Mr. Blue Sky
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| - | '''Electric Light Orchestra''', commonly abbreviated '''ELO''', <!-- DO NOT CHANGE TO "WAS" -->were<!-- "WERE" IS CORRECT UK ENGLISH GRAMMAR --> a [[symphonic rock]] group from [[Birmingham]], [[England]] who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. They are known for such songs as "[[Mr. Blue Sky]]". | ||
| - | ELO <!-- DO NOT CHANGE TO "WAS" -->were<!-- "WERE" IS CORRECT UK ENGLISH GRAMMAR --> formed to accommodate [[Roy Wood]] and [[Jeff Lynne]]'s desire to create modern pop songs with heavily classical overtones, but falling under a light rock category. However, the band's direction for most of their existence was set by Lynne who, after the band's debut record, wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album. | + | "'''Mr. Blue Sky'''" is a song by the rock group [[Electric Light Orchestra]]. |
| - | The band was first successful in the [[United States]], billed as 'The English guys with the big fiddles'. They soon gained a cult following despite lukewarm reviews back in their native [[United Kingdom]]. They were managed by agent [[Don Arden]], father of [[Sharon Osbourne]]. | + | The song forms the fourth and last track on the "[[Out of the Blue (Electric Light Orchestra album)#Concerto for a Rainy Day|Concerto for a Rainy Day]]" suite on side three of the original two-LP set. The song was the third Hot 100 top 40 single to be taken from the album ''[[Out of the Blue (Electric Light Orchestra album)|Out of the Blue]]''. The single reached number 6 in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and number 35 in the USA. It was also released on special limited edition blue vinyl. |
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| - | By the mid-1970s, they had become one of the biggest selling bands in music. From 1972 to 1986, ELO accumulated twenty-six U.K. Top 40 hit singles and twenty U.S. Top 40 hit singles. The group also scored twenty Top 20 U.K. hit singles, as well as fifteen Top 20 appearances in the U.S. [[Billboard charts]]. The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Top 40 hits of any band in U.S. chart history without ever having a #1 single. | + | |
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| - | Despite the fact that the majority of the group's material was never researched, audited and certified, ELO collected 21 [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] awards, 38 [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]] awards, and sold over 100 million albums worldwide, 50 million of those being sold between 1971 and 1982. | + | |
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"Mr. Blue Sky" is a song by the rock group Electric Light Orchestra.
The song forms the fourth and last track on the "Concerto for a Rainy Day" suite on side three of the original two-LP set. The song was the third Hot 100 top 40 single to be taken from the album Out of the Blue. The single reached number 6 in the UK and number 35 in the USA. It was also released on special limited edition blue vinyl.
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