Jeff Lynne
Jeff Lynne OBE | |
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Born | Jeffrey Lynne 30 December 1947 , England |
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Years active | 1963–present |
Spouses | Rosemary Adams
(m. 1972; div. 1977)Sandi Kapelson
(m. 1979; div. 2017)Camelia Kath (m. 2017) |
Children | 2 |
Musical career | |
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Member of | Electric Light Orchestra |
Formerly of | |
Website | jefflynne |
Jeffrey Lynne
Lynne was born in
After ELO's original disbandment in 1986, Lynne released two solo albums: Armchair Theatre (1990) and Long Wave (2012). Additionally, he began producing various artists. In 1988, under the pseudonyms Otis Wilbury and Clayton Wilbury, he co-founded the supergroup Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. Lynne co-produced the Beatles' Anthology reunion singles from John Lennon demos, "Free as a Bird" (1995), "Real Love" (1996), and "Now and Then" (2023). In 2014, Lynne re-formed ELO and resumed concert touring under the name "Jeff Lynne's ELO". Outside of ELO, Lynne's producing credits include the UK or US Top 10 albums Cloud Nine (Harrison, 1987), Mystery Girl (Orbison, 1989), Full Moon Fever (Petty, 1989), Into the Great Wide Open (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1991), Flaming Pie (Paul McCartney, 1997) and Get Up! (Bryan Adams, 2015).
In 2014, Lynne received a star on the
Early life
Lynne was born in
Musical career
In 1963, he formed a group with Robert Reader and David Walsh using little more than Spanish guitars and cheap electrical instruments. They were originally named the Rockin' Hellcats, then the Handicaps and finally the Andicaps. They practised at Shard End Community Centre and performed weekly. However, in 1964, Robert Reader and David Walsh left the band and Lynne brought in replacements. At the end of 1964, Lynne decided to leave the band to replace Mick Adkins of the local band "the Chads".[6]
Some time in or after 1965, he acquired his first item of studio recording equipment, a Bang & Olufsen 'Beocord 2000 De Luxe' stereo reel-to-reel tape recorder, which allowed multi-tracking between left and right channels.[7][5] He says it "taught me how to be a producer".[5] In 1966, Lynne joined the line-up of the Nightriders as guitarist, having responded to an advertisement in the Birmingham Evening Mail.[8]
The band soon changed their name to the Idle Race. Despite recording two critically acclaimed albums with the band and producing the second, success eluded him. In 1970, Lynne accepted an offer from friend Roy Wood to join the line-up of the more successful band the Move.[9]
1970–1986: The Move and ELO
Lynne contributed many songs to the Move's last two albums while formulating, with Roy Wood and Bev Bevan, a band built around a fusion of rock and classical music – a project which would eventually become the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). The original idea was that both bands would exist in tandem.[9] Bevan has, however, since suggested that Lynne had little interest in the Move, stating: "The only reason Jeff Lynne ever joined the Move was to form a new band. He was never interested in being a part of the Move."[10]
The band's eponymous first album was released in December 1971, featuring heavy contributions from Lynne and Wood and producing the band's debut single "10538 Overture". Problems led to Wood's departure from ELO in 1972 (forming the band Wizzard later that year), a year after the release of the band's first album, leaving Lynne as the band's dominant creative force.[9] Thereafter followed a succession of band personnel changes and increasingly popular albums: ELO 2 (1973) and On the Third Day (also 1973), Eldorado (1974) and Face the Music (1975). By A New World Record (1976), Lynne had almost developed the roots of the group into a more complex and unique pop-rock sound mixed with studio strings, layered vocals, and tight, catchy pop singles. Lynne's now almost complete creative dominance as producer, songwriter, arranger, lead singer and guitarist could make ELO appear to be an almost solo effort. However, the ELO sound and the focus of Lynne's writing was also shaped by Louis Clark's and Richard Tandy's co-arranging, under Lynne's direction (especially the large string sections in addition to ELO's own string trio), and Bev Bevan's drumming, while Richard Tandy's integration of the piano, Moog, harmonium, and Mellotron, with more novel keyboard technology, gave Lynne's songs a more symphonic sound. Bassist Kelly Groucutt's distinctive voice mixed with Lynne's to produce the classic ELO harmonic vocal sound.
