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Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan, Kely Groucutt & Richard Tandy




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Jeff Lynne

b. 30 December 1947, Birmingham, England. Lynne's long and varied musical career began in 1966 when he joined the Nightriders, a popular beat group still reeling from the loss of their leader, Mike Sheridan, and guitarist, Wood, Roy. Having completed all contractual obligations, the band took the name, Race, The Idle and, under Lynne's guidance, became a leading exponent of classic late 60s pop. Frustrated at a lack of commercial success, the artist opted to join the Move in 1970, where he was teamed with the aforementioned Wood. Lynne's contributions to the unit's late-period catalogue included the riff-laden 'Do Ya', but this era is also marked by the duo's desire to form a more experimental outlet for their talents. This resulted in the launch of the Electric Light Orchestra, or ELO, of which Lynne took full control upon Wood's early and sudden departure. The group gradually developed from cult favourites into one of the 70s' leading recording acts, scoring international success with several platinum-selling albums, including A New World Record and Out Of The Blue. Lynne's dual talents as a composer and producer ensured the group's status but, sensing an artistic sterility, he abandoned his creation in 1986. The artist then assumed an increasingly backroom role, but won praise for his production work with Harrison, George ( Cloud Nine ), Newman, Randy ( Land Of Dreams ) and Orbison, Roy ( Mystery Girl ) and he has also contributed his distinctive production qualities to much of Petty, Tom 's recent output. Lynne's work with Orbison coincided with his position as 'Otis Wilbury' in the Traveling Wilburys, an informal 'supergroup' completed by Orbison, Harrison, Tom Petty and Dylan, Bob. This particularly prolific period was also marked by his work with Wilson, Brian on the ex- Beach Boys' first long-awaited solo album. In 1990, Lynne also unveiled his own solo debut, Armchair Theatre, on which his gifts for pop melody remained as sure as ever. In recent years Lynn has gained a measure of success (and some criticism) for his production of the Beatles (The) lost tapes, notably 'Free As A Bird' and 'Real Love'. He co-produced McCartney, Paul 's excellent Flaming Pie in 1997. Produced by Jeff Lynne Here is a list of Jeff Lynne productions that were not entire albums. The ones Jeff only wrote are listed as such.

Jasper Carrott- 1975 Funky Moped
Helen Reddy- 1978 Poor Little Fool (written by Jeff Lynne)
Everly Brothers- 1984 The Story Of Me (written by Jeff Lynne)
Agnetha Faltskog- 1985 One Way Love (written by Jeff Lynne) One Way Love (Razormaid remix)
Tandy Morgan Band- 1986 Action Action (Instrumental)
Duane Eddy- 1987 Theme For Something Really Important The Trembler Rockabilly Holiday
Brian Wilson- 1988 Let It Shine
Randy Newman- 1988 Falling In Love
Sumo Giants- 1988 Tower Of Babel (produced by **** *****) Tower Of Babel (12" remix)
Dave Morgan- 1989 God's Good Time
Miss B Haven- 1990 Nobody's Angel You're Wrong Sand In My Eyes Nobody's Angel (12" remix)
Jim Horn- 1990 Work It Out
Roy Wood- 1990 Me and You (unreleased) Get What You Want (unreleased)
Roger McQuinn- 1991 Back From Rio Interlude (co-written with McQuinn and Tom Petty)
Et Moi Moi- 1991 Drole Da Vie (French for Funny Old Life) Drole Da Vie (Instrumental)
Little Richard- 1991 Good Golly Miss Molly
Joe Cocker- 1992 Night Calls
Ringo Starr- 1992 Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go After All These Years Don't Be Cruel I Call Your Name 1991 Call Me or Call It Home (unreleased)
Hank Marvin Featuring Mark Knopfler- 1993 Wonderful Land Nivram
Tom Jones- 1994 Lift Me Up(this is an alternative version of the song of the same tilte that appears on Jeff Lynne's Armchair Theatre album)
Bonnie Tyler- 1995 Time Mends A Broken Heart (co-written with Kiki Dee)
Still Crazy- Motion Picture Soundtrack 1998 Dirty Town (co-written with Ian La Francais) A Woman Like That (co-written with Rosie Vela and Ian La Francais)* Rosie Vela is Jeff Lynne's "girlfriend"
Jimmy Nail- 1999 Blue Beyond The Grey
Other mentions and Amazing Likenesses
Daryl Hall Dreamtime- 1986 ... amazing likeness to ELO
Jeff Healey Band While My Guitar Gently Weeps- 1990 ...backing vocals, acoustic guitar with George Harrison
Dave Stewart and Spiritual Cowboys album- 1991 ...he and Tom Petty thanked
Annie Lennox Diva- 1992 ...thanked (without the e)
XTC Dear Madam Barnum- 1992 ... McCartney influened, but bears resemblance to Lynne production.
World Party All I Gave- 1993 ...amazing likeness
Radiohead Karma Police- 1997 ... relentless drum part has a likeness.

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