Electric Light Orchestra
28 songs or works across all MusicAtlas lists. Distinct recording versions remain separate.
About Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra grew from the British group The Move, with Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood and Bev Bevan involved in its beginnings. The music combined rock rhythms and strong pop melodies with instruments associated with an orchestra. Strings, layered voices and increasingly elaborate studio arrangements became recurring features. Later albums also used disco rhythms and electronic textures. The original ELO recordings, Lynne's solo work and the Traveling Wilburys occupy separate parts of the official archive, while later ELO versions require their own recording identities.
Artist background sources
ELO - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame musical profile
The museum discusses orchestral instruments, strong pop melodies, disco rhythms and electronic studio treatments; names Bev Bevan, Jeff Lynne, Richard Tandy and Roy Wood as inducted members. Used for concise career context, not recording release dates. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
ELO - Rock Hall Library original debut and earlier band context
The library identifies the original Harvest SHVL 797 debut as a 1971 release and describes The Move as the group from which ELO grew, with Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan. Its separate later-reissue personnel list is not treated as the original debut lineup. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Jeff Lynne official music archive - original album chronology
The Sony-hosted artist archive separately dates original ELO albums from 1971 through 1986, later ELO releases, Jeff Lynne solo albums and Traveling Wilburys releases. Only original album years are adopted. Its US title No Answer is cross-checked against the museum catalog of the 1971 UK debut; month/day discrepancies are not resolved by assertion. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
All songs for this credit
Recording years are first-release years where available; * marks a reported year awaiting verification. Classical work dates are labeled comp., prem. or pub.. Open an entry for its date evidence and background. Artists sort without a leading "The"; composers sort by surname.
- (1971) 10538 Overture
- (1986) Calling America
- (1974) Can't Get It Out of My Head [Original 1974 full studio album presentation and mix]
- (year unknown) Can't Get It Out of My Head [Catalog version; exact edition not established]
- (1979) Confusion
- (1973) Daybreaker
- (1976) Do Ya
- (1979) Don't Bring Me Down
- (1975*) Evil Woman [Catalog version; exact edition not established]
- (1975) Evil Woman [Original 1975 full studio album presentation and mix]
- (1975) Fire on High
- (1981) Hold On Tight
- (1979) Last Train to London
- (1976) Livin' Thing
- (1973) Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
- (1977) Mr. Blue Sky
- (1976) Rockaria!
- (1973) Roll Over Beethoven
- (1979*) Shine a Little Love [Catalog version; exact edition not established]
- (1979) Shine a Little Love [Original 1979 full studio album presentation and mix]
- (1973) Showdown
- (1975) Strange Magic
- (1977) Sweet Talkin' Woman
- (1976) Telephone Line
- (1976) Tightrope
- (1977) Turn to Stone
- (1981) Twilight
- (1977) Wild West Hero
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