The pinnacle of ELO's chart success and worldwide popularity was the expansive double album Out of the Blue (1977), which was largely conceived in a Swiss chalet during a two-week writing marathon.[11] The band's 1978 world tour featured an elaborate "space ship" set and laser light show. In order to recreate the complex instrumental textures of their albums, the band used pre-recorded supplemental backing tracks in live performances. Although that practice has now become commonplace, it caused considerable derision in the press of the time.[12] Lynne has often stated that he prefers the creative environment of the studio to the rigours and tedium of touring. Lynne followed up the success of Out of the Blue with Discovery (1979), which held No. 1 in the UK for 5 weeks. The album is primarily associated with its two disco-flavoured singles ("Shine a Little Love" and "Last Train to London") and with the title's word play on "disco" and "very".[13] However, the remaining seven non-disco tracks on the album reflected Lynne's range as a pop-rock songwriter, including a heavy, mid-tempo rock anthem ("Don't Bring Me Down") that, despite its use of a drum loop, could be considered the antithesis of disco.[citation needed] Lynne later recalled his forays into dance music: "I love the force of disco. I love the freedom it gave me to make different rhythms across it. I enjoyed that really steady driving beat. Just steady as a rock. I’ve always liked that simplicity in the bass drum."[13]
In 1979, Lynne rejected an offer for ELO to headline the
Lynne took the band in a somewhat different direction with the science-fiction themed album Time (1981), reaching number one for two weeks in the UK, producing the second Top 3 single in less than two years. The strings were still featured, but with heavily synthesised textures. Following a marginally successful tour, Lynne kept this general approach with Secret Messages (1983) and a final contractually-obligated ELO album Balance of Power (1986). Lynne discusses the contractually-obligated nature of the final albums on the short interview included with the 'Zoom' DVD. ELO now had only three remaining official members (Lynne, Bevan and Tandy), and Lynne began devoting more time to producing. During his time in the Electric Light Orchestra, Lynne had managed to release a few recordings under his own name. In 1976, Lynne covered the Beatles songs "With a Little Help from My Friends" and "Nowhere Man" for All This and World War II. In 1977, Lynne released his first solo single, the disco-flavoured "Doin' That Crazy Thing"/"Goin' Down to Rio". Despite ELO's high profile at that time, it received little airplay and failed to chart.
In 1984, Lynne and Tandy contributed two original songs "
1980s–1990s: Collaborations with the Beatles
During the 1980s and 1990s, Lynne collaborated on various projects with former members of the Beatles. The band had been a major influence on Lynne since the release of their debut album, Please Please Me, in 1963, and have continued to influence him throughout his career to date.
In 1968, while performing with The Idle Race, Lynne and the other members of the band were invited to a Beatles session at Abbey Road Studios. While there, he met the Beatles during the making of The White Album, witnessing the band making it together. He spent an hour at the session, before going back to the sessions with the Idle Race. Years later, he admitted that being in the same room "caused me not to sleep for, like, three days."[15] The original aim of Electric Light Orchestra was to take up "where the Beatles had left off, and to present it on stage." John Lennon praised the group, calling them the "sons of the Beatles" on a radio station when discussing the group's 1973 single "Showdown" on the New York radio station WNEW.[16][17]
Lynne worked with George Harrison very closely in the late 1980s.[18] This friendship eventually led to Harrison's appearance at the Birmingham Heartbeat Charity Concert, showing up as the finale of the concert and joining many other musicians in a rendition of "Johnny B. Goode", as well as a one-off Electric Light Orchestra concert, both in 1986.[19] In 1987, he appeared with Harrison at Prince's Trust in Wembley Arena.[20]
Critics often compared Electric Light Orchestra to The Beatles, and they were often criticised for "ripping off" the band. Lynne admitted that he "was very influenced by the Beatles' sound of '68 and '69. That has obviously been a big influence on the way [he] looked at songwriting" and said that being compared with The Beatles was the "ultimate compliment".[21]
1987–1991: Traveling Wilburys
Lynne's Beatles influence was clearly evident in his ELO work, and the connection to the Beatles was strengthened when Lynne produced
