Jeff Lynne

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Born:
December 30, 1947, he's 64 and British.
Names:
Birthname: Jeffrey Lynne. Alternative names: Clayton Wilbury & Otis Wibury.
One Liner:
ELO frontman and Traveling Wilburys co founder
Snapshot:
An Artist with 6 releases, a member of 5 groups, and credited 31 times on others' music. 16 collaborations and 1 musical relative.

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Jeff Lynne (born Jeffrey Lynne, 30 December 1947 in Shard End, Birmingham) is a Grammy Award-winning English rock songwriter, singer, guitarist and record producer.

He first came to prominence in the late 60s in The Idle Race then later teamed up with Roy Wood in The Move. In 1970 a new band was formed with Lynne and Wood called the Electric Light Orchestra, a band that propelled Lynne into a multi-platinum selling songwriter and producer.

After the demise of ELO in the late 80s Lynne became a much sought after producer with the likes of George Harrison, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. These three along with Bob Dylan created the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys. In 1995 Lynne produced The Beatles songs ''Free as a Bird'' and ''Real Love'' using surviving John Lennon demos as part of The Beatles Anthology.

In 2000 Lynne re-activated the ELO name and released Flashback, a 3 disc Anthology and in 2001 Zoom, the first studio album in 15 years.

Pictures

Jeff Lynne - Party for the band Traffic Getty Images

Party for the band Traffic

Jeff Lynne - World Premiere Of "Runnin' Down A Dream" Getty Images

World Premiere Of "Runnin' Down A Dream"

Jeff Lynne - Marty Temme Rock Archives Getty Images

Marty Temme Rock Archives

Jeff Lynne - Photo of Electric Light Orchestra Getty Images

Photo of Electric Light Orchestra

Jeff Lynne - Photo of Electric Light Orchestra Getty Images

Photo of Electric Light Orchestra

Jeff Lynne - Marty Temme Rock Archives Getty Images

Marty Temme Rock Archives

Genres

Classic Rock, Heartland Rock, Pop, Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Electronica, Hard Rock. Vote on Genres

Discography

147 releases – 6 under his own name, 114 in other groups and 31 credits on others' music Edit
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  • Despite his massive success as a Hit songwriter and Producer he is the only member of The Traveling Wilburys not to be inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
  • In 2008, The Washington Times named Lynne the fourth greatest record producer in music history

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