artists, 1973.
Eldorado (includes "Can’t Get It Out of My Head"), United Artists, 1973.
Face the Music (includes "Evil Woman" and "Strange Magic"), United Artists, 1975.
Ole ELO, United Artists, 1976.
A New World Record (includes "Livin’ Thing" and "Telephone Line"), United Artists, 1975.

Out of the Blue (includes "Turn to Stone," "Concerto for a Rainy Day," and "Sweet Talkin’ Woman"), United Artists, 1977.
Discovery (includes "Shine a Little Love" and "Don’t Bring Me Down"), Columbia, 1979.
Time, Columbia, 1981.
Secret Messages, Jet, 1983.

With the Traveling Wilburys
Traveling Wilburys, Volume I (includes "Handle With Care," "Rattled," and "End of the Line"), Warner Bros., 1988.
Traveling Wilburys, Volume III, Warner Bros., 1991.

Other
(With The Idle Race) The Birthday Party, Liberty, 1969.
(With ELO and Olivia Newton-John) Xanadu (soundtrack; includes "I’m Alive" and "All Over the World"), MCA, 1980.
(Solo) Armchair Theater (includes "Every Little Thing"), Reprise, 1990.

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Books
Helander, Brock, The Rock Who’s Who, Schirmer Books, 1982.

Periodicals
Rolling Stone, December 15, 1988; November 16, 1989.
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Following his stint as the leader of the Electric Light Orchestra, singer/guitarist Jeff Lynne forged an equally successful career in the '80s and '90s as a producer, with his distinctive sound gracing the latter-day records of many veteran rock & roll legends. Lynne began his career in the late '60s as the frontman of a group called the Idle Race, which recorded the album The Birthday Party for RCA in 1969. In 1970, Lynne accepted an invitation from Move leader Roy Wood to join his revamped band; the two shared a vision of fusing electric rock & roll with classical orchestrations, a concept that eventually transformed the Move into the Electric Light Orchestra (instead of the two groups running concurrently, as had originally been planned). The Lynne composition "Do Ya" provided the aggregation's first U.S. hit in 1973; Wood soon abdicated his share of the group's leadership to form Wizzard, leaving Lynne in charge. He ran the group into the '80s, scoring several U.S. Top Ten singles and albums and contributing to the soundtrack of the 1980 film Xanadu.

In the early '80s, Lynne's production career began to take off, as he worked with roots-rocker Dave Edmunds, Duane Eddy, and the Everly Brothers. Acclaimed work followed with George Harrison (1987's Cloud Nine), Brian Wilson, and Randy Newman. In 1988, Lynne participated in the Grammy-winning Traveling Wilburys supergroup; he soon produced fellow Wilburys Roy Orbison and Tom Petty on the critically and commercially successful Mystery Girl and Full Moon Fever, respectively. In 1990, Lynne released his first solo album, Armchair Theatre, and worked on the Wilburys' second album, Volume III. In recent years, Lynne's most prominent work has been with his main influences, the Beatles, on their Anthology series; the reconstructed "Free as a Bird" bore his unmistakable stamp, and he has also worked with Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney (Flaming Pie) individually. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi
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Background information
Birth name Jeffrey Lynne
Also known as Otis Wilbury/Clayton Wilbury[1]
Born (1947-12-30) 30 December 1947 (age 64)
Shard End, Birmingham, England
Genres Progressive rock, pop rock, symphonic rock, art rock, pop
Occupations Musician, songwriter, producer
Instruments Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, cello, ukulele, percussion
Years active 1966–present
Labels United Artists, Jet, Harvest, Epic, SonyBMG, Reprise
Associated acts Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys, The Idle Race, The Move, George Harrison, Tom Petty, The Beatles, Olivia Newton-John, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan
Website ftmusic.com
Notable instruments
Gibson Les Paul
Fender Telecaster
Gibson Hummingbird
Yamaha CS-80
Polymoog

Jeffrey "Jeff" Lynne (born 30 December 1947) is an English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer who gained fame as the leader and sole constant member of Electric Light Orchestra. He was later a co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys together with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty. Lynne has produced recordings for artists such as The Beatles, Brian Wilson, Roy Orbison, Dave Edmunds, Del Shannon and Tom Petty. He has co-written songs with Petty and also with George Harrison, whose 1987 album Cloud Nine was co-produced by Lynne and Harrison. Among the many compositions to his credit are such well-known hits as "Livin' Thing", "Evil Woman", "Turn to Stone", "Do Ya", "Xanadu", "Strange Magic", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Telephone Line", "Shine a Little Love", "Mr. Blue Sky", "Hold On Tight", "All Over the World", and "Don't Bring Me Down".

