Jeff Lynne
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1947-12-30
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Wembley or bust
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Acting · Birmingham, England, UK
Jeffrey Lynne OBE (born 30 December 1947) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder of the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), which was formed in 1970. As a songwriter, he has contributed a number of hits to the repertoire of ELO, including "Evil Woman", "Livin' Thing", "Telephone Line", "Mr. Blue Sky", "Don't Bring Me Down", and…
Known for
- Jeff Lynne's ELO at the BBC — Self2025
- The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn — Self2025
- Roy Orbison at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2023
- Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song — Self (archive footage)2023
- Jeff Lynne's ELO - Live at VetsAid 20232023
- Jeff Lynne's ELO - Radio 2 In Concert — Self2019
- Jeff Lynne's ELO: Wembley or Bust — Himself2017
- Electric Light Orchestra - Rockpalast 19742017
- The Terry Kath Experience — Self2016
- Electric Light Orchestra Live At BBC Radio Theatre — Himself2015
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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. <a href
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Key facts
- Born
- Jeffrey Lynne , ( 1947-12-30 ) 30 December 1947 (age 78) , Birmingham , Warwickshire , England
- Genres
- Rock pop
- Occupations
- Musician singer-songwriter record producer
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar bass keyboards drums
- Years active
- 1963–present
- Labels
- United Artists Jet Harvest Epic Sony BMG Reprise Frontiers
- Member of
- Electric Light Orchestra
- Formerly of
- The Move the Idle Race Traveling Wilburys
- Spouses
- Rosemary Adams ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1977 ) Sandi Kapelson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1979 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1991 ) Camelia Kath ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 2017</span>"}]]}'>2017 )
- Website
- jefflynne .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 30 December 1947
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jeffrey
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Shard End
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
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Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is the co-founder and only consistent member of the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), which was formed in 1970. He has written all of the band's music since 1972, including hits such as "Evil Woman", "Livin' Thing", "Telephone Line", "Mr. Blue Sky", "Don't Bring Me Down", and "Hold On Tight". He also has had a solo career, with two albums: Armchair Theatre (1990) and Long Wave (2012).
Born in Birmingham, Lynne became interested in music during his youth and was heavily inspired by the Beatles. He began his music career in 1963 as a member of the Andicaps, then left the group the next year to join the Chads. From 1966 to 1970, he was a founding member and principal songwriter of the Idle Race. In 1970, he accepted Roy Wood's offer to join the Move and was a major contributor to the band's last two albums. Later that year, Lynne, Wood and Bev Bevan formed the band ELO as a side project to which they intended to devote most of their energies, out of their desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. Following Wood's departure from ELO in 1972, Lynne assumed sole leadership of the band and wrote, arranged and produced virtually all of its subsequent records. During the 1970s and 1980s, ELO released a string of top 10 albums and singles, including the band's most commercially successful album, the double album Out of the Blue (1977). Two ELO albums reached the top of the British chart: the disco-inspired Discovery (1979) and the science fiction–themed concept album Time (1981). In 1986, Lynne disbanded the group after losing interest in it, though he subsequently revived it from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2014 to 2025. Lynne produced all fifteen ELO singles that rose to the Top 10 record charts in the UK.
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