Roy Wood

This article is about the English musician. For other people, see Roy Wood (disambiguation).

Roy Wood
Wood in 2011
Wood in 2011
Background information
Born (1947-11-08) 8 November 1947 (age 77)
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • composer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • bass
  • cello
  • saxophone
  • oboe
  • percussion
  • keyboards
Years active1964–present
Labels
Formerly of
Political partyReform UK (2019-present)
Other political
affiliations		UKIP (before 2019)
Spouse(s)Unknown (divorced)
Maureen Holmes (divorced)[3][4]
Websiteroywood.co.uk

Roy Wood (born 8 November 1947) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard.

Wood formed the Move in 1965, and had hits including "Flowers in the Rain". While the Move were still together, Wood, along with his band colleagues Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan, founded Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), which was later to gain major commercial success. After increasing tensions, Wood left ELO in 1972 and formed a new group, Wizzard, who had seven hits, including Wood's most regularly broadcast song, "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day".

As a songwriter, Wood contributed a number of hits to the repertoire of the Move, ELO and Wizzard. Altogether, he had more than 20 singles in the UK Singles Chart under various guises, including three UK No. 1 hits. Wood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 as a member of Electric Light Orchestra.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Wizzard award for Roy Wood was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Petridis, Alexis (8 November 2016). "Britain's lost pop genius: the glam rocker who hated being in the spotlight". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  3. ^ "ATV Today: 06.01.1970: Roy Wood of the Move pop group married". Macearchive.org. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Roy Wood: What is the Wizzard singer up to now?". Amp.smoothradio.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference rrhofelo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).