ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones.

In the late 1960s, Roy Wood — guitarist, vocalist and songwriter of The Move — had an idea to form a new band that would use violins, cellos, string basses, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound, taking rock music in the direction " that The Beatles had left off ".

* Roy Wood – lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar, cello, clarinet, bassoon, oboe, drums, recorder, producer, songwriter, arranger

* 1946 – Roy Wood, English songwriter and musician ( Electric Light Orchestra, The Move, Wizzard )

Wilson won the case, and all royalties from the song ( composed by Move leader Roy Wood ) were assigned in perpetuity to a charity of Wilson's choosing.

Two other players auditioned and considered during the band's formation were former The Move and ELO founder Roy Wood and the aforementioned guitarist / singer Trevor Rabin, who would go on to be part of a reformed Yes in 1983.

Impressed by writer Roy Clarke's ability to inject comedy into the drama, Wood offered Clarke the opportunity to write a sitcom.

Took's idea was passed to James Gilbert and Roy Clarke via Duncan Wood, who was at that time filming Comedy Playhouse.

* June-Founding member Roy Wood leaves the Electric Light Orchestra line-up just as the band scores its first hit single.

Performers include Roy Wood, UB40, The Moody Blues, Electric Light Orchestra and Robert Plant.

Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr., in Winnetka, Illinois, the only child of Katherine Wood ( of English and Irish descent ), a telephone operator, and Roy Harold Scherer, Sr., ( of German and Swiss descent ) an auto mechanic who abandoned the family during the depths of the Great Depression.

Later in his career, Bonham drummed for his Birmingham friend, Roy Wood, on his 1979 album, On the Road Again, and on Wings ' album Back to the Egg on the tracks " Rockestra Theme " and " So Glad to See You Here ".

They did not have permission to use the original Wizzard recording so Roy Wood re-recorded the part of the track for them.

* Mustard ( album ), by Roy Wood

" California Man ", a song written by Roy Wood and covered by the band on Heaven Tonight was used in the advertising promotion.

The next to join was lead guitarist Roy Wood in 1962.

The theme tune was recorded by Roy Wood and was released as a single

It mainly consisted comedy sketches, with some live music acts-usually Thin Lizzy and Roy Wood.

The tour was dubbed Quofest and featured Roy Wood and Kim Wilde as support for all shows.

* Numbers ( 2008 )-as Lawson / Dodds / Wood ( with Roy Dodds & Patrick Wood )

Examples of celebrity speakers include singer TV presenter Adrian Chiles, comedian Jasper Carrott, historian and broadcaster Carl Chinn, the Goodies actor and TV presenter Bill Oddie, rock musicians Ozzy Osbourne ( and all other members of the original Black Sabbath ), Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne ( ELO founders ), Rob Halford ( Judas Priest ), Dave Pegg ( of Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull ), broadcaster Les Ross, politician Clare Short, SAS soldier, author John " Brummie " Stokes and many actresses and actors ; Martha Howe-Douglas, Donnaleigh Bailey, Nicolas Woodman, Sarah Smart, John Oliver and Ryan Cartwright.

The song has also been recorded by Fire + Ice, Gae Bolg, Bert Jansch, The John Renbourn Group, Pentangle, Finest Kind, Martin Carthy, Roy Bailey, Martyn Bates in collaboration with Max Eastley, the Watersons, Steeleye Span, Jethro Tull, Joe Walsh, Fairport Convention, The Minstrels of Mayhem, Galley Beggar, Donnybrook Fair, Oysterband, Frank Black, Chris Wood, Quadriga Consort, Maddy Prior, Heather Alexander, Leslie Fish, Tim van Eyken, Barry Dransfield and many other performers.

Critical realism can, however, refer to several other schools of thought, such as the work of the American critical realists ( Roy Wood Sellars, George Santayana, and Arthur Lovejoy ).

* Roy O. Disney ( 1893 – 1971 ), Walt's brother and co-founder of The Walt Disney Company

Along with his brother Roy O. Disney, he was co-founder of Walt Disney Productions, which later became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world.

* Victor L. Roy, co-founder of 4-H in Louisiana in 1908, also served as Supt.

In 2003, Roy E. Disney, the son of Disney co-founder Roy O. Disney and nephew of Walt Disney, resigned from his positions as Disney vice chairman and chairman of Walt Disney Features.

Roy Oliver Disney ( June 24, 1893 – December 20, 1971 ) was, with his younger brother Walt Disney, the co-founder of what is now The Walt Disney Company.

Wizzard were a Birmingham-based band formed by Roy Wood, former member of The Move and co-founder of Electric Light Orchestra.

On August 19, 2012, HSN co-founder Roy Speer died after a long illness.

Original owner Speer Communications, a company founded by Home Shopping Network co-founder Roy Speer, launched the station from studios on Dickerson Road in Nashville, in a former Sam's Club building.

Roy was active in the Jharkhand movement, and co-founder of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.

* Roy Dupuis is co-founder and president of the Rivers Foundation ( Fondation Rivières ), an ecological organisation that protects the rivers of Quebec and their natural and cultural habitats from small hydroelectric dam projects and other environmental and economic threats, and to encourage, through education, the development of alternative energy sources.

He was co-founder of the short-lived literary magazine Voorslag (" Whiplash ") with two other South African rebels, Roy Campbell and Laurens van der Post ; it promoted a racially equal South Africa.

Roy Thomas Fielding ( born 1965 ) is an American computer scientist, one of the principal authors of the HTTP specification, an authority on computer network architecture and co-founder of the Apache HTTP Server project.

Roy Stannard, the co-founder of 107. 7 Splash FM and business economic partnership Worthing First has also made his home there in recent years.

