Which 1980 supergroup consisting of George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan decided to use a word with a single 'L' instead of a double 'L' in their name because the band started in America and consisted of three Americans and only two Britons?
"was a member of the supergroup along with Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison. Harrison and Lynne contributed to the writing of all Wilburys tracks including ""Handle with Care"", ""Wilbury Twist"" and ""End of the Line"". In 1989 Lynne produced ""Cheer Down"", a song Harrison contributed to the soundtrack to ""Lethal Weapon 2"" and released as a single to promote the film. Harrison began work on ""Brainwashed"" in 1988, with ""Any Road"" having been written by Harrison during the making of a video for ""This Is Love"" off the ""Cloud Nine"" album, and would continue to do so"
"group. The friendship continued in Los Angeles later that year. There, Harrison struck up a musical rapport with Petty based on their shared love of 1950s rock 'n' roll, and Lynne began collaborating with Petty on what became the latter's debut solo album, ""Full Moon Fever"", and writing songs with Orbison, Lynne's longtime musical hero, for Orbison's comeback album, ""Mystery Girl"". According to Petty, Harrison's dream for the Wilburys was to handpick the participants and create ""the perfect little band"", but the criteria for inclusion were governed most by ""who you could hang out with"". The five musicians also bonded"
"single. It is one of only a few non-Beatles songs to feature three members of the band. Harrison and Starr recorded the song at Harrison's Friar Park studio between 19 November and 25 November 1980. After Lennon's death the following month, Harrison removed Starr's vocals (but left Starr's drumming track) and recorded his own vocals with rewritten lyrics honouring Lennon. McCartney, his wife Linda and their Wings bandmate Denny Laine visited Friar Park to record backing vocals. The lineup was rounded out by Al Kooper on keyboards, Herbie Flowers on bass and percussionist Ray Cooper. The album's liner notes also"
"sessions. Referring to recording errors created by faulty equipment, Harrison jokingly remarked to Lynne, """"We'll bury"" 'em in the mix."" Thereafter, they used the term for any small error in performance. Harrison first suggested ""the Trembling Wilburys"" as the group's name; at Lynne's suggestion, they amended it to ""Traveling Wilburys"". During his ""Rockline"" interview, Harrison voiced his support for Dylan, at a time when the latter was experiencing an artistic and commercial low point in his career. Harrison and Lynne became friends with Tom Petty in October 1987, when Petty and his band, the Heartbreakers, toured Europe as Dylan's backing"
"of influences between the Beatles and one of their favorite new bands, the Byrds"". The two groups formed a friendship in early August 1965, when the Byrds were enjoying international success with their debut single, a folk rock interpretation of Bob Dylan's ""Mr. Tambourine Man"", and Harrison and John Lennon attended their first shows in London. Although the concerts received unfavourable reviews in the British music press, Harrison lauded the band as ""the American Beatles"". In late August, the Byrds' Jim (later Roger) McGuinn and David Crosby met up with the Beatles in Los Angeles, where they discussed with Lennon"
"was brought to an abrupt end because Hopkin became ill and the group disbanded shortly afterwards. Oasis (1980s band) Oasis was an English music group which formed in 1984. The group consisted of Peter Skellern, Julian Lloyd Webber, Mitch Dalton, Bill Lovelady and Mary Hopkin. Their only album, ""Oasis"", was released on the WEA label along with two singles. The album reached No. 23 on the UK Albums Chart after first charting in April 1984; it remained in the charts for 15 weeks. A tour of the United Kingdom was planned for September 1984 and a new cellist, Audrey Riley,"
"America to their existing European popularity. The Moody Blues were also originally primarily an R&B band, formed in May 1964 with musicians from other Birmingham bands including El Riot & the Rebels, Denny and the Diplomats, Danny King and the Dukes and Gerry Levene and the Avengers. By November they had secured a major international hit with their multi-million selling single ""Go Now"", which reached number 1 in the UK and number 10 in the US, and whose ""soulful, agonized"" vocal performance established lead singer Denny Laine as one of the most recognisable voices in British music. Although at this"