In 2008, The Washington Times named Lynne the fourth greatest record producer in music history.[2]

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Musical career

Early career

In 1963, Jeff Lynne, Robert Reader and David Walsh formed a group using little more than Spanish guitars and cheap electrical instruments to produce music. They were originally named "The Rockin' Hellcats" before changing to "The Handicaps" and finally to "The Andicaps". They practised at Shard End Community Centre and performed weekly. However, in 1964, Robert Reader and David Walsh left the band and Lynne brought in replacements. At the end of 1964, Lynne decided to leave the band to replace Mick Adkins of the local band "The Chads".[3]

In 1966, Lynne joined the line-up of The Nightriders as guitarist. The band would soon change their name to The Idle Race, a name allegedly given to them sarcastically by his grandmother Evelyn Lynne who probably disapproved of pop music as not being a proper job. Despite recording two critically acclaimed albums with the band and producing the second, success eluded him. In 1970, Lynne accepted a lifeline from friend Roy Wood to join the line-up of the more successful band The Move.

The Electric Light Orchestra: 1970–86

Main article: Electric Light Orchestra

Lynne contributed many songs to The Move's last two albums while formulating, with Roy Wood and Bev Bevan, a band built around a fusion of rock and classical music. This project would eventually become the highly successful Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). Problems led to Wood's departure in 1972, after the band's eponymous first album, leaving Jeff Lynne as the band's dominant creative force. Thereafter followed a succession of band personnel changes and increasingly popular albums: 1973's ELO II and On The Third Day, 1974's Eldorado and 1975's Face the Music.

Electric Light Orchestra's On the Third Day (1973) US album cover

By A New World Record, Lynne had almost developed the roots of the group into a more complex and unique pop-rock sound mixed with studio strings, layered vocals, and tight, catchy pop singles. Jeff Lynne's now almost complete creative dominance as producer, songwriter, arranger, lead singer and guitarist could make ELO appear to be an almost solo effort. However, the ELO sound and the focus of Lynne's writing was also shaped by Louis Clark's and Richard Tandy's co-arranging, under Jeff's direction (notably the large string sections), Bev Bevan's drumming, and Richard Tandy's integration of the Moog, harmonium, and Mellotron, with more novel keyboard technology, gave Jeff's songs a more symphonic sound.

The pinnacle of ELO's chart success and worldwide popularity was the expansive 1977 double album Out of the Blue, which was largely conceived in a Swiss chalet during a two-week writing marathon.[4] The band's 1978 world tour featured an elaborate "space ship" set and laser light show. In order to recreate the complex instrumental textures of their albums, the band used pre-recorded supplemental backing tracks in live performances. Although that practice has now become commonplace, it caused considerable derision in the press of the time.[5] Jeff Lynne has often stated that he prefers the creative environment of the studio to the rigours and tedium of touring.

In 1979, Lynne followed up the success of Out of the Blue with Discovery, which held No. 1 in the UK for 5 weeks. The album is primarily associated with its two disco-flavoured singles ("Shine a Little Love" and "Last Train to London") and with the title's word play on "disco" and "very".[6] However, the remaining seven non-disco tracks on the album reflected Lynne's range as a pop-rock songwriter, including a heavy, mid-tempo rock anthem ("Don't Bring Me Down") that, despite its use of a drum loop, could be considered the antithesis of disco. In an April 2008 interview, Lynne fondly recalled his forays into dance music:

I love the force of disco. I love the freedom it gave me to make a different rhythms across it. I enjoyed that really steady driving beat. Just steady as a rock. I’ve always liked that simplicity in the bass drum.[6]

In 1979, Lynne rejected an offer for ELO to headline the Knebworth Concert in the UK, allowing Led Zeppelin to headline instead.

