Rock bands in the 1970s experimented with everything from synthesizers to long guitar solos. Electric Light Orchestra, or ELO ...

Half a century on, ELO’s A New World Record still stands as the moment Jeff Lynne’s songwriting clicked and the band finally broke through in Britain and beyond.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Electric Light Orchestra began with the premise of following through on what the Beatles had accomplished bringing classical ...

Electric Light Orchestra frontman Jeff Lynne once knew an ELO song had hit potential after penning just a few notes, ...

More than many bands of their era, Electric Light Orchestra kept a constant presence on the pop charts. Not only did they have a unique sound, but Jeff Lynne also had a knack for creating ear candy ...

The double album seems to be a rite of passage for all great rock bands, and the Electric Light Orchestra delivered theirs in 1977 with Out of the Blue. Jeff Lynne and company were at the top of their ...

Around this time in 1979, Electric Light Orchestra was on the verge of something big. The English rock band had just released its first song recorded without a string section, and they were watching ...

Electric Light Orchestra’s “Evil Woman” began as a last-minute idea in a Munich studio in 1975. Fifty-one years later, the song remains one of ELO’s best-known hits and a standout recording from Jeff ...

George Harrison said an Electric Light Orchestra song sounded like The Beatles. He went on to work extensively with one member of ELO. John Lennon felt ELO derived their sound from one of the Fab Four ...

John Lennon revealed he had an affinity for one of the Electric Light Orchestra’s songs. In addition, he compared the song to one of The Beatles’ classic tunes. John also said the song sounded like a ...

"Growing up, ELO songs would come on the radio, and I was always mesmerized by the sound," she says. By Glenn Peoples Juliana Hatfield made a name for herself in the era of ‘90s college rock with ...