"home the following day, Harrison, Lynne, Orbison and Petty worked on a song that Harrison had started writing for the occasion, ""Handle with Care"". At first, Dylan's role was that of a host, maintaining a barbecue to feed the musicians; at Harrison's invitation, Dylan then joined them in writing lyrics for the song. The ensemble taped the track on Dylan's Ampex recording equipment, with all five sharing the vocals. ""Handle with Care"" was considered too good to be used as a B-side, so Harrison decided to form a band and record another nine songs for an album. The group got"
"Tributes to the Beatles The Beatles were originally a quartet, but only two of the members remain. John Lennon was murdered in December 1980, and George Harrison succumbed to lung cancer in 2001. There have been numerous tributes to both of them. During the mid 1960s, Beatlemania was an unprecedented global phenomenon, and two songs devoted to them reached the charts: ""We Love You Beatles"" by The Carefrees (#39) and ""A Letter to the Beatles"" by The Four Preps (#85). Over the years, many other songs mention the group in their lyrics: Lennon was murdered in New York City by"
"January 1970, Harrison, McCartney and Starr met at EMI's Abbey Road Studios to work on the track with George Martin. Lennon did not attend the session, since he and Ono were on holiday in Denmark at the time. It was the only commercially released song during the group's original run, that was not recorded in the 1960s. The group recorded 16 takes of the song, the last of which was deemed satisfactory. Before take 15, Harrison delivered a mock press statement in which he made a joking reference to Lennon's absence by recasting the four Beatles as members of the"
"Liverpool Five The Liverpool Five were a beat group that was part of the British Invasion-era of the 1960s. The five members of the band came to the United States by way of Japan in 1965. Formed in England in 1963 as the Steve Laine Combo, the group comprised Steve Laine (lead vocals), Ken Cox (guitar and vocals), Dave Burgess (bass and vocals), Ron Henley (keyboards, sax and vocals) and Jimmy May (drums and vocals). Despite the name, none of the group members were from Liverpool; all were Londoners except Burgess, who hailed from Cumbria. The group played in many"
"The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential music band in history, integral to pop music's evolution into an art form and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the group later experimented with several musical styles, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock, often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways. Led by"
"Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame. The following singles reached the top 40 on the US or UK charts: The Spinners (American R&B group) The Spinners are an American rhythm and blues vocal group that formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1954. They enjoyed a string of hit singles and albums during the 1960s and 1970s. The group continues to tour, with Henry Fambrough as the only original member. The group is also listed as the Detroit Spinners and the Motown Spinners, due to their 1960s recordings with the Motown label. These other names were used in the UK to"
"speculations of Peek reuniting with America finally came to an end when Peek died in his home in Farmington, Missouri of fibrinous pericarditis on 24 July 2011, at the age of 60. America (band) America is a British-American rock band formed in London in 1970 by Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley. The trio met as sons of US Air Force personnel stationed in London, where they began performing live. Achieving significant popularity in the 1970s, the trio was famous for their close vocal harmonies and light acoustic folk rock sound. The band released a string of hit albums"
"The Heartbreakers The Heartbreakers, also known as Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers to distinguish them from Tom Petty's band, were an American punk rock band, formed in New York City in May, 1975. The band spearheaded the first wave of punk rock. In May 1975, Johnny Thunders (vocals/guitar) and Jerry Nolan (drums) quit the New York Dolls, the same week that Richard Hell (vocals/bass) left Television. Thunders and Nolan invited Hell to join their new band, and Hell quickly agreed. Their first gig was on May 31 of that year, at the Coventry, a rock club in Queens. The trio"
"1966 The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential music band in history, integral to pop music's evolution into an art form and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the group later experimented with several musical styles, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock, often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways. Led"
