![]() ![]() Retrieved 28 February 2013.The Most Under Rated and overlooked super group of all time! Originally an offshoot project of sixties band The Move,Founding Members Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan Found Themselves Devoting all their time to this new Concept and soon the The Move were no more. Blue Sky – The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra". Recording Industry Association of America. ^ "American single certifications – Electric Light Orchestra – Turn to Stone".Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. ^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1978".Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JANUARY 21, 1978".^ " Electric Light Orchestra – Turn To Stone".^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). ![]() ^ "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (E)".^ " Electric Light Orchestra – Turn To Stone" (in German).^ " Electric Light Orchestra – Turn To Stone" (in Dutch).^ Gallucci, Michael (30 December 2014).^ "Billboard's Top Single Picks" (PDF).Archived from the original on 4 January 2011. ^ a b " Top RPM Singles: Issue 5458a." RPM.^ a b "Electric Light Orchestra – Awards".^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100".^ a b " Electric Light Orchestra – Turn To Stone" (in Dutch).Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci rated it ELO's 5th best song, saying that it "comes with a Godzilla-size hook that stomps over everything in its way" and that the symphony of strings on the refrains is "awesome." Charts īillboard called "Turn to Stone" a "driving, high energy rocker" with a "demonic cello the pace." Guarisco who stated "This dynamic opener from the Out of the Blue album is a good example of Electric Light Orchestra's skill for mixing string-laden pop hooks with driving rock and roll." He also stated "It also works in an array of swirling string lines that dart in and out of the mix and some dazzling falsetto harmonies that interact with Lynne's lead vocal in call and response style". On 4 November 2008, Lynne was awarded a BMI ( Broadcast Music, Inc.) Million-Air certificate for "Turn to Stone" for having one million airplays.ĪllMusic reviewer Zachary Curd called the song "Essentially a love song, "Turn to Stone" is orchestrated, computerized, epic rock music courtesy of Jeff Lynne." The song was also reviewed by Donald A. Lynne played the Moog bassline of the song. The song was composed in Switzerland during Jeff Lynne's two-week writing marathon for his double album. 13 in the United States and number nine in Canada in early 1978. Out of four singles from the album, "Turn to Stone" was the only song not to reach the top ten in the United Kingdom singles charts. 18 in the United Kingdom charts and spent twelve weeks on the chart. It was the first song released as a single from the LP. The song is the opening track to the double album Out of the Blue. " Turn to Stone" is a 1977 song by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). 1977 single by Electric Light Orchestra "Turn to Stone"Įlectric Light Orchestra singles chronology
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