In the absence of any touring to support Discovery, Lynne had time to contribute five tracks to the soundtrack for the 1980 movie musical Xanadu. The score yielded a pair of top-40 singles, with the title track "Xanadu" reaching number one in the UK. Nevertheless, Lynne was not integrated into the development of the film, and his material subsequently had only superficial attachment to the plot. Xanadu performed weakly at the box office (although it later has experienced popularity as a cult favourite). Lynne subsequently disavowed his limited contribution to the project,[7] although he later re-recorded the title song (with his lead vocal) for the 2000 box set Flashback. In 2007, the film was loosely adapted into a successful Broadway musical, incorporating almost all of the songs from the original film, and also using two other ELO hits: "Strange Magic" and "Evil Woman".

The 1980s

In 1981 Lynne took the band in a somewhat different direction with the science-fiction themed album Time, reaching number one for two weeks in the UK, producing the second Top 3 single in less than two years. The strings were still featured, but with heavily synthesised textures. Following a marginally successful tour, Lynne kept this general approach with 1983's Secret Messages and a final contractually-obligated ELO album Balance of Power in 1986. Lynne discusses the contractually-obligated nature of the final albums on the short interview included with the 'Zoom' DVD. ELO now had only three remaining official members (Lynne, Bevan and Tandy), and Lynne began devoting more time to producing.

During his time in the Electric Light Orchestra, Lynne did manage to release a few recordings under his own name. In 1976, Lynne covered The Beatles songs "With a Little Help from My Friends" and "Nowhere Man" for All This and World War II. In 1977, Lynne released his first solo single, the disco-flavoured "Doin' That Crazy Thing"/"Goin' Down To Rio". Despite ELO's high profile at that time, it received little airplay and failed to chart. In 1984 Lynne and ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy contributed two original songs "Video!" and "Let It Run" to the film Electric Dreams (they also provided a third song, "Sooner or Later", which was released as the b-side of "Video!"). Lynne also wrote the song "The Story of Me," which was recorded by the Everly Brothers on their comeback album EB84.

Even before the official end of ELO, Lynne began his move toward focusing almost exclusively on studio production work. Lynne produced and wrote the 1983 top-40 hit "Slipping Away" for Dave Edmunds and played on sessions (with Richard Tandy) for Edmunds' album, Information. Lynne also produced six tracks on Edmunds' follow-up album in 1984, Riff Raff.

In contrast to the dense, boomy, baroque sound of ELO, Lynne's post-ELO studio work has tended toward more minimal, acoustic instrumentation and a sparse, "organic" quality that generally favours light room ambience and colouration over artificial reverb, especially on vocals. Lynne's recordings also often feature the jangling compressed acoustic guitar sound pioneered by Roger McGuinn and a heavily gated snare drum sound.

Lynne's influence by the Beatles was clearly evident in his ELO work and the connection to the Beatles was strengthened when Lynne produced George Harrison's Cloud Nine, a successful comeback album for the ex-Beatle, released in 1987, featuring the popular singles "Got My Mind Set on You", "When We Was Fab" (where Lynne played the violin in the video), and "This is Love", two of the three songs co-written by Lynne.

Jeff Lynne's association with Harrison led to the 1988 formation of the Traveling Wilburys, a studio "supergroup" that included George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison (as well as Lynne himself), and resulted in two albums (Vol. 1 and Vol. 3), both co-produced by Lynne. In 1988 Lynne also worked on Roy Orbison's album Mystery Girl co-writing and producing Orbison's last major hit, "You Got It", plus two other tracks on that album. For Rock On!, the final Del Shannon album, Jeff Lynne co-wrote "Walk Away" and finished off several tracks after Shannon's death.

In 1989, Lynne co-produced Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty, which included the hit singles "Free Fallin'", "I Won't Back Down", and "Runnin' Down a Dream", all co-written by Lynne. This album and Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 both received nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Album of the Year in 1989. The Traveling Wilburys won a Grammy for "Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal" that year.[8] Lynne's song "One Way Love" was released as a single by Agnetha Faltskog and appeared on her second post-ABBA album, Eyes of a Woman. Lynne co-wrote and produced the track "Let It Shine" for Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson's first solo album in 1988. Lynne also contributed three tracks to an album by Duane Eddy and "Falling In Love" on Land of Dreams for Randy Newman.