"Billy Hatton. Mike Millward died from leukaemia in 1966. Brian O'Hara took his own life in 1999. Billy Hatton died in 2017. The Fourmost The Fourmost were an English Merseybeat band that recorded in the 1960s. Their biggest UK hit single was ""A Little Loving"" in 1964. Guitarist/vocalist Brian O'Hara and best friend guitarist/vocalist Joey Bower (born Joseph Bower, 17 November 1939, Dingle, Liverpool, Lancashire) formed the Two Jays in 1957. The group changed its name to the Four Jays in September 1959 when bass guitarist/singer Billy Hatton and drummer Brian Redman (born 21 June 1941, Huyton, Liverpool, Lancashire) joined"
"UK. With over 50 weeks on the US charts, ""The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1"" was later certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. While Harrison and Petty had recent successes, Dylan, Orbison (who died of a sudden heart attack on December 6, 1988) and Lynne had not seen an album climb that high in several years. At the time, no Dylan album had ever achieved two million in sales. As one critic put it, it was ""one of the great commercial coups of the decade"". The single ""Handle with Care"" was a significant hit in the UK charts,"
"under drainpipe trousers. Cultural impact of the Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era. In the early 1960s, their enormous popularity first emerged as ""Beatlemania"", but as the group's music grew in sophistication, led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the band were integral to pop music's evolution into an art form and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. The Beatles' continued commercial and critical"
"only number 72 on the ""Billboard"" Top 100, and Orbison set his sights on negotiating a contract with an upscale nightclub somewhere. His initial success came just as the '50s rock-and-roll era was winding down. Elvis Presley was serving in the US Army, Jerry Lee Lewis had become disgraced after marrying his 13-year-old cousin, and Buddy Holly had died in a plane crash. Starting in 1960, the charts in the United States came to be dominated by teen idols, novelty acts, and Motown girl groups. Experimenting with a new sound, Orbison and Joe Melson wrote a song in early 1960"
"that was a center concept of the lyrics of his 2002 album, ""The Last DJ"", and its respective limited edition DVD. In an interview with ""Billboard"" magazine, Petty described himself as ""not really [being] involved in the business side of music."" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (alternately Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. Formed in 1976, the band originally comprised Tom Petty (lead singer, guitar), Mike Campbell (lead guitarist), Ron Blair (bass guitar), Stan Lynch (drums), and Benmont Tench (keyboards). In 1981, Blair, weary of the touring lifestyle,"
"and Chris Montez. Both US artists had already firmly established themselves in the UK singles charts. Throughout the tour, however, the crowds repeatedly screamed for the Beatles, and for the first time in UK history, the American stars were less popular than a homegrown act. While enjoying the overwhelming display of enthusiasm, the Beatles also felt embarrassment for the American performers at this unexpected turn of events, which persisted at every show from the first day to the last. The Beatles began their third nationwide tour on 18 May, the bill this time headed by Roy Orbison. Orbison had established"
"name, and went through several others during this period, including Los Paranoias. By March 1960, Lennon and Sutcliffe came up with a new name: the Beatles. The Beatles (after several line-up changes, including adding Mona's son Pete Best on drums) continued to perform around Liverpool and in Hamburg, Germany, before being signed to Parlophone Records in 1962. After their signing, the Beatles achieved worldwide fame and became one of the most popular and successful musical artists of all time, before breaking up in 1970. Since the break-up of the Beatles in 1970 and the death of John Lennon in 1980,"
"a makeshift setup consisting of cardboard boxes and a tambourine. As the band continued to rehearse, Dickson arranged a one-off single deal for the group with Elektra Records' founder Jac Holzman. The single, which coupled the band originals ""Please Let Me Love You"" and ""Don't Be Long"", featured McGuinn, Clark, and Crosby, augmented by session musicians Ray Pohlman on bass and Earl Palmer on drums. In an attempt to cash in on the British Invasion craze that was dominating the American charts at the time, the band's name was changed for the single release to the suitably British-sounding the Beefeaters."