In 1989, Lynne co-produced
In 1990, Lynne collaborated on the Wilburys' follow up
1990s–2000s
In February 1994, Lynne worked with the three surviving Beatles on the
Lynne's work in the 1990s also includes production of a 1993 album for singer-songwriter
In the year 2000, Lynne reactivated ELO and released the retrospective box set
Earlier in 2001, Lynne began working with George Harrison on what would turn out to be Harrison's final album,
In a Reuters article on 23 April 2009, Lynne said that he had been working on the follow-up to his 1990 solo debut album Armchair Theatre with a possible tentative release date of "later this year".[28] He also produced four tracks on Regina Spektor's fifth album Far, released 23 June 2009.[9]
2010s
In a March 2010 interview with the Daily Express newspaper, Lynne confirmed he was working on a new album with Joe Walsh and simultaneously "writing a couple of albums under his own name, though he won't tell us in which musical direction he's heading." Lynne contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's "Words of Love" for the tribute album Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, which was released on 6 September 2011.[29] On 31 December 2011, Brian Williams reported on NBC New Year's Eve with Carson Daly that "2012 releases will include rare new work from Jeff Lynne."[30]
In 2012, Walsh released his
On 9 February 2014, Lynne performed George Harrison's "
On 8 February 2015, Lynne appeared at the Grammy Awards, playing "Evil Woman" and "Mr. Blue Sky" with Ed Sheeran.[39]
On 10 September 2015, Lynne's website announced he had signed a contract to deliver an album of new ELO music for
On 24 June 2017, Lynne performed at Wembley Stadium to a crowd of 60,000, playing a 24-song setlist including "Xanadu", "Do Ya" and "Twilight". The concert was released on DVD and CD, under the title Wembley or Bust.
On 26 September 2019, Jeff Lynne's ELO announced a new album, called From Out of Nowhere, which was subsequently released on 1 November of the same year. The album was accompanied by the release of an eponymous single which premiered on BBC Radio 2 that same day. The album went to number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.[46]
On 18 March 2024, Jeff Lynne's ELO announced the Over And Out Tour, a final tour of North America that would span from August to October 2024.[47]
Personal life
Lynne was married to his first wife Rosemary Adams from 1972 to 1977, and then to Sandi Kapelson, with whom he has two daughters, in 1979.[48] After divorcing Kapelson, Lynne married Camelia Kath in 2017.[49] Kath, née Ortiz, had previously been married to Terry Kath and Kiefer Sutherland. She is the mother of Sarah Sutherland and Michelle Kath.
Despite his success, Lynne has spoken of his aversion to the stereotypical rock star lifestyle. Reflecting on the 1970s, he told Rolling Stone magazine: "I was reluctant to become a real rock star. I was shy and was always told to not get a big head. And my favourite thing in the world was to work 14 hours a day in the studio. Everything else was peripheral to me, like having the record out and promoting it. I did have a big house, but I didn't do rock-star things. I never saw myself like that. I was a songwriter, singer and producer. Rock stars are different. They dress all flashy and hang out in nightclubs. That just wasn't my priority. I liked to spend my spare moments at the pub."[50]
Lynne was appointed
Awards and honours
- 2009: Golden Note Award from the ASCAP[53][54]
- 2013: Songwriters Hall of Fame nominee for 2014 induction[55]
- 2014: Star on the Birmingham Walk of Stars[56]
- 2014: Honorary doctorate degree from Birmingham City University[57]
- 2015: Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[58][59]
- 2015: Songwriters Hall of Fame nominee for 2016 induction[60]
- 2016: Songwriters Hall of Fame nominee for 2017 induction[61]
- 2017: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducteeas a member of Electric Light Orchestra
- 2018: Songwriters Hall of Fame nominee for 2019 induction[62]
- 2019: ASCAP Founders Award from the ASCAP[63]
- 2023: Songwriters Hall of Fame induction.[64]
Solo discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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UK [65] |
AUS [66] |
BEL [67] |
CAN [68] |
GER
[69] |
NLD [70] |
NOR [71] |
SWE [72] |
SWI [73] |
US [74] | |||
Armchair Theatre |
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24 | 35 | — | 23 | 52 | 44 | 7 | 8 | — | 83 | |
Long Wave |
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7 | — | 153 | — | 83 | 74 | — | 24 | 64 | 113 |
Compilation albums
Title | Album details |
