Electric Light Orchestra
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Kris Allen, Adam Lambert total poseurs on debut discs...should get royalties for them as well. Instead, he only offered "Soaked," a beautiful, magnificently over-the-top piece of Queen-meets-ELO that seems to have inspired Lambert to emulate it every chance he got here. Even the airy delivery of... In this article: American Idol, Kris Allen, Chris Martin, For Your Entertainment, Incubus, Lady Gaga, and RCA |
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HitFix | 3 days ago
Review: Lady GaGa's 'The Fame Monster'
...for an extended patch of time. "Speechless": The closest we've heard Lady GaGa come to a rock tune, complete with electric guitars and an ELO-like production. GaGa's full -on singing here without a sense of post-modern irony. We like it, but...
In this article: Beyonce, Madonna, Poker Face, I Am… Sasha Fierce, Stacy Q, and ELO
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Independent.ie | 4 days ago
Coastal search for missing woman
...the big stage. The winning child must be available to perform on January 15, 16 and 17. 'Flash mob' leave shoppers puzzled The dance to ELO's 'Mr Blue Sky' got under way after 1.30pm on Saturday and had hundreds of participants. They...
In this article: Cocaine, Dublin City University, Prince Charming, and ELO
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IGN TV | 7 days ago
Community: Debate 109 Review
...his jokes) just weren't there. In arguing the side of "Man Is Evil," his tactic of leading the gathered crowd in a rendition of ELO's "Evil Woman" didn't work on any level. In the episode, the judge gave him a zero and at home, I didn't...
In this article: Allegation, Halloween, 30 Rock, and ELO
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Starpulse Entertainment News | 7 days ago
'Community' Recap: 'Debate 109'
...to offer Jeff an opportunity to use his rebuttal to seduce the most attractive judge, and, after engaging the crowd in a singalong to ELO's "Evil Woman," she awards him zero points. The debate is postponed when the gay basketball team takes...
In this article: City College, Potato, Trademark, and Burberry
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Anchorage Daily News | 7 days ago
Momentum Dance Collective puts on an intriguing show
...wings. The group, though, managed to create atmosphere with a clever use of lighting and a palette of music from artists such as Feist, the Electric Light Orchestra, Bond and Sigur Ros. But it was the literal use of levels -- platforms...
In this article: National Endowment for the Arts, Sigur Ros, and Sydney
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L.A. Times - All The Rage | November 10, 2009
Yucks = bucks: Peter Boyle memorial adds $700,000 to myeloma fight
...in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"), Meat Loaf (I wonder if he looks any different by the dashboard light?), The Eagles' Joe Walsh, and Electric Light Orchestra's Jeff Lynn. It was a bittersweet event; three years on, while the funny man himself...
In this article: Peter Boyle, IMF, Jeffrey Jones, Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, Joe Walsh, Tenacious D, Cancer, TV Guide, and Los Angeles Times
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Centre Daily Times | November 09, 2009
Echelon and ELO Partner to Extend Smart Grid Solutions to Latin America
SAO PAULO - Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON) and ELO Sistemas Electronicos S.A. (ELO) today announced a strategic alliance to bring smart grid solutions to the Latin American energy market. ELO, the number one supplier of electronic meters...
In this article: Echelon Corporation, ELO, Latin America, Trademark, Strategic alliance, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Value-added reseller, and Nasdaq
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | November 04, 2009
Gig review: The Orchestra
To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. Published Date: 05 November 2009 THE line-up of 1970s pop titans ELO has fractured and divided so often over the years that it was almost a surprise to find that the...
In this article: ELO, Blue Oyster Cult, Glen Burtnik, Don't Fear The Reaper, Phil Bates, Twist & Shout, Eric Troyer, and Beatles
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The Huffington Post | November 04, 2009
Michael Bialas: Interview: Visqueen's Rachel Flotard Sends a Powerful Message
...said. "Putting Message To Garcia together is such a labor of love for our band. I wanted folks to feel as ELO about it (and I mean that in the way that ELO makes you feel lit up, or how "Xanadu" might smell) as possible. Just to feel fantastic...
In this article: Visqueen, Seattle, Kim Warnick, Neko Case, The New Pornographers, and ELO
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Fast Company | November 03, 2009
Weezer Snuggie: Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Marketing Since the ELO Hockey Puck
BY Tyler Gray1 hour, 53 minutes ago Let's face it, your Magic the Gathering "wooby" is full of holes and smell's like last year's Cool Ranch Doritos. Time to bundle up with your laptop, a sweet Bluetooth headset, some good internationally...
In this article: ELO, Weezer, Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run, Lower East Side, Silver Lake, Portland, and Seattle
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Electric Light Orchestra, commonly abbreviated ELO, were a symphonic rock group from Birmingham, England, who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern pop songs with heavily classical overtones, but falling under a light rock category. However, the band's direction for most of their existence was set by Lynne who, after the band's debut record, wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album.
The band was first successful in the United States, billed as 'The English guys with the big fiddles'. They soon gained a cult following despite lukewarm reviews back in their native United Kingdom. They were managed by agent Don Arden, father of Sharon Osbourne.
By the mid-1970s, they had become one of the biggest selling bands in music. From 1972 to 1986, ELO accumulated twenty-seven Top 40 hit single appearances in both the UK and the US. The group also scored twenty Top 20 U.K. hit singles, as well as nineteen Top 20 hit singles in the U.S. Billboard charts, with fifteen in the Hot 100. The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits of any band in U.S. chart history without ever having a #1 single.
Despite the fact that the majority of the group's material was never researched, audited and certified, ELO collected 21 RIAA awards, 38 BPI awards, and sold well over 100 million records worldwide, not including singles; 50 million of those being sold in a period of only eleven years, from 1971 to 1982.
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- Rock, progressive rock, pop rock, symphonic rock, cello rock
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