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Roy Wood (born 8 November 1946) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of
the Move The Move were a British rock band of the late 1960s and the early 1970s. They scored nine top 20 UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any real success in the United States. For most of their caree ...
,
Electric Light Orchestra The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of pop, classical a ...
and
Wizzard Wizzard were an English rock band formed by Roy Wood, former member of the Move and co-founder of the Electric Light Orchestra. ''The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits'' states, "Wizzard was Roy Wood just as much as Wings was Paul McCartne ...
. As a songwriter, he contributed a number of hits to the repertoire of these bands. Altogether he had more than 20 singles in the
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under various guises, including three UK No. 1 hits. The
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has described Wood as being "responsible for some of the most memorable sounds of
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" and "credited as playing a major role in the
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,
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and
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movements". In 2008, Wood was awarded an
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for his contribution to rock and pop by the
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. In 2015, his long and eclectic career was recognised with the "Outer Limits" award at the Progressive Music Awards in London. Wood was inducted into the
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in 2017 as a member of Electric Light Orchestra.


Career


Early years

Roy Wood was born on 8 November 1946 in
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, a suburb of Birmingham, England. For some years the legend persisted that his real name was Ulysses Adrian Wood, until it was revealed that this was probably the result of somebody close to The Move in their early days filling in such names on a 'lifelines' feature for the press as a joke.Van der Kiste, John (2012). ''Roy Wood: The Move, Wizzard and beyond''. KDP. His first group in Birmingham in the early 1960s was the Falcons, which he left in 1963 to join Gerry Levene and the Avengers. He then moved to Mike Sheridan and the Nightriders (the band later became
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). He attended the Moseley College of Art, but was expelled in 1964.


The Move

From this and other Birmingham-based groups, was formed
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, and they quickly entered the
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. Their single "Night of Fear" climbed to No. 2 in early 1967. Their third hit, "
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", was the first song played by
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at the launch of
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on September 30, 1967, and the band evolved over a three-year period. After the departure of The Move's lead singer
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, Wood's influence became more prominent. In 1967, Wood (and fellow Move member
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) supplied backing vocals on the track, "You Got Me Floatin'", on
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's album '' Axis: Bold as Love''. Wood was keen on musical experimentation and was an early proponent of combining
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and pop music with other styles, such as
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, or the
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sound, and introduced classically styled string and brass sections into the pop record. In early 1972, Wood's composition "Songs of Praise" was shortlisted by the
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as one of six possible choices for the UK entry in the
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. When performed by
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on the
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vehicle ''It's Cliff Richard!'', the song finished in last place with 3,842 votes. The group included the track on their album ''
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''. Wood recorded his own version of "Songs of Praise", releasing it on the
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of his 1973 single, "
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".


Electric Light Orchestra

Whilst The Move were still together, Wood, along with his band colleagues
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and
Bev Bevan Beverley Bevan (born 25 November 1944) is an English rock musician, who was the drummer and one of the original members of The Move and Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). After the end of ELO in 1986, he founded ELO Part II. Bevan also was drumm ...
, founded
Electric Light Orchestra The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of pop, classical a ...
(ELO), which was later to gain major commercial success. The original intention was to split The Move at the end of 1970, but contractual obligations meant that both they and ELO existed together for a year, until the former finally broke up in June 1972. In 2017, the ELO line-up of Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan, and
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were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


Early ELO concerts and formation of Wizzard

ELO's early live performances were chaotic, due to both poor sound quality of the string instruments competing against the guitars and drums, as well as Wood's constant moving from instrument to instrument during the shows (playing bass, guitar, cello and saxophone). After increasing tensions, Wood left in July 1972 at the start of the second album sessions, following a trip to Italy and formed a new group,
Wizzard Wizzard were an English rock band formed by Roy Wood, former member of the Move and co-founder of the Electric Light Orchestra. ''The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits'' states, "Wizzard was Roy Wood just as much as Wings was Paul McCartne ...
, which assembled cellists, brass players and a bigger rhythm section, with several drummers and percussionists. Wood emulated the
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production style of
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while successfully and affectionately pastiching the rock and roll style of the early 1960s. Wizzard scored seven
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hits with different songs during this period including two consecutive singles, " See My Baby Jive" and " Angel Fingers" which reached the top of that chart. Meanwhile, he released several solo albums, exploring further musical directions. His 1973 album ''
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'' was an almost entirely genuine solo effort, right down to the sleeve artwork, with Wood playing a wide variety of
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s. A second solo album, ''
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'', released in 1975 and including contributions by
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, was less successful.


