Electric Light Orchestra - Electric Light Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) was a successful rock music group from the 1970s and 1980s. The band, formed by Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, and Bev Bevan in 1971 (the remaining members of The Move), used cellos and violins to give their music a "classical" sound. Roy Wood left ELO shortly after the release of their eponymously-titled first album (which produced the UK hit "10538 Overture") and Jeff Lynne stepped up to lead the band. (The first album was released with the mistaken title of No Answer in the USA). The band went through a lineup change (as Wood took some musicians with him to form Wizzard), including a new keyboardist, Richard Tandy, and released ELO II in 1973, from which came their first.
Jeff Lynne - 1947) is a British singer-songwriter and was the founder of the Electric Light Orchestra in the 1970s as well as a co-founder, and a member, of the Traveling Wilburys in the 1980s. Prior to Electric Light Orchestra Lynne was a member of The Move and Idle Race. Lynne was born in Birmingham, UK In 1990 he released a solo album "Armchair Theater". In February of 1994, Lynne fulfilled a life long dream by working with the three surviving Beatles on their Anthology album series, and reunion tracks "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love". Lynne teamed up with ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy to reform ELO in 2002 for an album called Zoom. A tour and DVD followed. A tribute to Lynne called Lynne Me Your Ears, was released in 2002, and.
John McLaughlin - fusion guitar player from Yorkshire in England. The Mahavishnu John McLaughlin Orchestra (Mahavishnu Orchestra), John's 1970's electric band, are respected the world over for their complicated fusion of New age Indian and electric jazz rock. After the split of the Mahavishnu Orchestra McLaughlin worked with the far more low-key, acoustic group Shakti. Along with Carlos Santana, McLaughlin was a follower of the guru Sri Chinmoy, and in 1973 they collaborated on an album of devotional songs, Love, Devotion, Surrender, which included a recording of the Coltrane composition A Love Supreme. John McLaughlin first came to light playing with the Miles Davis group, and has also worked with the respected jazz composer Carla Bley. See also: Paco de Lucia, Trilok Gurtu, Santana. John McLaughlin (born March 29, 1927) is the creator, executive.
Idle Race - (1971) Singles - Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree (cover of song by The Move - 1967), Impostors Of Life's Magazine (1967), The Skeleton And The Roundabout (1968), The End Of The Road (1968), I Like My Toys (1968 - but never released), Days Of The Broken Arrows (1969), Come With Me (1969), In The Summertime (1970), Neanderthal Man (1970), Dancing Flower (1971) The Skeleton And The Roundabout was re-issued in 1976 to cash in on the popularity of the Electric Light Orchestra..
Harvest Records - home for many bands including Pink Floyd Kevin Ayers The Move Electric Light Orchestra Wizzard Edgar Broughton Band Wire See also: List of record labels.
Grammy Awards of 1973 - (songwriter) for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" performed by Roberta Flack Best New Artist America Children's Best Recording for Children Christopher Cerf, Lee Chamberlin, Joe Raposo (producers), Bill Cosby & Rita Moreno for The Electric Company Classical Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau for Brahms: Die Schone Magelone Best Opera Recording Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor) the BBC Symphony Orchestra & various artists for Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera) Georg Solti (conductor), the Vienna Boys Choir, the Vienna Singverein Chorus, the Vienna State Opera Chorus, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & various artists for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat.
Fleming and John - and record with Folds from time to time. In 1998, Fleming and John released their second album, The Way We Are. The duo has what is essentially a secondary career as a cover band, providing recordings of other peoples songs for tribute albums, soundtracks and compilations. Songs covered by the band include "Winter Wonderland" (to the tune of Led Zeppelin's "Misty Mountain Hop"), "Eldorado" (Electric Light Orchestra), "California Dreamin'" (the Mamas and the Papas), "Somebody to Love" (Jefferson Airplane), "After the Lovin'" (Engelbert Humperdinck). A longtime concert favorite has been Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" to the tune of Zeppelin's "Black Dog". Discography I Predict A Clone Various Artists, 1994 Steve Taylor tribute album Delusions of Grandeur, 1995 debut album The Way We Were, 1998 album Lynne Me Your.
Discovery - American law, discovery is wide ranging and can involve any material which is relevant to the case excepting information which is privileged or information which is the work product of the lawyers other side. In practice, most civil cases in the United States are settled after discovery. After discovery, both sides usually are in agreement about the strength of each side's case and this produces a settlement which eliminates the expense and risks of a trial. The use of discovery has been criticized as favoring the wealthier side as one tactic is to make requests of information which are expensive and time consuming for the other side to fulfil. Space Shuttle The third operational Space Shuttle is named Discovery. Music album Discovery is an album by Electric Light Orchestra which was.
