Meet the Producers

1978
Written and produced by Lynne, ELO's 'Mr Blue Sky' is the second single taken from the 1977 LP Out Of The Blue. It hits No 6 in the UK singles chart.

1980
The movie may bomb but the soundtrack is a smash, the title song 'Xanadu' sung by Olivia Newton John and written by Lynne giving ELO their only UK No 1 hit.

1987
Recorded with Lynne for George Harrison's Cloud Nine album, 'I Got My Mind Set On You' gives the ex-Beatle a US No 1 – his first chart topper there since 1973.

1988
The first single to be released by The Traveling Wilburys, the Lynne-produced 'Handle With Care' secures the supergroup a Top 30 hit in the British charts.

1989
Co-written by Lynne, 'You Got It' gives Roy Orbison the chart-leading single from what will be his comeback album, Mystery Girl.

1989
Lynne takes the melody that is the verse on Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin'' and continues it into the chorus. The song goes Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.

1995
Originally a John Lennon home demo, Lynne's painstaking work on The Beatles' 'Free As A Bird' means the group have at least one Top 40 hit in four different decades.