He performed locally for several years, most notably as a member of bebop big bands led by Gerald Wilson and Roy Porter.

Tim Chandler ( born February 3, 1960 ) is a bass guitar player, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies ( credited as Berger Roy Al ) and The Choir.

In 1958, due to a shortage of new material, the first local rhythm and blues bands, most influentially the duo Higgs and Wilson ( Joe Higgs and Roy Wilson ), began recording to fulfil the local demand for new music.

Other musicians included John Fahey, one of the first " folk " musicians to gain national appeal, Peter Tork ( of The Monkees ), underground legend Tim Buckley, guitarist Link Wray, pop singer and songwriter Billy Stewart, country singer Patsy Cline, guitarist Danny Gatton, doo wop bands The Orioles ( based out of D. C., though from Baltimore ) and The Clovers, Scott McKenzie ( known for " If You're Going to San Francisco "), R & B singer Ruth Brown, and country star Roy Clark.

Eddie went on to play with a number of local bands, after Roy died.

From Rushdi's pop hits to songs sung by the Hassan siblings, to bands including Junoon, Vital Signs, Hadiqa Kiyani, and Strings, Abrar-ul-Haq to Shehzad Roy the Pakistani pop industry has steadily spread throughout South Asia and today is the most popular genre in Pakistan.

He began work as Lloyd Price's valet and played in the bands of Price, Roy Brown and Percy Mayfield.

As a teenager, Clarke played in the bands of Leroy Bradley and Roy Eldridge.

While working in the bands of Edgar Hayes and Roy Eldridge, Clarke began experimenting with moving the time-keeping role from the combination of snare drum or hi-hat and bass drum to embellished quarter notes on the ride cymbal, the familiar " ding-ding-da-ding " pattern, which Clarke is often credited with inventing.

Jeff Christie had initially worked with several bands including The Outer Limits, who released " Just One More Chance " / " Help Me Please " ( 1967 ) and " Great Train Robbery " / " Sweet Freedom " ( 1968 ), and Acid Gallery, whose single " Dance Around The Maypole " ( 1969 ) was written by Roy Wood.

The band is fronted by Karl Roy who also fronted the bands Advent Call and Kapatid.

Some of the other well known rock bands to play Mothers include: Family, Fleetwood Mac, Eclection, Edgar Broughton Band, Free, Roy Harper, Blodwyn Pig, Strawbs, Quintessence, Steppenwolf, Deep Purple, The Deviants, Jethro Tull, Jon Hiseman's Colosseum, Skid Row ( with Gary Moore ), The Nice, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Elton John, Fairport Convention, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Soft Machine, The Chicago Transit Authority, Moby Grape, Canned Heat ( there is a reference to the club in the sleeve notes of their 1969 compilation Canned Heat Cookbook ) and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

The stage hosted many bands including Hawkwind, Gong, Doctor and the Medics, Flux of Pink Indians, Buster Blood Vessel, Omega Tribe, Crass, Selector, Dexys Midnight Runners, Thompson Twins, Bronz, The Raincoats, Brent Black Music Co-op, Amazulu, Wishbone Ash, Man, Benjamin Zephaniah, Inner City Unit, Here and Now, Cardiacs, The Enid, Roy Harper, Jimmy Page, Ted Chippington, Zorch and Ozric Tentacles all played for free.

Roy Hay ( born Roy Ernest Hay, 12 August 1961, Southend, Essex, England ) is the guitarist / keyboardist with Culture Club, one of the more popular bands of the 1980s, fronted by Boy George.

A regular on the Southern California hard rock scene in the 1980s, Roy played with many bands, including Seventh Thunder, Gypsy Moreno, Royal Flush, Driver, Warrior, and Mike Vescera.

Successful Birmingham singer / songwriters and musicians include: Joan Armatrading, Steve Gibbons, Mike Kellie ( of Spooky Tooth ), Blaze Bayley ( former vocalist of Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden ), Keith Law ( of Velvett Fogg & Jardine ) Jeff Lynne, Phil Lynott, Carl Palmer ( of Emerson, Lake & Palmer ), Roy Wood, Jamelia, Kelli Dayton of The Sneaker Pimps, Juice Aleem ( from Big Dada Records ), Martin Barre ( guitarist with Jethro Tull ), Nick Mason ( of Pink Floyd ), Bev Bevan, Ali Campbell, Steve Cradock ( guitarist for Ocean Colour Scene and Paul Weller ), Stephen " Tin Tin " Duffy, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Denny Laine, Fritz Mcintyre ( keyboardist of Simply Red ), Christine Perfect ( of Fleetwood Mac ), Robert Plant ( born in West Brom and played in Brumbeat bands ), Nick Rhodes, Ranking Roger, John Henry Rostill ( bass guitarist / composer for The Shadows ), Matt Skinner, Dave Swarbrick ( of Fairport Convention ), John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Ruby Turner, Ted Turner ( guitar / vocals, Wishbone Ash ), Peter Overend Watts, Steve Winwood and Dave Mason.

Nelson began touring, performing with bands led by Joe Liggins and Roy Milton, and playing venues including the Apollo and Howard theaters.

As another highlight, the album was produced by Roy Z, well-known for his work as guitarist in Rob Halford's solo project and his production work with many other bands.

Lindsay began his playing career at the age of eleven in local and national youth brass bands including Chatteris town Band where his father Roy was the conductor.

Joe Petagno ( born January 1, 1948-) is an artist known principally for creating images used on rock album covers, for bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Nazareth, Motörhead, Roy Harper, Marduk, Nightshade, and Illdisposed.