1960s Songs

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Jeff Lynne
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This site attempts to list and catalog all the known songs ever touched by Jeff Lynne spanning his entire career (with a few minor exceptions), in order of chronological production (or as close as can be figured). It is not a discography (there are plenty of other sites for that kind of information), although one might be able to describe it as a "song-ography" of Jeff Lynne's career.

If there are any questions, comments, corrections or complaints (!?) about this database, please feel free to contact me at elofan@juno.com. I welcome your feedback. This is a living document and will be continually updated. Check back periodically for updates. The latest update was done on July, 2008.
Robert Porter

 
*1964 to 1966
Early bands in Birmingham
Artists Song Title Format Format Title Year Seq Stats
Chantelles, The Unknown Titles - The Chantelles XXX Unreleased* 1964 1
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Tinkerbell's Fairydust Unknown Titles - Tinkerbell's Fairydust XXX Unreleased* 1965 1
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Andicaps, The Andicapped XXX Unreleased* 1965 2
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Andicaps, The Saturday Night At The Duck Pond XXX Unreleased* 1965 3
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Andicaps, The Unknown Titles - Andicaps, The XXX Unreleased* 1965 4
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Chads, The Green Onions XXX Unreleased* 1965 5
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Chads, The Hugging And Tugging The Line XXX Unreleased* 1965 6
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Chads, The Short Dressed Women XXX Unreleased* 1965 7
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Chads, The Preaching The Blues XXX Unreleased* 1965 8
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Chads, The Unknown Titles - The Chads XXX Unreleased* 1965 9
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Mad Classix, The Unknown Titles - The Mad Classix XXX Unreleased* 1965 10
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Wizards, The I Need Your Love Single Very Last Day 1966 1
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Nightriders, The It's Only The Dog Single It's Only The Dog 1966 2
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Nightriders, The Your Friend Single It's Only The Dog 1966 3
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Nightriders, The Unknown Titles - The Nightriders XXX Unreleased* 1966 4
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*1967 to 1968
1967 singles and Birthday Party sessions
Artists Song Title Format Format Title Year Seq Stats
Idle Race Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree Single Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree 1967 1
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Idle Race My Father's Son Single Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree 1967 2
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Idle Race Imposters Of Life's Magazine Single Imposters Of Life's Magazine 1967 3
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Idle Race Sitting In My Tree Single Imposters Of Life's Magazine 1967 4
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Idle Race Sitting In My Tree (Electronically Processed Stereo Version) Album Birthday Party Reissue (1976) 1967 5
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Idle Race Skeleton And The Roundabout Single Skeleton And The Roundabout 1968 1
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Idle Race Knocking Nails Into My House Single Skeleton And The Roundabout 1968 2
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Idle Race Skeleton And The Roundabout (Stereo Version) Album Birthday Party 1968 3
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Idle Race Happy Birthday Album Birthday Party 1968 4
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Idle Race Birthday, The Album Birthday Party 1968 5
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Idle Race I Like My Toys Album Birthday Party 1968 6
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Idle Race Morning Sunshine Album Birthday Party 1968 7
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Idle Race Follow Me Follow Album Birthday Party 1968 8
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Idle Race On With The Show Album Birthday Party 1968 9
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Idle Race Lucky Man Album Birthday Party 1968 10
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Idle Race Mrs. Ward Album Birthday Party 1968 11
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Idle Race Pie In The Sky Album Birthday Party 1968 12
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Idle Race Lady Who Said She Could Fly, The Album Birthday Party 1968 13
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Idle Race End Of The Road Album Birthday Party 1968 14
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Idle Race Happy Birthday (Mono Version) Album Birthday Party (Mono LP only) 1968 15
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Idle Race Birthday, The (Mono Version) Album Birthday Party (Mono LP only) 1968 16
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Idle Race I Like My Toys (Mono Version) Album Birthday Party (Mono LP only) 1968 17
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Idle Race Morning Sunshine (Mono Version) Album Birthday Party (Mono LP only) 1968 18
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Idle Race Follow Me Follow (Mono Version) Album Birthday Party (Mono LP only) 1968 19
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Idle Race On With The Show (Mono Version) Album Birthday Party (Mono LP only) 1968 20
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Idle Race Lucky Man (Mono Version) Album Birthday Party (Mono LP only) 1968 21
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Idle Race Mrs. Ward (Mono Version) Album Birthday Party (Mono LP only) 1968 22
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Idle Race Pie In The Sky (Mono Version) Album Birthday Party (Mono LP only) 1968 23
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Idle Race Lady Who Said She Could Fly, The (Mono Version) Album Birthday Party (Mono LP only) 1968 24
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Idle Race End Of The Road (Mono Version) Album Birthday Party (Mono LP only) 1968 25
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Idle Race Pie In The Sky (Alternate Stereo Version) Album Birthday Party, The (USA Issue) 1968 26
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Idle Race Lucky Man (Alternate Version) Album Back To The Story (1996) 1968 27
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Idle Race Follow Me Follow (Alternate Version) Album Back To The Story (1996) 1968 28
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*1967 to 1969
Live Performances with the Idle Race
Artists Song Title Format Format Title Year Seq Stats
Idle Race Hey Grandma XXX Unreleased* 1968 29
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Idle Race Purple Haze XXX Unreleased 1968 30
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Idle Race Debora XXX Unreleased* 1968 31
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Idle Race Big Leg Emma XXX Unreleased 1968 32
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Idle Race Mellow Yellow XXX Unreleased 1968 33
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Idle Race People Are Strange XXX Unreleased 1968 34
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Idle Race Born To Be Wild XXX Unreleased* 1968 35
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Idle Race Blueberry Blue XXX Unreleased* 1968 36
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Idle Race Frantic Desolation XXX Unreleased* 1968 37
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Idle Race Love Me Two Times XXX Unreleased* 1968 38
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Idle Race Told You Twice XXX Unreleased* 1968 39
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*1968
The Move's Blackberry Way demo
Artists Song Title Format Format Title Year Seq Stats
Move, The Blackberry Way (Demo) XXX Unreleased 1968 40
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*1969
1969 singles and Idle Race LP sessions
Artists Song Title Format Format Title Year Seq Stats
Idle Race Days Of The Broken Arrows Single Days Of The Broken Arrows 1969 1
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Idle Race Worn Red Carpet Single Days Of The Broken Arrows 1969 2
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Idle Race Days Of The Broken Arrows (Alternate Version) Album Back To The Story (1996) 1969 3
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Idle Race Come With Me Album Idle Race 1969 4
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Idle Race Sea Of Dreams Album Idle Race 1969 5
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Idle Race Going Home Album Idle Race 1969 6
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Idle Race Reminds Me Of You Album Idle Race 1969 7
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Idle Race Mr. Crow And Sir Norman Album Idle Race 1969 8
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Idle Race Please No More Sad Songs Album Idle Race 1969 9
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Idle Race Girl At The Window Album Idle Race 1969 10
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Idle Race Big Chief Woolly Bosher Album Idle Race 1969 11
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Idle Race Someone Knocking Album Idle Race 1969 12
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Idle Race Better Life, A (The Weatherman Knows) Album Idle Race 1969 13
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Idle Race Hurry Up John Album Idle Race 1969 14
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Idle Race Morning XXX Unreleased 1969 15
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Idle Race Idle Race - Unknown Alternate Versions XXX Unreleased 1969 16
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Key

