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|Name = Roy Wood

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|Background = solo_singer

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|Img_capt = Roy Wood in 1973

|Birth_name name = Roy Adrian Wood

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|Born = [[8 November]] [[1946]]

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|Origin = {{flagicon|England}}, [[Birmingham]], [[England]]

| caption = Wood in 2011

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1946|11|08}}

|Genre = [[Rock and Roll]]<br />[[Pop music|Pop]] <br />[[Rock music|Rock]]

| birth_place = [[Birmingham]], [[Warwickshire]], England

|Occupation = Singer, Songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist

| genre = {{hlist|[[Glam rock]]<ref name="Wizzard award for Roy Wood"/>|[[Psychedelic music|psychedelia]]<ref name="Wizzard award for Roy Wood"/>|[[progressive rock]]<ref name="Wizzard award for Roy Wood"/>|[[jazz-rock]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2016-11-08 |title=Britain's lost pop genius: the glam rocker who hated being in the spotlight |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/nov/08/roy-wood-wizzard-the-move-glam-rock-pop-genius |access-date=2024-02-11 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><!--- Do not add unsourced genres ---->}}

|Years_active = [[1964]]–present

| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|singer|songwriter|record producer|composer}}

|Instrument = [[Guitar]]<br />[[Vocals]]<br />[[Piano]]<br />[[Cello]]<br />[[Synthesizer]]<br />[[Bass Guitar]]<br />[[Drums]]<br/>[[Bagpipes]]<br/>[[woodwind]]

| past_member_of = {{hlist|[[The Move]]|[[Electric Light Orchestra]]|[[Wizzard]]|[[Wizzo Band]]}}

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| party = [[Reform UK]] (2019-present)

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| otherparty = [[UK Independence Party|UKIP]] (before 2019)}}

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| spouse = Unknown (divorced)<br />Maureen Holmes (divorced)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-06011970-roy-wood-move-pop-group-married|title=ATV Today: 06.01.1970: Roy Wood of the Move pop group married|date=23 June 2017|website=Macearchive.org|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smoothradio.com/features/roy-wood-wizzard-songs-age-wife/|title=Roy Wood: What is the Wizzard singer up to now?|website=Amp.smoothradio.com|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>

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| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|cello|saxophone|oboe|percussion|keyboards}}

|Associated_acts = [[The Move]]<br />[[Electric Light Orchestra]]<br />[[Wizzard]]<br />[[Wizzo Band]]

| years_active = 1964–present

|URL = http://www.roywood.co.uk/

| label = {{hlist|[[Deram Records|Deram]]|[[Regal Zonophone Records|Regal Zonophone]]|[[Fly Records|Fly]]|[[Cube Records|Cube]]|[[Harvest Records|Harvest]]|[[United Artists Records|United Artists]]|[[EMI]]|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]|[[Jet Records|Jet]]|Cheapskate|Speed|[[Legacy Recordings|Legacy]]}}

| website = {{URL|roywood.co.uk}}

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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.<ref name="rrhofelo" />

==Career==

===Early years===

Born in Kitts Green, Birmingham, he was particularly successful in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]] as member and co-founder of the [[musical band|band]]s [[The Move]], [[Electric Light Orchestra]] and [[Wizzard]]. As a songwriter, he contributed a huge number of [[Chart-topper|hit]]s to the repertoire of these [[musical group|group]]s. Wood was not only known for playing guitar, but also many other instruments, both in the [[recording studio|studio]] and on the [[stage (theatre)|stage]]. On some of his [[album]]s he has played every instrument himself.

Roy Wood was born on 8 November 1947<ref>{{cite news|author=Alexis Petridis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/nov/08/roy-wood-wizzard-the-move-glam-rock-pop-genius |title=Britain's lost pop genius: the glam rocker who hated being in the spotlight &#124; Music |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref> in [[Kitts Green]], a suburb of Birmingham, England. For some years the legend persisted that his real name was Ulysses Adrian Wood, until it was revealed that this was probably the result of somebody close to the Move in their early days filling in such names on a 'lifelines' feature for the press as a joke.<ref name="Roy Wood: The Move, Wizzard and beyond">Van der Kiste, John (2012). ''Roy Wood: The Move, Wizzard and beyond''. KDP.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegreatrockbible.com/portfolio-item/roy-wood-wizzard-biography/|title=Roy Wood|work=The Great Rock Bible|access-date=17 November 2020}}</ref> His first group in Birmingham in the early 1960s was the Falcons, which he left in 1963 to join Gerry Levene and the Avengers. He then moved to Mike Sheridan and the Nightriders (the band later became [[the Idle Race]]). He attended the [[Moseley Road Secondary School of Art|Moseley College of Art]], but was expelled in 1964.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|author=Bruce Eder |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/roy-wood-mn0000354729/biography |title=Roy Wood &#124; Biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=28 January 2014}}</ref>

===The Move===

His first group in Birmingham in the early [[1960s]] was Gerry Levene and the Avengers.

