Roy Wood

Formed in Birmingham, England, in 1971 by the musicians Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood, Electric Light Orchestra, also known as E.L.O., combined rock 'n' roll with orchestral arrangements complete with string sections, choirs and symphonic sweep.

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Roy Wood Roy Wood (born Roy Adrian Wood, 8 November 1946, Kitts Green, Birmingham) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the band s The Move, Electric...

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...in "Memphis Flu. " Rolling Rock British singer-guitarist-songwriter Roy Wood was still in the Move and some years from co-founding the Electric Light Orchestra when he completed his solo debut in 1969. Issued in 1973, Boulders (Harvest)...

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Formed in Birmingham, England, in 1971 by local musicians Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood, ELO short for Electric Light Orchestra combined rock 'n' roll with orchestral arrangements replete with string sections, choirs and symphonic sweep.

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...by Electric Light Orchestra. The song first appeared on the band's debut album The Electric Light Orchestra in 1971 and became the B-side to 10538 Overture and features Wood on classical guitar and cello Roy Wood has apparently...

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...albeit unfinished. Most of the album had been recorded while Wood was still fronting The Move, although it was not released until he had left the Electric Light Orchestra and was fronting Wizzard. Two singles were taken from the...

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Wizzard Wizzard were a Birmingham-based band formed by Roy Wood, former member of The Move and co-founder of Electric Light Orchestra. The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits states, "Wizzard was Roy Wood just as much as Wings were Paul...

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...this was misconstrued to be the name of the album. The album is focused on the core trio of Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, and Bev Bevan who were the remaining members of rock group The Move. The Move were still releasing singles in the UK at the...

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...and Jeff Lynne. Nevertheless, Wood and Lynne were determined to maintain some differentiation between the sound of their two groups (for example, by confining Wood's saxes to Message and Wood's cellos to the ELO debut). All the same, there...

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