Artist: This is the primary recording artist for a song.

Song: This is the song title.

From: This is where the song originally came from. Primarily the listings are "Single," "Album," or "XXX." The XXX means that the song has not been officially released.

Title: This is the title of the single or album associated with the "From:" column. In the case of the XXX, it will likely have some info about where it should have come from or if it had been released. Items marked "Unreleased" that have an asterisk have been bootlegged.

Year: This is the year of release and/or recording (best estimate in some cases).

Seq: This is a sequence number of the song within the year. Ultimately, I'd like the list to be in order that the songs were recorded and/or finished, but that kind of date detail is rare. If unknown, I try to put it in order that it was released.

Stats: A link to various statistics about the song.

Some of the songs are marked with GREY coloring. On these songs, Jeff Lynne only performed instrumentation, but not involving Jeff Lynne's vocals, song-writing, or producing (and are likely to have little or none of the Jeff Lynne sound).  The only exception to this greying out strategy is that I do not grey out the very early Chads, Nightriders, and non-Jeff Lynne written songs from the first Idle Race album - I include those songs for historical reasons since Jeff Lynne had not yet developed into a producer by then.)

If there are any questions, comments, corrections or complaints (!?) about this database, please feel free to contact me at elofan@juno.com.  Thanks!

Robert Porter, July 2008