The Move
The Move had about nine UK Top 20 singles from 1967 through 1972...in the US? Zilch. The best they could do in the US was a Top 90 showing with "Do ya", one of their final singles. I still cannot fathom why. Like a lot of US Move fans, I found about them through the Electric Light Orchestra. The final version of the Move and the first version of ELO were one in the same...they were actually recording under the both names for a time 1971-1972.
They were a great live band. The first clip is the original lineup, Roy Wood, Carl Wayne, Ace Kefford, Trevor Burton and Bev Bevan. The song is "I Can Hear the Grass Grow". They were a great vocal band...though Carl sang the bulk of the tune, Roy and Ace grab a couple of lines as well.
The second clip is a live take of "Blackberry Way" (a #1 in the UK) on the TV show "Colour Me Pop". By this time, Kefford had left the band, with Burton sliding over to take the bass.
They were a fantastic live band.
The third video is a bonus promo vid...."10538 Overture" was originally recorded to be a B-Side for The Move, but with the addition of masses of cellos by Roy Wood, it became the first ELO song....by this time the group was down to Roy, Bev and Jeff Lynne. Roy left early in the recording of the second ELO album, and ELO (led by Jeff) went on to be huge...even in the US.
The Move had about nine UK Top 20 singles from 1967 through 1972...in the US? Zilch. The best they could do in the US was a Top 90 showing with "Do ya", one of their final singles. I still cannot fathom why. Like a lot of US Move fans, I found about them through the Electric Light Orchestra. The final version of the Move and the first version of ELO were one in the same...they were actually recording under the both names for a time 1971-1972.
They were a great live band. The first clip is the original lineup, Roy Wood, Carl Wayne, Ace Kefford, Trevor Burton and Bev Bevan. The song is "I Can Hear the Grass Grow". They were a great vocal band...though Carl sang the bulk of the tune, Roy and Ace grab a couple of lines as well.
The second clip is a live take of "Blackberry Way" (a #1 in the UK) on the TV show "Colour Me Pop". By this time, Kefford had left the band, with Burton sliding over to take the bass.
They were a fantastic live band.
The third video is a bonus promo vid...."10538 Overture" was originally recorded to be a B-Side for The Move, but with the addition of masses of cellos by Roy Wood, it became the first ELO song....by this time the group was down to Roy, Bev and Jeff Lynne. Roy left early in the recording of the second ELO album, and ELO (led by Jeff) went on to be huge...even in the US.
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