The 1990s

In 1990, Lynne collaborated on the Wilburys' follow up Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 and shortly after that released his first solo album Armchair Theatre, with old friends George Harrison and Richard Tandy featuring the singles "Every Little Thing" and "Lift Me Up". The album received some positive critical attention but little commercial success. Lynne also provided the song "Wild Times" to the motion picture soundtrack Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in 1991.

In 1991, Lynne returned to the studio with Petty, co-writing and producing the album Into the Great Wide Open for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, which featured the singles "Learning to Fly" and "Into the Great Wide Open". The following year he produced Roy Orbison's posthumous album King of Hearts, featuring the single "I Drove All Night".

In February 1994, Lynne fulfilled a lifelong dream by working with the three surviving Beatles on the Anthology album series. At George Harrison's request, Lynne was brought in to assist in reevaluating John Lennon's original studio material. The songs "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" were created by digitally processing Lennon's demos for the songs and overdubbing the three surviving band members to form a virtual Beatles reunion that the band had mutually eschewed during Lennon's lifetime. Lynne has also produced records for Ringo Starr and worked on Paul McCartney's Grammy nominated album Flaming Pie.

Lynne's work in the 1990s also includes production of a 1993 album for singer/songwriter Julianna Raye entitled Something Peculiar and production or songwriting contributions to albums by Roger McGuinn (Back from Rio), Joe Cocker (Night Calls), Aerosmith (Lizard Love), Tom Jones (Lift me Up), Bonnie Tyler (Time Mends a Broken Heart), the film Still Crazy, Hank Marvin (Wonderful Land and Nivram), Et Moi (Drole De Vie), and the Tandy Morgan Band (Action).

In 1996, Lynne was officially recognised by his peers when he was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding Contributions to British Music" for a second time.

The 2000s

Following legal action to get the ELO name back[9] from Bevan's touring group ELO Part II, Lynne released a new album in 2001 under the ELO moniker entitled Zoom. Although the album featured guest appearances by Ringo Starr, George Harrison and original ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy, with Lynne multi-tracking a majority of the instruments and vocals. The album received positive reviews but had no hit singles. Despite bearing little sonic relationship to the halcyon ELO days of the late 1970s, it was marketed as a "return to the classic ELO sound"[10] in an attempt to connect with a loyal body of fans and jump-start a planned concert tour (with Lynne and Tandy as the only returning original ELO members). While a live performance was taped at CBS Television City over two consecutive nights and shown on PBS (with subsequent DVD release), the tour itself was cancelled.

Speculation remains rife as to the reason (or reasons), for the cancellation of this tour. Certainly, initial ticket sales were disappointing, with publicity for the concerts minimal.[citation needed] Although often cited by fans as a reason for the tour cancellation, the events and aftermath of 11 September occurred subsequent to the official cancellation of the tour. Greg Bissonette (ELO drummer), when asked, described it as "the greatest tour I never went on!"[citation needed]

Earlier in 2001, Lynne began working with George Harrison on what would turn out to be Harrison's final album, Brainwashed. After Harrison's death from cancer on 29 November 2001, Lynne returned to the studio in 2002 to help finish the uncompleted album. Lynne was also heavily involved in the memorial Concert for George, held at London's Royal Albert Hall in November 2002, singing the lead vocal on "The Inner Light", "I Want to Tell You" and "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)", and subsequently produced the Surround Sound audio mix for the Concert For George DVD released in November 2003. The DVD received a Grammy.

Lynne reunited in 2006 with Tom Petty to produce his third solo release, Highway Companion.

ASCAP honoured Jeff Lynne with the Golden Note Award during their inaugural "I Create Music" EXPO on 24 April 2009, the presenter was Paul Williams.[11][12] ASCAP's Golden Note Award is presented to songwriters, composers, and artists who have achieved extraordinary career milestones. Previous honorees include Tom Petty, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Sean "Diddy" Combs and Garth Brooks, to name a few.[13]

Lynne said in a Reuters article on 23 April 2009, that he has finally been working on the long awaited follow-up to his 1990 solo debut album Armchair Theatre with a possible tentative release date of "later this year".[14]

He also produced four tracks on Regina Spektor's fifth album Far, released 23 June 2009.