Dave Walker - if needed for the leads but Redcaps guitarist Roy Brown handled the lead parts himself. As it turned out, this track ended up being recorded in a different studio from where Page was located the day of recording this track anyway.) However, pop sensation Lulu had beaten The Redcaps to the British charts with her version of "Shout" and as a result, The Redcaps disbanded after the above-mentioned remaining two singles had not succeeded. Between 1965 and 1969 Dave was involved with a band called Beckett which also included Pete Oliver, Don McGinty & Colin Timmons, but they never recorded. In the beginning of 1970, another Brummie named Jeff Lynne, of Electric Light Orchestra fame, had left his original brainchild band at the time called Idle Race, which had built up.
1970s - Simpson Bill Walton Pete Maravich Julius Erving Rick Barry Bobby Hull Guy Lafleur Richard Petty Joe Frazier George Foreman Entertainers ABBA Aerosmith Alan Alda Allman Brothers Band Bachman-Turner Overdrive Black Sabbath Blue Oyster Cult David Bowie Jackson Browne Jimmy Buffett The Carpenters David Cassidy Shaun Cassidy Chicago Eric Clapton The Clash Alice Cooper Gary Coleman Elvis Costello Crass The Damned Deep Purple Neil Diamond Richard Dreyfuss The Eagles Electric Light Orchestra Fleetwood Mac Genesis Gary Glitter Gloria Gaynor Grateful Dead Andy Griffith Merle Haggard Mark Hamill DJ Kool Herc Ron Howard Waylon Jennings Elton John Billy Joel Journey Kiss Led Zeppelin Loretta Lynn Lynyrd Skynyrd Barry Manilow Steve Martin Motorhead Willie Nelson Bob Newhart Jack Nicholson The Not Ready for Prime-Time Players Carroll O'Connor P Funk (Parliament/Funkadelic) Sex Pistols Barbra Streisand.
1980s music groups - Clash Corey Hart Crowded House The Cult Culture Club Cutting Crew Cyndi Lauper D David Bowie David Lee Roth Dead or Alive Debbie Gibson Def Leppard Deniece Williams Depeche Mode Devo Dexy's Midnight Runners Dionne Warwick Dire Straits DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince Doctor and the Medics Dokken Dolly Parton Don Henley Donna Summer Duran Duran E Echo and The Bunnymen Eddie Murphy Edie Brickell and New Bohemians Eddy Grant Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) Elvis Costello Erasure The Escape Club Europe Eurythmics F The Fabulous Thunderbirds Faith No More Falco The Fat Boys Fine Young Cannibals The Fixx Fleetwood Mac Flock of Seagulls Frankie Goes to Hollywood G Gary Numan Genesis_(band) George Harrison George Michael Glass Tiger Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine The Go Gos Golden Earring Greg.
1975 in music - Making Of A Record Album airs April 23 - Badfinger's Peter Ham hangs himself in his London garage April 28 - Tom Snyder interviews John Lennon on the Tomorrow Show. May 10 - Stevie Wonder performs before 125,000 people at the Washington Monument as part of Human Kindness Day festivities. Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour Firefall forms The Ramones sign to Sire Records The Sex Pistols form Pere Ubu forms in August .38 Special forms Albums released Main Course - The Bee Gees Sabotage - Black Sabbath Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan The Basement Tapes - Bob Dylan & The Band Another Green World - Brian Eno Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tenille Horizon - The Carpenters IX - Chicago VIII - Chicago Hair of.
1977 in music - concert for the inmates of California's Soledad Prison. Saturday Night Fever appears in theaters, igniting a new popularity for Disco music. April 25 - During a concert at the Saginaw, Michigan Civic Center, Elvis Presley makes what would turn out to be the last recordings he would ever make. Three songs recorded at the show would later appear (with overdubs), on the posthumously released album, Moody Blue. April 26 - New York's legendary disco Studio 54 opens. August 17 - Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) reported that in one day the number of orders for flowers to be delivered to Graceland for the funeral of Elvis Presley had surpassed the number for any other event in the company's history Alice Cooper is hospitalized in a New York sanitarium for alcoholism. INXS forms.
1979 in music - 14 - Donna Summer's "Bad Girls" hits #1 on the Billboard charts, and stays there for 5 weeks. August 25 - "My Sharona" by The Knack hits #1 on the Billboard charts. This is the first time in over a year that a song hits #1 that isn't either a disco song or a ballad. It remains at #1 for 8 weeks. September - U2 enters the studio for the first time to record a locally released single. December 3 - In Cincinnati, Ohio, a stampede for seats at Riverfront Coliseum during a Who concert kills eleven fans (band members were not made aware of the deaths until after the show). Diamond Head's career begins INXS' career begins Michael Schenker leaves U.F.O after the Obsession tour and his solo career began.
