It may not be his most successful tribute to the music of the rockabilly era. “Hold on Tight” had given ELO a Top 10 hit on ...

Not that Jeff didn't have moments of doubt, even with his best-loved creations ... Paul's producer Brendan Lynch sampled the ELO song, on the understanding that if Jeff Lynne sued, the settlement ...

When Lynne founded ELO in 1971, along with Roy Wood ... and the band clocked up twenty Top 20 hits between 1972 and 1983 - including ‘Mr Blue Sky’, which reached #6 in January 1978.