Electric Light Orchestra's 1975 hit Evil Woman, although described as Orchestral Rock, featured a violin sound that became a staple of disco.

" ( 1979 ), Electric Light Orchestra ’ s " Shine a Little Love ", " Don't Bring Me Down ", and " Last Train to London " ( all 1979 ), George Benson's " Give Me the Night " ( 1980 ), Elton John and Kiki Dee's " Don't Go Breaking My Heart " ( 1976 ), and Diana Ross ' " Upside Down " ( 1980 ).

Electric Light Orchestra ( ELO ) were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001.

On 12 July 1970, when Wood added multiple cellos to a Lynne-penned song intended to be a Move B-side, the new concept became a reality and " 10538 Overture " became the first Electric Light Orchestra song.

The resulting debut album The Electric Light Orchestra was released in 1971.

Lynne, Wood and Bev Bevan were the founding members of Electric Light Orchestra.

The Electric Light Orchestra finished 1979 as the biggest selling act in the United Kingdom.

The Electric Light Orchestra Story, Bev Bevan's memoirs from his early days and throughout his career with The Move and ELO, were also published in 1980.

ELO Part II released their debut album Electric Light Orchestra Part Two in 1990.

The Essential Electric Light Orchestra artwork has been re-jigged to feature two different covers.

This will be the third ELO compilation that presents a chronological run-through of ELO's singles / songs following US compilations Olé ELO in 1976 and Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra in 1995.

Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra will be released on 8 October 2012.

* The Electric Light Orchestra ( 1971 )

* Electric Light Orchestra Home – The official Electric Light Orchestra site.

* Electric Light Orchestra Legacy Recordings site – ELO's page at their record label.

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* Electric Light Orchestra's 1981 concept album Time partially takes place in 2095.

The central theme of Rhapsody in Blue is used as a riff in The Electric Light Orchestra's " Birmingham Blues " off their 1977 hit album Out of the Blue.

However, the Electric Light Orchestra's remake of " Do Ya ", recorded after Wood's departure, was a significant US hit in 1977.

Not long after the release of Electric Light Orchestra's first album, Wood found himself frequently at odds with co-leader Jeff Lynne.

ELO 2 First light Series is an expanded 30th Anniversary edition of Electric Light Orchestra's second album.

The lone single, a cover of Electric Light Orchestra's " Do Ya ", did not chart.

George Martin had suffered a hearing loss, so the Beatles brought in Electric Light Orchestra's Jeff Lynne ( who had worked with Harrison as part of the Traveling Wilburys ) to co-produce.

Electric Light Orchestra's " Rockaria!

The first selection played on the air after the changeover was Electric Light Orchestra's " Roll over Beethoven.

*"( You Got Me Confused With ) Someone Who Cares " makes significant use of a guitar riff sampled from Electric Light Orchestra's track " Laredo Tornado ", from their Eldorado album.

The smaller but more elaborate eastern section of the pedway connecting the Illinois Center buildings, Hyatt Regency, Fairmont Hotel, Swissôtel and ( later ) Aqua, was not directly accessible from the main ( Loop-centric ) pedway network, although each linked to one end of the Metra Electric Line rail platforms, controlled by turnstiles and inaccessible without paying the fare.

Known as Jazz Bass Deluxe since introduced as part of a major reworking of Fender's Electric Bass lineup in 1995, they have been renamed the American Deluxe Jazz Bass to the public as of August 2000 in a Bass Player magazine review of the new " Fender American Deluxe Precision V " five-string counterpart model to the American Deluxe Jazz Bass.

1979's Born Again featured a song satirically mythologizing the Electric Light Orchestra ( and their arranging style ) entitled " The Story of a Rock and Roll Band ".

Stops included the Experience Music Project in Seattle, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Exile on Bowery @ Bowery Electric in NYC and the GRAMMY Museum at L. A Live in Los Angeles. At the end of a week long RFTT tour in December 2011, Chrome announced to the band that he had decided to stop touring extensively after 2012. This has been misconstrued as his " retirement ", which is not the case. While he planned to honor any shows they booked in 2012, they chose to get another guitar player for the upcoming European tour in May 2012. Chrome remains a non-touring member of RFTT, and will record and perform with the band in the future.

The Pies started at such clubs as The Electric Banana, and The Decade and have gone on to play some of the world's most legendary rock venues, including the Cavern in Liverpool, CBGB in NYC, The Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and even the Wheeling Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia.

* Jeff Lynne-A Message From The Country 1968-1973 1990 ( 1 CD ) Also features tracks by The Move and the Electric Light Orchestra-there is a companion disc, You Can Dance the Rock and Roll which focuses on Lynne's Move and ELO bandmate Roy Wood.

* Roger Lee Hall, Shake, Rattle and Roll: Electric Elvis and Bill Randle ( Stoughton: PineTree Productions, 2010 ).

Many new bands soon played the Punk Rock & Roll style that began with Electric Frankenstein's combining of Punk Rock, Hard Rock, and Heavy Metal, greatly influencing such bands as The Hellacopters, Gluecifer, Turbonegro, and many more.

The book was titled, " Electric Frankenstein-High Energy Punk Rock & Roll Poster Art " and was published by Dark Horse Comics ( 2004 ).

**" Rock ' n ' Roll Is King " by Electric Light Orchestra.

Original US United Artists pressings of the album contained the full-length versions of " Kuiama " and " Roll Over Beethoven ", as included in the album Electric Light Orchestra II.

" Roll Over Beethoven " is one of the most widely covered songs in popular music – " a staple of rock & roll bands " according to Koda – with notable versions by Jerry Lee Lewis, The Beatles and the Electric Light Orchestra.