[[Image:Electric Light Orchestra publicity photo 1973.png|thumb|right|[[The Move]]/[[Electric Light Orchestra]] in 1972]]

Then he went on with [[Mike Sheridan and the Nightriders]] (the band later to become [[Idle Race]], in which his musical partner [[Jeff Lynne]] made his first steps). From this, and a variety of other Birmingham-based groups, the most talented musicians formed [[The Move]], and Wood became their musical leader. The Move quickly entered the charts, and were famous for spectacular stage shows. After the departure of Move's singer [[Carl Wayne]], Wood was pushed into the front position. He acquired a wild image wearing some sort of Indian disguise. Since Move members could not agree on the musical direction, and perhaps also because of their weird stage shows, the musical potential of the group was underestimated. Wood therefore developed plans to realize his ambitions in separate projects.

[[The Move]] was formed from other Birmingham-based groups, and quickly entered the [[UK Singles Chart]]. Their single "Night of Fear" climbed to No. 2 in early 1967.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 1">{{cite book

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| page= 381}}</ref> Their third hit, "[[Flowers in the Rain]]", was the first song played by [[Tony Blackburn]] at the launch of [[BBC Radio 1]] on September 30, 1967, and the band evolved over a three-year period.<ref name="AMG"/> After the departure of the Move's lead singer [[Carl Wayne]], Wood's influence became more prominent. In 1967, Wood (and fellow Move member [[Trevor Burton]]) sang backing vocals on the track "You Got Me Floatin{{' "}}, on [[the Jimi Hendrix Experience]]'s album ''[[Axis: Bold as Love]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |title=The Rough Guide to Jimi Hendrix |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HDrIjd5FQ8QC |publisher=Rough Guides |year=2009 |page=75|isbn=978-1-84836-002-0 }}</ref>

Wood was keen on musical experimentation, and was an early proponent of combining [[rock and roll]] and pop music with other styles, such as [[European classical music|classical music]], or the [[big band]] sound, and introduced classically styled string and brass sections into the pop record. In early 1972, Wood's composition "Songs of Praise" was shortlisted by the [[BBC]] as one of six possible choices for the UK entry in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1972]]. When performed by [[the New Seekers]] on the [[Cliff Richard]] vehicle ''It's Cliff Richard!'', the song finished in last place with 3,842 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songs4europe.com/16.html |title=2004 – Present |website=Songs4europe.com |access-date=30 December 2011 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182957/http://www.songs4europe.com/16.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The group included the track on their album ''[[We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing]]''. Wood recorded his own version of "Songs of Praise", releasing it on the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of his 1973 single, "[[Dear Elaine]]".

He loved sound experiments, and complex arrangements, and was in this respect one of the most progressive musicians of his time.

He was a proponent of combining [[rock'n'roll]] music with other styles, such as [[European classical music|classical music]], or the [[big band]] sound. In his bands, string and brass players were integrated members. When The Move was still on tour, he founded, together with his band colleagues [[Jeff Lynne]] and [[Bev Bevan]], the [[Electric Light Orchestra]] (ELO), which was later led to big commercial success by Lynne. ELO broadened the basis of a rock band by adding a string section.

===Electric Light Orchestra===

ELO's early live performances were chaotic, and after increasing musical and personal differences with Lynne, Wood left and formed a new group, [[Wizzard]], which assembled cellists, brass players and a bigger rhythm section, with several [[drummer]]s and [[percussionist]]s. In parallel, he also released several solo albums, exploring further musical directions. His [[1973 in music|1973]] album, ''[[Boulders (album)|Boulders]]'', was an almost entirely solo effort, right down to the sleeve artwork. A second solo album ''[[Mustard (album)|Mustard]]'' (1975), including contributions by [[Phil Everly]] and [[Annie Haslam]], was less successful.

