On its release in November 1977, ELO’s seventh album was met with indifference ... “Standin’ In The Rain” and of course “Mr Blue Sky” re-invented it with a Wagnerian grandeur.

I wrote ‘Mr Blue Sky’ and 13 other songs in the next two weeks.” The subsequent album, 1977’s Out Of The Blue, consolidated Electric Light Orchestra’s success. Even Lynne admitted later ...

"Mr. Blue Sky" is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), featured on the band's seventh studio album Out of the Blue (1977). Written and produced by frontman Jeff Lynne, the song forms the ...

Richard Tandy, the keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist whose tenure with the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO ... his vocoder-altered voice saying "Mr. Blue Sky" on the group's 1977 hit.