Jeff Lynne

So he gladly recorded a version of this song for the Hugh Laurie-starring movie of the same name. Produced by Jeff Lynne, the song sounds a lot like something Lynne's old band, the Electric Light Orchestra, would have produced, with its...

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...Pretty Woman," and "Only The Lonely," Roy Orbison is remembered as a pioneer in rock 'n' roll. (File) Eric Idle, Chris Isaak, Jeff Lynne, Joe Walsh and Dwight Yoakam attended the ceremony to honor his career. Actor Dan Aykroyd says Orbison...

In this article: Roy Orbison, Hollywood, E mail, Only the Lonely, Oh, Pretty Woman, Eric Idle, Chris Isaak, and Dwight Yoakam

...of a comeback with The Traveling Wilburys, a whimsical supergroup that included Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne. Lynne attended the ceremony, as did Eric Idle, Chris Isaak, Joe Walsh and Dwight Yoakam. Orbison was...

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...annual "I Create Music" Expo, once again taking place at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. Last year's event, boasting headliners Jeff Lynne, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart and Chaka Khan, drew more than 2,400 attendees. About half came from...

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...on opening night some of the show's funniest quips and dozen-plus pop songs (composed for the film and other occasions by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar) got sabotaged by harsh amplification - particularly in the 90-minute show's first...

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...video, it was a cult classic. The Broadway show's score by Farrar (longtime producer-writer for Newton-John), and ELO's Jeff Lynne, features the movie's songs and other oldies (yup, that "Mellow" one). But Beane, whose movie-biz satire...

In this article: Xanadu, Broadway, Max von Essen, Olivia Newton-John, John Farrar, and Electric Light Orchestra

He's just finishing up a tour of Eastern Europe and Russia with The Orchestra, and offshoot of the Electric Light Orchestra, sans Jeff Lynne). Around this time of year, however, he aspires to be another swing era crooner: Andy Williams. "I...

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...Hayworth vehicle, "Down to Earth." ("Xanadu's" only saving grace, preserved gloriously in this show, is the songs, written by E.L.O.'s Jeff Lynne and Olivia Newton-John's musical muse, John Farrar.) Sonny Malone, a chalk artist living in...

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...Kira u/s). Xanadu boasts a book by Little Dog Laughed playwright Douglas Carter Beane and utilizes songs from John Farrar and Jeff Lynne's film soundtrack from the infamous 1980 flop film. Xanadu is directed by Christopher Ashley with...

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By Dean Goodman For a musician who claims to live a leisurely existence, British rocker Jeff Lynne has plenty of projects on his plate. The brains behind the '70s art-rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) recently took a break from...

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