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Rock 'n' Roll Artists A-Z...Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)

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Electric Light Orchestra I(October 1970 - March 1972)

Roy Wood - guitar/vocals - b. Ulysses Adrian Wood, November 8, 1946, Birmingham, England - formerly with The Falcons, The Lawmen, Mike Sheridan and The Nightriders, and The Move.
Jeff Lynne - guitar/keyboards/vocals - b. December 30, 1947, Birmingham, England - formerly with The Idle Race and The Move.
Bev Bevan - drums/vocals - b. November 25, 1944, Birmingham, England - formerly with Carl Wayne and The Vikings and The Move.
Bill Hunt - french horn
Steve Woolam - violin

Album:
"Electric Light Orchestra" (aka, "No Answer") (1972) - Single: "10538 Overture"

Electric Light Orchestra II(March 1972 - August 1972)

Roy Wood - guitar/vocals
Jeff Lynne - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Bev Bevan - drums/vocals
Bill Hunt - french horn
Wilf Gibson - violin
Richard Tandy - bass - formerly with The Move.
Andy Craig - cello
Hugh McDowell - cello
Roy Wood, Bill Hunt, and Hugh McDowell form Wizzard.

Electric Light Orchestra III(August 1972 - September 1973)

Jeff Lynne - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Bev Bevan - drums/vocals
Wilf Gibson - violin
Richard Tandy - keyboards/synthesizers
Michael D'Albuquerque - bass
Mike Edwards - cello
Colin Walker - cello

Album:
"Electric Light Orchestra II" (1973) - Single: "Roll Over Beethoven"

Electric Light Orchestra IV(September 1973 - November 1974)

Jeff Lynne - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Bev Bevan - drums/vocals
Richard Tandy - keyboards/synthesizers
Michael D'Albuquerque - bass
Mike Edwards - cello
Hugh McDowell - cello
Mik Kaminski - violin

Albums:
"On the Third Day" (1973) - Single: "Showdown"
"Eldorado" (1974) - Single: "Can't Get It Out Of My Head"
"The Night the Lights Went On (In Long Beach)" (live) (1974)

Electric Light Orchestra V(November 1974 - December 1979)

Jeff Lynne - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Bev Bevan - drums/vocals
Richard Tandy - keyboards/synthesizers
Hugh McDowell - cello
Mik Kaminski - violin
Michael "Kelly" Groucutt - bass
Melvyn Gale - cello

Albums:
"Face the Music" (1975) - Single: "Evil Woman"
"A New World Record" (1976) - Singles: "Livin' Thing", "Telephone Line"
"Out of the Blue" (1977) - Singles: "Turn to Stone", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Mr. Blue Sky", "Wild West Hero"
"Discovery" (1979) - Singles: "Shine a Little Love", "The Diary of Horace Wimp", "Don't Bring Me Down"
"Face the Music / A New World Record / Discovery) (3-CD box set) (1996)
"Live at Winterland '76" (1998)
"Live at Wembley '78" (1998)

Electric Light Orchestra VI(December 1979 - October 1981)

Jeff Lynne - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Bev Bevan - drums/vocals
Richard Tandy - keyboards/synthesizers
Michael "Kelly" Groucutt - bass

Albums:
"Xanadu soundtrack" (1980) - Singles: "Xanadu" (duet with Olivia Newton-John), "I'm Alive", "All Over the World", "Don't Walk Away"
"Time" (1981) - Single: "Hold On Tight"

Electric Light Orchestra VII(October 1981 - August 1983)

Jeff Lynne - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Bev Bevan - drums/vocals
Richard Tandy - keyboards/synthesizers
Michael "Kelly" Groucutt - bass
Mik Kaminski - violin
Louis Clark - keyboards
David Morgan - guitar

Album:
"Secret Messages" (1983) - Single: "Rock N' Roll Is King"
During tour, Pete King (After The Fire) fills-in on drums while Bev Bevan recovers from kidney stones.

Electric Light Orchestra VIII(August 1983 - October 1983)

Jeff Lynne - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Bev Bevan - drums/vocals
Richard Tandy - keyboards/synthesizers
Mik Kaminski - violin
Louis Clark - keyboards
David Morgan - guitar
Bev Bevan joins Black Sabbath.

Electric Light Orchestra IX(October 1983 - 1984)

Jeff Lynne - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Richard Tandy - keyboards/synthesizers
Mik Kaminski - violin
Louis Clark - keyboards
David Morgan - guitar

Electric Light Orchestra X(1984 - April 1986)

Jeff Lynne - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Bev Bevan - drums/vocals
Richard Tandy - keyboards/synthesizers
Mik Kaminski - violin
Louis Clark - keyboards
David Morgan - guitar

Album:
"Balance of Power" (1986) - Singles: "Calling America", "So Serious"
Group disbands. Jeff Lynne later joins The Traveling Wilburys (with Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty).

Electric Light Orchestra Part II (1990 - Present)

Bev Bevan - drums/vocals
Michael "Kelly" Groucutt - bass
Mik Kaminski - violin
Phil Bates - guitar/vocals
Eric Troyer - keyboards/vocals

Albums:
"Electric Light Orchestra Part II" (1991)
"Performing ELO's Greatest Hits Live" (1992)
"Moment of Truth" (1995)
"One Night - Live in Australia" (1996)

Compilations:

"Ole ELO" (1976)
"Greatest Hits 1973-1977" (1987)
"Afterglow" (3-CD box set) (1990)
"Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra" (2-CDs) (1995)
"Flashback" (3-CD box set) (2000)

Jeff Lynne solo:

"Armchair Theatre" (1990) - Single: "Every Little Thing"



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