1980 in music - release cutting parody of Bee Gees' disco-style single and help greatly to cut short the disco craze in the UK and encourage Gibb brothers to diversify stylistically Network Riddum Band's Breaking Out is the first occurrence of the term rapso as the musical genre continues its popularization Seals & Crofts break up Mercyful Fate forms Minor Threat forms The Sisters of Mercy forms Phil Collins signs a contract with Atlantic Records after leaving Genesis Hüsker Dü forms, and signs a contract with SST Records Albums released Back in Black - AC/DC Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath Autoamerican - Blondie Eat to the Beat - Blondie Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow Hold Out - Jackson Browne Catholic Boy - Jim Carroll Band Panorama - The Cars XIV - Chicago Humans -.
1952 in music - Redd Stewart & Chilton Price "Your Cheatin' Heart" w.m. Hank Williams "Zing A Little Zong" w. Leo Robin m. Harry Warren Top hits on record "Hound Dog" - Big Mama Thornton "Night Train" - Jimmy Forrest "Wimoweh" - Weavers "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" - Lloyd Price "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" - Hank Williams "Midnight Special" - Weavers Musical theater Curtain Going Up Broadway production Globe Revue London production Love From Judy London production New Faces Of 1952 Broadway production Pal Joey Broadway revival Two's Company Broadway production Wish You Were Here Broadway production Musical films April In Paris Hans Christian Andersen Just For You The Las Vegas Story Lovely To Look At Meet Danny Wilson The Merry Widow Skirts Ahoy The Stooge Where's Charley With A Song In My Heart Births January 15 - Melvyn.
1948 in music - Stranger Romance On The High Seas So Dear To My Heart A Song Is Born Summer Holiday That Lady In Ermine Three Daring Daughters Two Guys From Texas Up In Central Park When My Baby Smiles At Me Words And Music You Were Meant For Me Births January 7 - Kenny Loggins January 9 - Bill Cowsill, The Cowsills January 10 - Cyril Neville, The Neville Brothers January 10 - Donald Fagen, Steely Dan January 14 - T-Bone Burnett, record producer, artist January 16 - John Carpenter January 17 - Mick Taylor, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Rolling Stones January 23 - Anita Pointer, The Pointer Sisters February 1 - Rick James February 2 - Alan McKay, Earth Wind and Fire February 4 - Alice Cooper, artist February 5 - Christopher Guest,.
1945 in music - 1 - John Barbata, Jefferson Starship April 13 - Lowell George, Little Feat April 14 - itchie Blackmore, Deep Purple, Rainbow April 21 - Robert Knight April 25 - Bjorn Ulvaeus, Abba April 25 - Stu Cook, Creedence Clearwater Revival April 28 - John Wolters, Dr. Hook May 1 - Rita Coolidge May 2 - Goldy McJohn, Steppenwolf May 4 - George Wadenius, Blood Sweat and Tears May 6 - Bob Seger May 6 - Jimmie Dale Gilmore May 8 - Keith Jarrett May 9 - Steve Katz, Blues Project, Blood, Sweat & Tears May 13 - Magic Dick, J. Geils Band May 14 - Gene Cornish, The Rascals May 19 - Pete Townshend, The Who May 27 - Bruce Cockburn, Canadian singer/songwriter May 28 - John Fogerty, Creedence Clearwater Revival.
1946 in music - May 10 - Donovan May 10 - Graham Gouldman, 10cc May 12 - Ian McLagan, Faces May 13 - Danny Klein, J. Geils Band May 24 - Steve Upton, Wishbone Ash June 3 - Ian Hunter, Mott the Hoople June 5 - Michael Monarch, Steppenwolf June 5 - Freddy Stone, Sly & the Family Stone June 7 - Bill Kreutzmann, The Grateful Dead June 9 - John Mitch Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix Experience June 11 - John Lawton, Uriah Heep (band) June 15 - Noddy Holder, Slade June 17 - Barry Manilow June 25 - Ian McDonald, record producer, (Foreigner) June 30 - Ian Matthews July 1 - June Monteiro, Toys July 5 - Michael Monarch, Steppenwolf July 15 - Linda Ronstadt July 19 - Alan Gorie, Average White Band July 20.
1947 in music - Urbano "Sixteen Tons" w.m. Merle Travis "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!" w.m. Merle Travis & Tex Williams "Steppin' Out With My Baby" w.m. Irving Berlin "Tallahassee" w.m. Frank Loesser "There But For You Go I" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe "Too Fat Polka" w.m. Ross MacLean & Arthur Richardson "Toolie Oolie Doolie" w.(Eng) Vaughn Horton (Ger) Arthur Beul m. Arthur Beul "The Turntable Song" w. Leo Robin m. John Green "Waitin' For My Dearie" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe "The Wedding Samba" w.m. Abraham Ellstein, Allan Small & Joseph Liebowitz "We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll" Teddy Reig, William Moore "Woody Woodpecker" w.m. George Tibbles & Ramez Idriss "You Do" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow "You Don't Have To Know The Language" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen "You Were Only Fooling" w. William E. Faber & Fred Meadows m. Larry Fotine.
