Richard Tandy

...most commercial number yet, the evergreen "Blackberry Way" (produced by Jimmy Miller), which topped the UK chart in February 1969. Richard Tandy played keyboards on "Blackberry Way" and joined the band for a time playing keyboards live,...

In this article: The Move, Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, Trevor Burton, Bev Bevan, Carl Wayne, Tony Secunda, Do Ya, and Rick Price

...was released on VHS and DVD. The live line-up of the group was very different from the group that last toured in the eighties with only Richard Tandy surviving along with ELO leader Jeff Lynne. Three songs, "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Rock...

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...of The Concerto is thunder crackling in an unusual manner voicing the words "Concerto for a Rainy Day" by the band's keyboardist, Richard Tandy. ELO used the song to open their 1978 Out Of The Blue concerts. "Big Wheels " forms the...

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...cellists Colin Walker and Mike Edwards replaced Wood, and Wilfred Gibson played on violin. Richard Tandy made his ELO debut on the album although he had earlier performed Live with the original lineup. The British and American sleeves...

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...Down," "Last Train to London", "Confusion" and "The Diary of Horace Wimp", many of which were heavily influenced by disco (in fact, Richard Tandy came up with its well known nickname, Disco Very). "Don't Bring Me Down" would become their only...

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...in the Uglys line-up until the end. Jim Holden was replaced by drummer Keith Smart from Danny King's Mayfair Set. Keyboard player Richard Tandy, who also played on the Move's "Blackberry Way", joined in 1968 and eventually joined the Electric...

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...''Time ''. A former pupil of Moseley School, where he first met future bandmate Bev Bevan, Tandy would later be reunited with Bevan in 1968 when he played the harpsichord on The Move's number one chart-topper "Blackberry Way". Later, in...

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...sunny psychedelia of earlier recordings. It nevertheless became the band's most successful single reaching #1 on the UK singles chart. Richard Tandy who would later play keyboards with Roy Wood's next band ELO , played harpsichord. Despite...

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...background vocals on the E.L.O. 1983 album "Secret messages". Dave Morgan formed the Tandy-Morgan Band, with E.L.O. keyboardist Richard Tandy early 1985. Together they recorded the concept album "Earth rise". The album contains 14...

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...Birmingham group The Uglys . Burton and Gibbons, along with Uglys' rhythm section Keith Smart and Dave Morgan , plus the keyboardist Richard Tandy created a new Birmingham supergroup to be named Balls. Balls was managed by one-time Moody...

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