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A Message from the Country – The Jeff Lynne Years 1968/1973 (as Jeff Lynne featuring ELO, The Idle Race, The Move) |
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Singles
Year | Title | Album | Chart positions | |||
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UK
[65] |
AUS [66][75] |
CAN [76] |
US [77] | |||
1977 | "Doin' That Crazy Thing"/"Going Down to Rio" | Non-album single | – | – | – | – |
1984 | "Video!"/"Sooner or Later" | Electric Dreams: Original Soundtrack from the Film | 87 | – | – | 85 |
1990 | "Every Little Thing" (12" remix and album versions)/"I'm Gone" | Armchair Theatre | 59 | 31 | 18 | – |
"Lift Me Up"/"Sirens"/"Borderline" | – | 125 | 37 | – |
Compilation appearances
Year | Song | Album |
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1976 | "With a Little Help from My Friends"/"Nowhere Man" | All This and World War II: Original Soundtrack |
1984 | "Video!" | Electric Dreams: Original Soundtrack from the Film |
"Let it Run" | ||
1991 | "Wild Times" | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
2003 | "I Want to Tell You" | Concert for George |
"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" | ||
2011 | "Words of Love" | Listen to Me: Buddy Holly |
2013 | "Stream of Stars" | American Hustle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
2014 | "Junk" | The Art of McCartney |
Producer discography
See also: The Idle Race discography, the Move discography, Electric Light Orchestra discography, Traveling Wilburys discography
Albums
Album | Release | Charts | Certifications | ||
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UK | US | UK | US | ||
The Idle Race - Idle Race | 1969 Liberty | — | — | ||
The Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 | 1973 Harvest, United Artists | 35 | 62 | ||
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day | 1973 Warner Bros. , United Artists
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— | 52 | Silver* | |
Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado, A Symphony by The Electric Light Orchestra |
1974 Warner Bros., United Artists | — | 16 | Silver* | Gold |
Electric Light Orchestra - Face the Music | 1975 Jet, United Artists | — | 8 | Silver* | Gold |
Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record | 1976 Jet, United Artists | 6 | 5 | Platinum | Platinum |
Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue | 1977 Jet, United Artists | 4 | 4 | Platinum | Platinum |
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery | 1979 Jet | 1 | 5 | Platinum | 2× Platinum |
Electric Light Orchestra - Time | 1981 Jet | 1 | 16 | Platinum | Gold |
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages | 1983 Jet | 4 | 36 | Gold | |
Electric Light Orchestra - Balance of Power | 1986 Epic, CBS Associated | 9 | 49 | Silver | |
Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theatre | 1990 Reprise | 24 | 83 | ||
Julianna Raye - Something Peculiar | 1993 Reprise | — | — | ||
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom | 2001 Epic / Legacy | 34 | 94 | ||
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave | 2012 Frontiers
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7 | 133 | ||
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra (new recordings) | 2012 Frontiers
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8 | 118 | ||
Get Up!
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2015 | 2 | 99 | ||
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe | 2015 Columbia, RCA | 4 | 23 | Platinum | |
Jeff Lynne's ELO - From Out of Nowhere | 2019 Columbia, RCA | 1 | 47 |
Co-produced
Album | Release | Charts | Certifications | ||
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UK | US | UK | US | ||
The Move - Looking On | 1970 Fly, Capitol | — | — | ||
The Move - Message from the Country | 1971 Harvest, Capitol | — | — | ||
Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra AKA No Answer | 1971 Harvest,
1972 United Artists |
32 | 196 | ||
Dave Edmunds - Information | 1983 Arista, Columbia | 92 | 51 | ||
Dave Edmunds - Riff Raff | 1984 Arista, Columbia | — | 140 | ||
George Harrison - Cloud Nine | 1987 Dark Horse | 10 | 8 | Gold | Platinum |
Duane Eddy - Duane Eddy | 1987 Capitol | — | — | ||
Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson | 1988 Sire | 54 | |||
Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 Wilbury | 16 | 3 | Platinum | 3× Platinum |
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl | 1989 Virgin | 2 | 5 | Platinum | Platinum |
Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever | 1989 MCA | 8 | 3 | Gold | 5× Platinum |
Miss B. Haven - Nobody's Angel | 1990 Eastwest | ||||
Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 Wilbury, Warner Bros.