Post-Wizzard

By the late 1970s, Wood was appearing less in public; commercial success faded away, and his musical experiments did not always match popular taste, but he remained productive in the studio as musician, producer and songwriter. He was a fan of
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, but never succeeded in getting him to adopt one of his compositions. However, he was untiring as a producer for other acts, most successfully
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revivalists
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. In 1976, Wood recorded the
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songs "
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" and "
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" for the ill-fated musical documentary ''
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''.


The Wizzo Band and subsequent work

In 1977, he formed Wizzo Band, a jazz-rock ensemble, whose only live performance was a
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simultaneous television and radio broadcast in stereo. The Wizzo Band split early the following year after cancelling a nationwide tour. Between 1980 and 1982, Wood released a few singles under his own name and also as Roy Wood's Helicopters, and played some live dates under this name, with a band comprising Robin George (guitar), Terry Rowley (keyboards), Jon Camp (bass) and Tom Farnell (drums). The release of what would have been the last of these singles, "Aerial Pictures", backed with "Airborne", was cancelled owing to the lack of chart success for its predecessors, but both sides appeared for the first time in 2006 on a compilation CD, ''Roy Wood – The Wizzard!''. "Aerial Pictures", using the original backing track, subsequently became a solo single for Carl Wayne, The Move's former vocalist. Wood also made a one-off rock and roll medley single with
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,
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and John Coghlan, credited to The Rockers, "We Are The Boys" (1983), and played a leading role in the
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, on 15 March 1986, which was later partly televised by the BBC. As well as designing the logo, Wood performed in a line-up which also included the Electric Light Orchestra and the Moody Blues. After a hiatus following the release of the album ''
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'' (1987), a
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of the
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hit " 1–2–3", and a guest vocal appearance on one track on
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'', he went on the road with a band billed as Roy Wood's Army. He also wrote and recorded two tracks with Lynne in 1989 ("If You Can't Get What You Want" and "Me and You"), which were never released. His most regularly broadcast song is the seasonal Wizzard single "
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". In 1995, Wood released a new live version as the 'Roy Wood Big Band', which charted at No. 59, and in 2000 he joined forces with
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, for a re-working of "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" and the Wombles' hit "Wombling Merry Christmas", together in one song which reached No. 22. Over Christmas 2007, Wood appeared in a catalogue advertisement for
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, where he played the part of a rowdy neighbour playing guitar along to Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", and the song once again entered the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 16. In the 2010 Christmas special of the ITV comedy '' Benidorm'', Wood in a cameo role performed his Christmas hit at the Benidorm Palace cabaret theatre. He later performed with Wizzard on the Christmas edition of
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in December 2013. Wood formed the Roy Wood Rock & Roll Band for occasional live dates and television performances in the UK. They were the support act for
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at several UK dates in the weeks leading up to Christmas 2009 and 2011. In December 2018, Wood and his band's touring equipment worth £100,000 was stolen following a ram-raid on a warehouse in Leeds. The police later recovered the van and equipment in
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.


Personal life

Roy Wood currently lives in the former Howard Arms
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in Cubley,
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. Wood voted to
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the
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in the 23 June 2016 referendum, and in May 2019 joined the
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. Wood has one child.


Discography


Chronological album discography

''For the complete Move discography see The Move Discography''
''For the complete ELO discography see Electric Light Orchestra discography''
''For the complete Wizzard discography see Wizzard Discography''
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'' (1968) – The Move * '' Shazam'' (1970) – The Move * ''
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'' (1971) – The Move * ''
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'' (1971) – ELO * ''
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'' (1973) – ELO (although uncredited at the time, Wood played cello and bass on "In Old England Town" and "From the Sun to the World"). * '' Wizzard Brew'' (1973) – Wizzard * ''
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'' (1975) – Solo * '' Super Active Wizzo'' (1977) – Wizzo Band * '' On The Road Again'' (1979) – Solo * ''
Starting Up ''Starting Up'' is the fourth solo album by Roy Wood, who played most of the instruments and sang most of the vocals throughout, in addition to writing and producing the album. The album was released in February 1987. The track "On Top of the Wor ...
'' (1987) – Solo * '' Main Street'' (2000) – Roy Wood & Wizzard


Solo albums

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Collaboration album

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Charting compilation album

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Solo singles

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Collaboration singles

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Songs recorded and released by other artists


References


External links

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