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Electric Light Orchestra

English rock band
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Summary

Electric Light Orchestra is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 0.48% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,646 views/month, #98 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[3]
  • Influenced by: The Beatles[4], The Kinks[5], The Who[6]
  • Founder: Jeff Lynne[7], Roy Wood[8]
  • Genre: progressive rock[9], art rock[10], progressive pop[11], symphonic rock[12], pop rock[13], rock and roll[14], classic rock[15]
  • Record label: Warner Bros. Records[16], Harvest[17], Warner Records Inc.[18], United Artists Records[19], Columbia Records[20], Epic Records[21], Legacy Recordings[22], Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc.[23]
  • Discography: Electric Light Orchestra discography[24]
  • Commons category: Electric Light Orchestra[25]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[26]
  • Inception: January 1, 1970[27]
  • Location of formation: Birmingham[28]
  • Official website: https://jefflynneselo.com/[29]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Electric Light Orchestra[30]
  • Topic has template: Template:Electric Light Orchestra[31]
  • Official name: Electric Light Orchestra[32]
  • Start of work period: 1970[33]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Group[34]

  • Country: GB[35]

  • Began / founded: 1970[36]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2025-07-13[37]

  • Genre(s): art rock, classic rock, crossover prog, pop, pop rock, progressive, progressive pop, progressive rock, rock, symphonic prog, symphonic rock[38]

  • Community tags: art rock, classic rock, crossover prog, pop, pop rock, progressive, progressive pop, progressive rock, rock, symphonic prog, symphonic rock[39]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0c502791-4ee9-4c5f-9696-0602b721ff3b[40]

Why It Matters

Electric Light Orchestra has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

FAQs

What awards did Electric Light Orchestra receive?

Honors received include Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[3].

Related Entities

Columbia Records Epic Records Harvest Jeff Lynne Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc. The Beatles The Kinks The Who United Kingdom Warner Records Inc.

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [39] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [40] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → elo
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Subreddit: elo, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144657588|elo (#144657588)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Directory]] #mix'n'mat"
  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0220992-Electric-Light-Orchestra
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0220992-Electric-Light-Orchestra, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 23w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Warner Bros. Records, Harvest, Warner Records Inc. +5
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+47956'}, {'amount': '+45689'}, {'amount': '+532000'} +7
    Image purged at → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Electric Light Orchestra
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Nme artist id: electric-light-orchestra, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214807348|electric light orchestra (#214807348)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/cat"
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