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14 | 11 | Gold | Platinum |
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open | 1991 MCA | 3 | 13 | Gold | 2× Platinum |
Del Shannon - Rock On! | 1991 Silvertone, MCA | — | — | — | — |
Ringo Starr - Time Takes Time | 1992 Private Music
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— | — | ||
George Harrison - Songs by George Harrison 2 ("Hottest Gong in Town") | 1992 Dark Horse | — | — | — | — |
Roy Orbison - King of Hearts | 1992 Virgin | — | — | ||
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ("Christmas All Over Again") - A Very Special Christmas 2 (various artists) | 1992 A&M | — | — | — | — |
Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie | 1997 Parlophone , Capitol
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2 | 2 | Gold | Gold |
Del Shannon - A Complete Career Anthology: 1961-1990 (one previously unreleased song produced by Lynne) | 1998 Raven | — | — | ||
George Harrison - Brainwashed | 2002 Parlophone, Capitol | 29 | 18 | Gold | Gold |
Tom Petty - Highway Companion | 2006 American
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56 | 4 | Gold | |
Regina Spektor - Far | 2009 Sire | 30 | 3 | ||
Joe Walsh - Analog Man | 2012 Decca, Fantasy | 53 | 12 |
Soundtracks
Album | Release | Charts | Certifications | ||
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UK | US | UK | US | ||
Various artists - Concert for George | 2003 Warner Bros.
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— | 97 |
Co-produced
Album | Release | Charts | Certifications | ||
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UK | US | UK | US | ||
Electric Light Orchestra, Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu | 1980 Jet, MCA | 2 | 4 | Platinum | 2× Platinum |
Jeff Lynne ("Video!", "Let It Run") - Electric Dreams (various artists) | 1984 Virgin, Epic | — | 94 | ||
Maybe Baby (various artists)
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2000 EMI | — | — | — | — |
Singles
A-sides co-produced
Single | Release | Charts | Certifications | ||
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UK | US | UK | US | ||
Del Shannon - "Ghost" | 1974 Interfusion | – | – | – | – |
Warner Bros. )
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1989 Dark Horse | – | – | – | – |
Traveling Wilburys - "Nobody's Child" (also on Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal) | 1990 Warner Bros.
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44 | – | – | – |
The Beatles - "Free as a Bird" | 1995 Apple | 2 | 6 | Silver | Gold |
The Beatles - "Real Love" | 1996 Apple | 4 | 11 | — | Gold |
B-sides
Single | Release | Charts | Certifications | ||
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UK | US | UK | US | ||
Jeff Lynne - " Sooner or Later "
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1984 Virgin, Epic | – | – | – | – |
B-sides co-produced
Single | Release | Charts | Certifications | ||
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UK | US | UK | US | ||
George Harrison - "Zig Zag" | 1988 Dark Horse | – | – | – | – |
Tom Petty - "Don't Treat Me Like a Stranger" | 1989 MCA | – | – | – | – |
Tom Petty - "Down the Line" | 1989 MCA | – | – | – | – |
Paul McCartney - "Looking for You" | 1997 Parlophone | – | – | – | – |
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- ^ Canadian Albums:
- "Armchair Theatre": "Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theatre". RPM. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Discographie von Jeff Lynne". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- MegaCharts. Archived from the originalon 13 May 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
- ^ "norwegiancharts.com Jeff Lynne discography". Hung Medien. VG-lista. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "swedishcharts.com Jeff Lynne discography". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "Discographie Jeff Lynne" (select "Charts" tab). swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ "Jeff Lynne Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Bubbling Down Under". 29 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Canadian Singles:
- "Every Little Thing": "Jeff Lynne - Every Little Thing". RPM. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- "Lift Me Up": "Jeff Lynne - Lift Me Up". RPM. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Jeff Lynne Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
Bibliography
- Van der Kiste, John Jeff Lynne: The Electric Light Orchestra, before and after, (Stroud: Fonthill Media, 2015)
External links
- Official website
- Jeff Lynne Songs database
- Jeff Lynne discography at Discogs