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.<ref name="AMG"/> The original intention was to split up the Move at the end of 1970, but contractual obligations meant that both they and ELO existed together for a year, until the former finally broke up in June 1972.<ref name="AMG"/><ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book

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In 2017, the ELO line-up of Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan, and [[Richard Tandy]] were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<ref name="rrhofelo">{{cite web |title=Inductees: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) |url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/electric-light-orchestra-elo |access-date=20 December 2016 |website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame}}</ref>

The line-up of albums was always fascinating, because of the large number of instruments Wood, and his band members, were playing.

Wood himself is mentioned as singer as well as player of [[guitar]]s, [[bass guitar]], [[sitar]], [[cello]], [[double bass]], [[saxophone]]s, [[clarinet]], [[trombone]], [[tuba]], [[recorder]]s, [[oboe]], [[Horn (instrument)|French horn]], [[banjo]], [[mandolin]], [[bassoon]], [[drums]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]], [[vibraphone]], [[bagpipes]] and [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]]s.

===Early ELO concerts and formation of Wizzard===

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ELO's early live performances were chaotic, due to both poor sound quality of the string instruments competing against the guitars and drums, as well as Wood's constant moving from instrument to instrument during the shows (playing bass, guitar, cello and saxophone). After increasing tensions, Wood left in July 1972 at the start of the second album sessions, following a trip to Italy. <ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years 1">{{cite book

As of the late [[1970s]], Wood appeared less active in public, commercial success faded away, and his musical experiments did not always match the popular taste. However, he remained productive in his studio work as musician, [[record producer|producer]] and songwriter. He was a big [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]] fan, but he never succeeded in getting 'The King' to adopt one of his compositions. However he was untiring as a producer for other acts, most successfully [[doo-wop]] revivalists [[Darts (band)|Darts]]. In 1976, Wood recorded [[Beatles]] cover songs "[[Lovely Rita]]" and "[[Polythene Pam]]" for the ill-fated musical documentary [[All This and World War II]].

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| id= CN 5585}}</ref> He formed a new group, [[Wizzard]], which assembled cellists, brass players and a bigger rhythm section, with several drummers and percussionists.<ref name="AMG"/> Wood emulated the [[wall of sound]] production style of [[Phil Spector]] while successfully and affectionately pastiching the rock and roll style of the early 1960s.<ref name="AMG"/> Wizzard had seven [[UK Singles Chart]] hits with different songs during this period including two consecutive singles, "[[See My Baby Jive]]" and "[[Angel Fingers]]" which reached the top of that chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10742/wizzard/|title=Wizzard &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com}}</ref> Meanwhile, he released several solo albums, exploring further musical directions. His 1973 album ''[[Boulders (album)|Boulders]]'' was an almost entirely solo effort, right down to the sleeve artwork, with Wood playing a wide variety of [[musical instrument]]s.<ref name="AMG"/> A second solo album, ''[[Mustard (album)|Mustard]]'', released in 1975 and including contributions by [[Phil Everly]] and [[Annie Haslam]], was less successful.

[[File:Wizzard - TopPop 1974 5.png|thumb|right|Roy Wood (left) with his band [[Wizzard]], May 1974]]

===Post-Wizzard===

In 1977 he formed the [[Wizzo Band]], a jazz-rock ensemble, whose only live performance was a [[BBC]] simultaneous [[TV]] and [[radio]] broadcast in [[stereo]], and who split early the following year, after cancelling a nationwide tour.

By the late 1970s, Wood was appearing less in public; commercial success faded away, and his musical experiments did not always match popular taste, but he remained productive in the studio as musician, producer and songwriter. He was a [[fan (person)|fan]] of [[Elvis Presley]], but never succeeded in getting him to adopt one of his compositions. He was a producer for other acts, including for [[doo-wop]] revivalists [[Darts (band)|Darts]]. In 1976, Wood recorded [[the Beatles]] songs "[[Lovely Rita]]" and "[[Polythene Pam]]" for the musical documentary ''[[All This and World War II]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-this-and-world-war-ii-r230229/review|title=All This and World War II|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=28 April 2025}}</ref>

===The Wizzo Band and subsequent work===

In the early 1980s he released a few singles under his own name and also as The Helicopters, and played some live dates under this name. The release of one of these singles, "Aerial Pictures", backed with "Airborne", was cancelled due to the lack of chart success for its predecessors, but both sides appeared for the first time in 2006 on a compilation CD, ''Roy Wood - The Wizzard!''. "Aerial Pictures", using the original backing track, subsequently became a solo single for former [[The Move|Move]] vocalist [[Carl Wayne]].

