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Jeff Lynne is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer born on the 30th of December 1947 in Erdington, Birmingham. He is the co-founder and sole consistent member of Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), formed in 1970, for which he wrote all of the band's music from 1972 onward.
The Traveling Wilburys were a supergroup formed in 1988 with Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. Lynne co-founded the group and performed under the pseudonyms Otis Wilbury and Clayton Wilbury. The group won a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1989.
Yes. Lynne co-produced the Beatles' reunion singles "Free as a Bird" (1995) and "Real Love" (1996), both created from John Lennon home demos overdubbed by the three surviving Beatles. He also contributed additional production to "Now and Then", which was finally released in 2023.
Lynne received a star on the Birmingham Walk of Stars in 2014 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of ELO in 2017, received three Ivor Novello Awards including one for Outstanding Services to British Music, was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2023, and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2020.
Out of the Blue, released in 1977, is considered ELO's most commercially successful album. It was a double album largely written during a two-week session at a Swiss chalet.
Lynne credited a Bang and Olufsen Beocord 2000 De Luxe stereo reel-to-reel tape recorder, which he acquired around 1965, with teaching him how to produce. The machine allowed him to bounce audio between its left and right channels, giving him an early form of multi-tracking at home.