Jeff Lynne
Jeff Lynne (born December 30, 1947) in Birmingham, UK, is a British singer-… Read Full Bio ↴Jeff Lynne (born December 30, 1947) in Birmingham, UK, is a British singer-songwriter and record producer. He was the co-founder (with Roy Wood and Bev Bevan), guitarist, and lead singer of The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as a co-founder of the Traveling Wilburys (with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison) in the late 1980s. Prior to The Electric Light Orchestra, Lynne was a member of Idle Race and, along with Wood and Bevan, The Move.
After ELO's breakup in the mid 1980s, Lynne moved into production work, showing both the influence of The Beatles that characterized much of ELO's work and an influence from rockabilly-style music. The Beatles' connection was strengthened when Lynne produced George Harrison's Cloud Nine, a successful comeback album for the ex-Beatle released in 1987 featuring the popular single "(Got My Mind) Set On You." In 1989, Lynne co-produced the acclaimed album Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty, which included the hit singles "Free Fallin'," "I Won't Back Down" and "Runnin' Down A Dream," all co-written by Lynne. This album and Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, also co-produced by Lynne, both received nominations for the Grammy as Best Album Of The Year in 1989.
In 1990 Lynne released his first solo album Armchair Theatre, featuring the singles "Every Little Thing" and "Lift Me Up." The album received some positive critical attention but little commercial success.
In February of 1994, Lynne fulfilled a lifelong dream by working with the three surviving Beatles on Anthology album series, and reunion tracks "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" (overdubbing John Lennon's demos for the songs). He has also produced records individually for George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and worked extensively on the Roy Orbison album Mystery Girl.
In 2001, Lynne released a new ELO album, Zoom, which--save for original ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy on one track--featured none of the original members of the Electric Light Orchestra, but attempted to "return to the classic ELO sound" [1]. The album received positive reviews but had no hit singles. While a concert of the album was filmed and shown on PBS stations, a planned concert tour was cancelled, although the concert was released on DVD. Also that year, Lynne appeared on a VH-1 Storytellers show filmed in New York, and EMI and Sony released remastered editions of part of ELO's catalog.
Lynne went back to the recording studio as a producer in 2002, co-producing and helping complete George Harrison's posthumously-released album, Brainwashed. He was also heavily involved in the memorial Concert for George, held at London's Royal Albert Hall in November 2002, and subsequently produced the Surround Sound audio mix for the Concert For George DVD released in November 2003. The DVD received a Grammy for Best Long Form Music Video.
Also in 2002, a tribute to Lynne called Lynne Me Your Ears was released [2], featuring two CDs full of artists performing Lynne/ELO songs, including Todd Rundgren, SWAG (featuring members of Wilco, The Mavericks and Cheap Trick), Sixpence None The Richer, Doug Powell, PFR, Jason Falkner, Fleming and John, Jerry Chamberlain of Daniel Amos, Rick Altizer and others.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine Tom Petty revealed that fellow Wilbury and Full Moon Fever producer Jeff Lynne will reunite with Petty on his upcoming solo album, due in 2006.
Jeff Lynn co-wrote, with John Farrar, the lyrics and music for the 2007 Broadway musical Xanadu. The show used several ELO songs, including "I'm Alive," "Evil Woman" and "Strange Magic."
In 2012 Lynne's second solo album, a covers album entitled Long Wave, was released on 8 October 2012. A greatest hits collection of re-recorded ELO songs by Lynne titled Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra was also released under the ELO moniker on the same day.
On September 24, 2015, under the name Jeff Lynne's ELO, "When I Was a Boy", the first single from Alone in the Universe was released on the internet with a music video released not long after. The album was released on November 13, 2015 and was followed by promotional shows including the first ELO shows in the United States in 30 years. A 2016 European tour has been scheduled.
After ELO's breakup in the mid 1980s, Lynne moved into production work, showing both the influence of The Beatles that characterized much of ELO's work and an influence from rockabilly-style music. The Beatles' connection was strengthened when Lynne produced George Harrison's Cloud Nine, a successful comeback album for the ex-Beatle released in 1987 featuring the popular single "(Got My Mind) Set On You." In 1989, Lynne co-produced the acclaimed album Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty, which included the hit singles "Free Fallin'," "I Won't Back Down" and "Runnin' Down A Dream," all co-written by Lynne. This album and Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, also co-produced by Lynne, both received nominations for the Grammy as Best Album Of The Year in 1989.
In 1990 Lynne released his first solo album Armchair Theatre, featuring the singles "Every Little Thing" and "Lift Me Up." The album received some positive critical attention but little commercial success.
In February of 1994, Lynne fulfilled a lifelong dream by working with the three surviving Beatles on Anthology album series, and reunion tracks "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" (overdubbing John Lennon's demos for the songs). He has also produced records individually for George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and worked extensively on the Roy Orbison album Mystery Girl.
In 2001, Lynne released a new ELO album, Zoom, which--save for original ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy on one track--featured none of the original members of the Electric Light Orchestra, but attempted to "return to the classic ELO sound" [1]. The album received positive reviews but had no hit singles. While a concert of the album was filmed and shown on PBS stations, a planned concert tour was cancelled, although the concert was released on DVD. Also that year, Lynne appeared on a VH-1 Storytellers show filmed in New York, and EMI and Sony released remastered editions of part of ELO's catalog.
Lynne went back to the recording studio as a producer in 2002, co-producing and helping complete George Harrison's posthumously-released album, Brainwashed. He was also heavily involved in the memorial Concert for George, held at London's Royal Albert Hall in November 2002, and subsequently produced the Surround Sound audio mix for the Concert For George DVD released in November 2003. The DVD received a Grammy for Best Long Form Music Video.