"Cultural impact of the Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era. In the early 1960s, their enormous popularity first emerged as ""Beatlemania"", but as the group's music grew in sophistication, led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the band were integral to pop music's evolution into an art form and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. The Beatles' continued commercial and critical success assisted many"
"name, combining it with a pun on the beat in their music), and to a lesser extent by British rock and roll groups such as the Shadows. After the national success of the Beatles in Britain from 1962, a number of Liverpool performers were able to follow them into the charts, including Gerry & The Pacemakers, the Searchers, and Cilla Black. The first act who were not from Liverpool or managed by Brian Epstein to break through in the UK were Freddie and the Dreamers, who were based in Manchester, a short distance away, as were Herman's Hermits and the"
"Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound has led them to be cited as one of the progenitors of heavy metal. Their style drew from a wide variety of influences, including blues, psychedelia, and folk music. After changing their name from the New Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin signed a deal with Atlantic Records that afforded them considerable artistic freedom. Although the group were initially unpopular with critics, they achieved"
"1977, after the failure of the ""L.A.M.F."" album. Co-lead singer/co-lead guitarist Johnny Thunders remained in England and recorded his first solo album, ""So Alone"", during the summer of 1978. His fellow ex-Heartbreakers Walter Lure and Billy Rath had participated in some of the sessions for the album, and after finishing the album, all three decided to play some gigs in New York ""for old time's sake"" and some ""chump change."" With drummer Jerry Nolan reluctant to backtrack his steps after quitting the band over ""L.A.M.F.""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s poor sound, the Thunders/Lure/Rath triumvirate recruited other local drummers to fill in. The band's first"
"and saying, 'They're this new group from England that begins with a B and finished with an s' so they all said, 'Ah, it's The Beatles, not naming it, they're doing that trick again.' The disc jockey would play it and play it and play it and, 'Guess who it is?' and people would guess, and they wouldn't get the answer. I heard [the idea] came actually from Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler. To us it was an honour, to actually think we were as good as The Beatles."" On the video, the band only features four members (but Vince"
"by synthesisers, played by Tandy. The band was then rejoined by Kaminski, Clark, and Morgan, adding Martin Smith on bass guitar, and proceeded to perform a small number of live ELO performances in 1986, including shows in England and Germany along with US appearances on ""American Bandstand"", ""Solid Gold"", then at Disneyland that summer. The Birmingham Heart Beat Charity Concert 1986 was a charity concert organised by Bevan in ELO's hometown of Birmingham on 15 March 1986. A hint of Lynne's future was seen when George Harrison appeared onstage during the encore at Heartbeat, joining in the all-star jam of"
"Although he ceded his own role as a lead vocalist to Dylan and to Petty, Harrison took over more of the production and contributed more prominently as a lead guitarist than before. Petty described the album as ""a little more rough and ready, a bit more raucous"" than ""Vol. 1"", while Dylan said the new songs were more developed as compositions relative to the ""scraped up from jam tapes"" approach to the band's debut. ""Vol. 3"" was released on 29 October 1990. It was dedicated to Orbison, as ""Lefty Wilbury"", the pseudonym that Orbison had used in 1988 in honour"
"a Top 10 indie track in England and is the band's first U.S. single, and not surprisingly, the British press have confused them with American bands. Blameless (band) Blameless were a rock quartet formed in Sheffield, England in 1993/94. The band consisted of singer Jared Daley, guitarist Matt Pirt, bassist Jason Leggatt and drummer Jon Dodd. Although coming from the UK during a ""British Invasion"" headed by Oasis, the band have been more-often compared to American bands such as Pearl Jam. Their inclusion of the song Town Clowns in the ""Rough Trade Singles Club"" caught the attention of several labels,"
"- (LaRue/Blakemore/Turner) - 4:10 8. ""Getaway"" - (Danyls/Turner) - 3:52 9. ""Headliner"" (1980 version) - (LaRue/Blakemore) 4:42 Personnel Fandango (US band) Fandango was an American pop rock band which began as a four-piece, playing in the local clubs in the Tri-state area: New Jersey, New York, Connecticut (circa 1976) before adding three more members prior to their first recording contract being signed in March 1977. It was fronted by vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (who by then had already changed his given name 'Linquito' through a suggestion by guitarist Rick Blakemore). Larry Dawson (stage name of Larry Dvoskin), one of the"