In 1977, he formed [[Wizzo Band]], a jazz-rock ensemble, whose only live performance was a [[BBC]] simultaneous television and radio broadcast in stereo. The Wizzo Band split early the following year after cancelling a nationwide tour.

Between 1980 and 1982, Wood released a few singles under his own name and also as Roy Wood's Helicopters, and played some live dates under this name, with a band comprising Robin George (guitar), Terry Rowley (keyboards), Jon Camp (bass) and Tom Farnell (drums). The release of what would have been the last of these singles, "Aerial Pictures", backed with "Airborne", was cancelled owing to the lack of chart success for its predecessors, but both sides appeared for the first time in 2006 on a compilation CD, ''Roy Wood – The Wizzard!''. "Aerial Pictures", using the original backing track, subsequently became a solo single for Carl Wayne, the Move's former vocalist.

Wood also made a one-off rock'n'roll [[wiktionary:Medley|medley]] [[single (music)|single]] with [[Phil Lynott]], [[Chas Hodges]] and [[John Coughlan]], credited to [[The Rockers]], "We Are The Boys", which made the Top 100 in late 1983, and played a leading role in the Birmingham Heartbeat children's charity concert, on 15 March 1986. As well as designing the [[logo]], Wood stole the show {{fact}} in a line-up which also included the Electric Light Orchestra and the [[Moody Blues]].

Wood also made a one-off rock and roll [[wiktionary:Medley|medley]] single with [[Phil Lynott]], [[Chas Hodges]] and [[John Coghlan (drummer)|John Coghlan]], credited to The Rockers, "We Are the Boys" (1983), and played a leading role in the [[Birmingham Heart Beat Charity Concert 1986]], on 15 March 1986, which was later partly televised by the BBC. As well as designing the logo, Wood performed in a line-up which also included the Electric Light Orchestra and the [[The Moody Blues|Moody Blues]].

After an extended period of hibernation, following the release of the album ''[[Starting Up]]'' (1987), a cover version of the [[Len Barry]] hit "1-2-3", and a guest vocal appearance on one track on [[Rick Wakeman]]'s ''Time Machine'' album, he went on the road with 'Roy Wood's Army'.

Rumours of a new live album, and an album of new studio work, provisionally called "Electric Age", did not materialise. He is also believed to have recorded a couple of tracks with Jeff Lynne around this time, which likewise never saw the light of day.

After a hiatus following the release of the album ''[[Starting Up]]'' (1987), a [[cover version]] of the [[Len Barry]] hit "[[1-2-3 (Len Barry song)|1–2–3]]", and a guest vocal appearance on one track on [[Rick Wakeman]]'s ''[[The Time Machine (Rick Wakeman album)|The Time Machine]]'', he went on the road with a band billed as Roy Wood's Army. He also wrote and recorded two tracks with Lynne in 1989 ("If You Can't Get What You Want" and "Me and You"), which were never released.<ref name="Roy Wood: The Move, Wizzard and beyond"/>

Altogether he had more than 20 singles in the [[UK Top 40]] under various guises, including several number one hits. His most regularly performed and broadcast oldie is the seasonal Wizzard single "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday". In 1995 he released a new live version as the 'Roy Wood Big Band', which charted at No. 59, and in 2000 he joined forces with [[Mike Batt]] and [[The Wombles]], for a re-recording of the song and the Wombles' hit "Wombling Merry Christmas", which reached No. 22.

[[File:Roy Wood Rock 'n' Roll Band's Christmas Show (11350858645).jpg|thumb|Wood playing [[Bagpipes]] in 2013]]

His most regularly broadcast song is the seasonal Wizzard single "[[I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday]]", which remains one of the most played Christmas songs in the UK. In 1995, Wood released a new live version as the 'Roy Wood Big Band', which charted at No. 59, and in 2000 he joined forces with [[Mike Batt]] and [[The Wombles (band)|the Wombles]], for a re-working of "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" and the Wombles' hit "Wombling Merry Christmas", together in one song which reached No. 22.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> Over Christmas 2007, Wood appeared in a [[Catalog merchant|catalogue]] advertisement for [[Argos (retailer)|Argos]], where he played the part of a rowdy neighbour playing guitar along to Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", and the song once again entered the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 16. In the 2010 Christmas special of the ITV comedy ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]'', Wood in a cameo role performed his Christmas hit at the Benidorm Palace cabaret theatre. He later performed with Wizzard on the Christmas edition of ''[[Pointless|Pointless Celebrities]]'' in December 2013.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

Wood formed the Roy Wood Rock & Roll Band for occasional live dates and television performances in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b087qb3m|title=Jools' Annual Hootenanny|work=[[BBC Two]]}}</ref> They were the support act for [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] at several UK dates in the weeks leading up to Christmas 2009 and 2011.<ref name="Roy Wood: The Move, Wizzard and beyond"/> In December 2018, Wood and his band's touring equipment worth £100,000 was stolen following a ram-raid on a warehouse in Leeds. The police later recovered the van and equipment in [[East Ardsley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-46565469|title=Wizzard star's stolen van returned|date=14 December 2018|access-date=14 December 2018|website=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

Most recently, he has formed 'Roy Wood's Rock and Roll Band' for occasional live dates and TV performances in the UK.