In a March 2010 interview with the Daily Express newspaper, Lynne confirmed he is working on a new album with Joe Walsh and simultaneously "writing a couple of albums under his own name, though he won't tell us in which musical direction he's heading."[15]

Lynne contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's "Words of Love" for the tribute album Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, which was released on 6 September 2011.

31 December 2011, Brian Williams reported on NBC New Year's Eve with Carson Daly that "2012 releases will include rare new work from Jeff Lynne."[16]

Albums Lynne participated on

The Idle Race

The Move

Electric Light Orchestra

Traveling Wilburys

Others

Solo discography

Albums

Released: 12 June 1990
Peak Chart Positions: #7 Norway, #8 Sweden, #22 Canada, #24 UK,[17] #31 Australia, #83 US Billboard 200

Compilation albums

Released: 1989

Singles

Released: 1977
Released: 1984
Peak Chart Positions: #85 US Billboard Hot 100, #87 UK Singles Chart
Released: June 1990
Peak Chart Positions: #8 Canada, #9 US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, #27 Australia, #59 UK Singles Chart[17]
Released: September 1990
Peak Chart Positions: # 37 Canada

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References

  1. ^ These were stage names that Lynne used as a part of the supergroup Traveling Wilburys.
  2. ^ By 4:30 am, Friday, 4 July 2008 (4 July 2008). "Top 5: Knob-twiddlers". Washington Times. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/04/top-5-98304083/. Retrieved 6 October 2010. 
  3. ^ "The Andicaps biography". Brumbeat. 30 December 1947. http://www.brumbeat.net/andicaps.htm. Retrieved 6 October 2010. 
  4. ^ "ELO Remaster Series Out of the Blue Sleeve Notes". Ftmusic.com. http://www.ftmusic.com/outoftheblue/sleeve_notes.html. Retrieved 6 October 2010. 
  5. ^ "Jeff Lynne Song Database - Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue / The Big Night Tour". Jefflynnesongs.com. http://www.jefflynnesongs.com/ootbtour/. Retrieved 6 October 2010. 
  6. ^ a b Appreciation - Jeff Lynne, A Symphony by The Light Shines On In … Eldorado
  7. ^ "Xanadu Movie -The 80s Rewind «". Fast-rewind.com. 3 February 1981. http://www.fast-rewind.com/xanadu.htm. Retrieved 6 October 2010. 
  8. ^ "The Official Site of Music's Biggest Night". GRAMMY.com. http://www.grammy.com/. Retrieved 6 October 2010. 
  9. ^ "SongBook | The Electric Light Orchestra". Thelogbook.com. 29 August 2005. http://www.thelogbook.com/music/the-orchestra-no-rewind. Retrieved 6 October 2010. 
  10. ^ Thomas, Stephen (12 June 2001). "((( Zoom > Overview )))". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r537789. Retrieved 6 October 2010. 
  11. ^ http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2009/04/21/heart-jeff-lynne-to-be-honored-by-music-biz-in hollywood/
  12. ^ "Showdown: ELO Mailing List". Eskimo.com. 24 April 2009. http://www.eskimo.com/~noanswer/showdown.html. Retrieved 6 October 2010. 
  13. ^ "Jeff Lynne To Be Honored And Give Rare Interview At Ascap "I Create Music" Expo". Ascap.com. 23 March 2009. http://www.ascap.com/press/2009/0319_lynne_interview.aspx. Retrieved 6 October 2010. 
  14. ^ Goodman, Dean (23 April 2009). "ELO rocker Jeff Lynne working on solo album | Reuters". Uk.reuters.com. http://uk.reuters.com/article/email/idUKTRE53M62R20090423?sp=true. Retrieved 6 October 2010. 
  15. ^ http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gSZH35JRnIM/S8sT4DT8twI/AAAAAAAAAkg/8tEK_Zfvj3I/s1600/inside4.jpg
  16. ^ "New Jeff Lynne solo album in 2012...". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEH9H9g1gQE. Retrieved 2012-04-14. 
  17. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 334. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 

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