
Formed in the late '60s by Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood, Electric Light Orchestra aimed to fuse modern pop music with classical overtones. Although the band's initial acceptance was lukewarm, by the end of the '70s ELO was one of the most successful and popular acts in pop music. By the time the '80s arrived, the group had amassed nearly twenty chart singles in the US with thirteen of them making the Top 40 and five reaching the Top Ten including Evil Woman , Telephone Line , and Don't Bring Me Down . ELO's first [...]