==Personal life==

Roy Wood is not to be confused with [[Ron Wood]], guitarist with [[The Jeff Beck Group]], [[The Faces]] and [[The Rolling Stones]].

Wood currently lives in South [[Derbyshire]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/derby/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9312000/9312904.stm|title=Roy Wood's Christmas|date=23 December 2010|website=News.bbc.co.uk|access-date=25 June 2020}}</ref> He voted to [[Brexit|leave]] the [[European Union]] in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|23 June 2016]] referendum, and in May 2019 joined the [[Brexit Party]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/wizzards-roy-wood-i-wish-16310290|title=Wizzard's Roy Wood: 'I wish it could be Brexit every day'|first=Paul|last=Cole|date=22 May 2019|newspaper=Birmingham Mail|access-date=25 June 2020}}</ref> Beforehand, he was a longtime member of the [[UK Independence Party]] (UKIP), and expressed interest in standing as a candidate for the party in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 July 2004 |title=Booze, blazers and bloody foreigners |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/booze-blazers-and-bloody-foreigners-553972.html |first=Deborah|last=Ross|website=The Independent}}</ref> Wood has one daughter, named Holly.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/roy-wood-i-might-go-and-live-23007|title=Roy Wood: I might go and live in the Big Apple|newspaper=Birmingham Mail|year=2012|access-date=29 September 2024}}</ref>

Wood was engaged to [[Annie Haslam]] for four years, which she later described as "four of the funniest years of my life", prior to her own marriage in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cherryblossomclinic.110mb.com/annie.html |title=Annie Haslam Interview by Martin Kinch |website=Cherryblossomclinic.110mb.com |access-date=1 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127205516/http://cherryblossomclinic.110mb.com/annie.html |archive-date=27 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Discography ==

===Albums===

*''[[Boulders (album)|Boulders]]'' (1973) - No. 15

*''[[Mustard (album)|Mustard]]'' (1975)

*''On The Road Again'' (1979), not released in the UK

*''[[Starting Up]]'' (1987)

===Singles=Legacy==

The [[BBC]] described Wood in 2008 as being "responsible for some of the most memorable sounds of [[1970s in music|the Seventies]]" and "credited as playing a major role in the [[glam rock]], [[Psychedelic music|psychedelic]] and [[Progressive rock|prog rock]] movements".<ref name="Wizzard award for Roy Wood">{{cite web |date=19 January 2008 |title=Wizzard award for Roy Wood |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2008/01/19/roy_wood_degree_2008_video_feature.shtml |access-date=28 October 2015 |publisher=[[BBC Online]]}}</ref> In 2008, Wood was awarded an [[Honorary degree|honorary doctorate]] for his contribution to rock and pop by the [[University of Derby]].<ref name="Wizzard award for Roy Wood" /> In 2015, his long and eclectic career was recognised with the "Outer Limits" award at the [[Prog (magazine)|Progressive Music Awards]] in London.<ref>{{cite news |date=4 September 2015 |title=Singer Steven Wilson crowned prog rock king |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34139425 |access-date=28 October 2015}}</ref>

* "When Gran'ma Plays the Banjo" (1972)

* "Dear Elaine" (1973) - No. 18

Wood was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2017 as a member of Electric Light Orchestra.<ref name="rrhofelo" />

* "Forever" (1973) - No. 8

* "Goin' Down The Road" (1974) - No. 13

==Discography==

* "Oh What A Shame" (1975) - No. 13

===Chronological album discography===

* "Look Thru' The Eyes Of a Fool" (1975)

''For the complete Move discography see [[The Move#Discography|The Move Discography]]''<br />

* "Any Old Time Will Do" (1976)

''For the complete ELO discography see [[Electric Light Orchestra discography]]''<br />

* "Keep Your Hands On The Wheel" (1978)

''For the complete Wizzard discography see [[Wizzard#Discography|Wizzard Discography]]''<br />

