◇ image via WikipediaJeff Lynne's ELO
Jeff Lynne's ELO is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Beatles and Chuck Berry. Those roots explain a lot about how Jeff Lynne's ELO arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Klaatu, Herman's Hermits, Paul McCartney & Wings, Billy Joel and Orleans, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Olivia Newton-John, Cliff Richard, Led Zeppelin and Randy Newman, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Jeff Lynne's ELO, reaching back through The Beatles and forward to Olivia Newton-John. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jeff Lynne's ELO connections
Jeff Lynne's ELO grew out of The Beatles and Chuck Berry, shares an orbit with Klaatu, Herman's Hermits, Paul McCartney & Wings and Billy Joel, went on to shape Olivia Newton-John, Cliff Richard, Led Zeppelin and Randy Newman. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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