Also in 2002, a tribute to Lynne called Lynne Me Your Ears was released [2], featuring two CDs full of artists performing Lynne/ELO songs, including Todd Rundgren, SWAG (featuring members of Wilco, The Mavericks and Cheap Trick), Sixpence None The Richer, Doug Powell, PFR, Jason Falkner, Fleming and John, Jerry Chamberlain of Daniel Amos, Rick Altizer and others.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine Tom Petty revealed that fellow Wilbury and Full Moon Fever producer Jeff Lynne will reunite with Petty on his upcoming solo album, due in 2006.
Jeff Lynn co-wrote, with John Farrar, the lyrics and music for the 2007 Broadway musical Xanadu. The show used several ELO songs, including "I'm Alive," "Evil Woman" and "Strange Magic."
In 2012 Lynne's second solo album, a covers album entitled Long Wave, was released on 8 October 2012. A greatest hits collection of re-recorded ELO songs by Lynne titled Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra was also released under the ELO moniker on the same day.
On September 24, 2015, under the name Jeff Lynne's ELO, "When I Was a Boy", the first single from Alone in the Universe was released on the internet with a music video released not long after. The album was released on November 13, 2015 and was followed by promotional shows including the first ELO shows in the United States in 30 years. A 2016 European tour has been scheduled.
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03.Lift Me Up Love is what I want And all you gotta do is…
10538 Overture Did you see your friend crying from his eyes today Did…
All over the world One, two, three, four Everybody all around the world Gotta …
At Last At last My love has come along My lonely days are…
Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered After one whole quart of brandy Like a daisy I awake With…
Beyond the Sea Somewhere beyond the sea Somewhere waiting for me My lover…
Big Chief Wooly Bosher In the land they call the west On the prairie's…
Blown Away So let it rain Or let the sun shine down on…
Do Ya In this life I've seen everything I can see woman I've…
Doin' That Crazy Thing Doin' the crazy thing, doing the crazy thing Doin' the craz…
Don Hear that whistle, it's ten o'clock. Don't let go, Don't let…
Don't bring me down You got me runnin' goin' out of my mind, You got…
Don't Let Go Hear that whistle, it's ten o'clock. Don't let go, Don't let…
Don't Say Goodbye Don't say good-bye don't even think about it Don't even let…
Dont Let Go Hear that whistle, it's ten o'clock. Don't let go, Don't let…
Dont Say Goodbye Don't say good-bye don't even think about it Don't even let…
Don’t Let Go Hear that whistle, it's ten o'clock. Don't let go, Don't let…
Every Little Thing If your heart could talk I wonder what it would…
Evil woman You made a fool of me, but them broken dreams…
Goin' Down To Rio Goin' down to Rio, goin' down to Rio Goin' down to…
Goodbye My Love There's nothing more that I would have that I could…
I I want to tell you My head is filled with things…
I Need You I want to tell you My head is filled with things…
I Wanna To Tell You I want to tell you My head is filled with things…
I Want to Tell You I want to tell you My head is filled with things…
I'm Gone I'm gone, don't look for me round here no more I'm…
If I Loved You If I loved you Time and again I would try to…
In Old England Town Down, down, you can see them all Rising gaily to the…
Jody Jody, I miss you so More than you ever know And I'll…
Junk Motorcars, handle bars Bicycles for two Broken-hearted jubil…
Let It Be Your coming up the walk, Your banging on the door The secon…
Let It Rock In the heat of the day down in Mobile, Alabama Working…
Let It Run Your coming up the walk, Your banging on the door The secon…
Lift Me Up Love is what I want And all you gotta do is…
Livin' thing Sailin' away on the crest of a wave It's like magic Oh,…
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Love is a many splendored thing It's the April rose That o…
Mercy Mercy Have mercy Have mercy baby Have mercy Have mercy on me Well…
Mr. Radio Hello, Mr. Radio, you friendly station, So glad of your com…
Nobody Home I can tell by the way There ain't no lights…
Now You I was crazy about you I, didn't want to be without…
Queen Of The Hours Queen of the hours, lies Waiting for the wind, To…
Roll Over Beethoven Gonna write a little letter, gonna mail it to my…
Running Scared Just runnin' scared each place we go So afraid that he…
Save Me Now One day the earth woke up, said Boy I feel half…
September Song Oh, it's a long, long time From May to December And the…
She She may be the face I can't forget The trace of…
Showdown She cried to the Southern wind About a love that was…
Smile Smile, though your heart is aching Smile, even though it's …
So Sad We used to have good times together But now I feel…
Stormy Weather Don't know why There's no sun up in the sky…
Strange Magic You're sailing softly through the sun in a broken stone…
The Fall There's a silence in the city There's nobody around And ever…
The inner light Without going out of my door, I can know all…
The Long and Winding Road They used to tell me boy you ain't goin' nowhere With…
The Minister Played too hard and he died too young To be certain…
The Skeleton And The Roundabout SKELETON and the ROUNDABOUT Climb aboard my roundabout Cl…
Think It Over Summer came and passed away, hardly seemed to last a day but…
Video The satellites that search the night That twinkle like a sta…
Vidéo Video, eo, eo, eo, eo, eo, eo The satellites that search…
Video! The satellites that search the night That twinkle like a sta…
What Would It Take Remember what you told me That you would always be…
Wild Times Wild times until the night has come Wild times until the…
Words Of Aaron Maybe the years have told you Do you remember when life…
Words of Love Hold me close and tell me how you feel Tell me…