Electric Light Orchestra Evil Woman Top Pop

The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwritersmultiinstrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of Beatlesque pop, classical arrangements and futuristic After Wood s departure in 1972, Lynne became the band s sole leader, arranging and producing every album while writing nearly all of their original material. For their initial tenure, Lynne, Bevan and keyboardist Richard Tandy were the group s only consistent members. ELO was formed out of Lynne s and Wood s desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. It derived as an offshoot of Wood s previous band, the Move, of which Lynne and Bevan were also members. During the 1970s and 1980s, ELO released a string of top 10 albums and singles, including two LPs that reached the top of British charts: the discoinspired Discovery (1979) and the sciencefictionthemed concept album T