* "(We're) On The Road Again" (1979)

''[[List of songs written by Roy Wood]]''

* "Rock City" - Helicopters (1980)

* "Sing Out The Old, Ring In The New" (1980)

* ''[[The Move (album)|The Move]]'' (1968) – The Move

* "Green Glass Windows" - Roy Wood Helicopters (1981)

* ''[[Shazam (album)|Shazam]]'' (1970) – The Move

* "Down To Zero" (1981)

* ''[[Looking On]]'' (1970) – The Move

* "It's Not Easy" (1982)

* ''[[Message from the Country]]'' (1971) – The Move

* "O.T.T." (1982)

* ''[[The Electric Light Orchestra (album)|The Electric Light Orchestra]]'' (1971) – ELO

* "We Are The Boys (Who Make All The Noise)" - The Rockers (1983)

* ''[[ELO 2]]'' (1973) – ELO (although uncredited at the time, Wood played cello and bass on "In Old England Town" and "From the Sun to the World").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/elo-ii-the-lost-planet-mw0000458644/credits |title=ELO II/The Lost Planet – Electric Light Orchestra &#124; Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=28 January 2014}}</ref>

* "Under Fire" (1985)

* ''[[Wizzard Brew]]'' (1973) – Wizzard

* "Sing Out The Old, Ring In The New" - new recording (1985)

* ''[[Boulders (album)|Boulders]]'' (1973) – Solo

* "Raining In The City" (1986)

* ''[[Introducing Eddy and the Falcons]]'' (1974) – Wizzard

* "1-2-3" (1987)

* ''[[Mustard (album)|Mustard]]'' (1975) – Solo

* ''[[Super Active Wizzo]]'' (1977) – Wizzo Band

* ''[[On the Road Again (Roy Wood album)|On The Road Again]]'' (1979) – Solo

* ''[[Starting Up]]'' (1987) – Solo

* ''[[Main Street (Roy Wood & Wizzard album)|Main Street]]'' (2000) – Roy Wood & Wizzard (Recorded 1976)

===Solo albums===

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Year || Title || [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] || US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] || Notes

|-

| 1973 || ''[[Boulders (album)|Boulders]]'' || 15 || 176 ||

|-

| 1975 || ''[[Mustard (album)|Mustard]]'' || – || – ||

|-

| 1979 || ''[[On the Road Again (Roy Wood album)|On the Road Again]]'' || – || – || Not released in the UK

|-

| 1987 || ''[[Starting Up]]'' || – || – ||

|}

Sources:<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= [[Guinness World Records Limited]]

| ___location= London

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5

| page= 610}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/roy-wood-mn0000354729/discography |title=Roy Wood &#124; Discography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=28 January 2014}}</ref>

===Collaboration album===

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Year || Title || [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] || US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] || Notes

|-

|1973 || ''[[The London Bo Diddley Sessions]]'' || – || – || Wood played bass on this recording

|}

Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-london-bo-diddley-sessions-mw0000653699/credits|title=The London Bo Diddley Sessions - Bo Diddley - Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref>

===Charting compilation album===

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Year || Title || [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] || US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] || Notes

|-

|1982 || ''The Singles'' || 37 || – ||

|}

Source:<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

===Solo singles===

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Year || Title || [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] || [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|___location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=343}}</ref> || Credited to

|-

| 1972 || "When Gran'ma Plays the Banjo" || – || – ||

|-

| 1973 || "[[Dear Elaine]]" || 18 || – ||

|-

| 1973 || "[[Forever (Roy Wood song)|Forever]]" || 8 || 43 ||

|-

| 1974 || "[[Goin' Down the Road (song)|Goin' Down the Road]]" || 13 || – ||

|-

| 1975 || "[[Oh What a Shame]]" || 13 || – ||

|-

| 1975 || "Look Thru' the Eyes of a Fool" || – || – ||

|-

| 1976 || "Any Old Time Will Do" || – || – ||

|-

| 1979 || "(We're) On the Road Again" || – || – ||

|-

| 1980 || "Rock City" || – || – || [[Roy Wood's Helicopters]]

|-

| 1980 || "Sing Out the Old... Bring in the New" || – || – ||

|-

| 1981 || "Down to Zero" || – || – ||

|-

| 1981 || "Green Glass Windows" || – || – || [[Roy Wood's Helicopters]]

|-

| 1982 || "It's Not Easy" || – || – ||

|-

| 1982 || "O.T.T." || – || – ||

|-

| 1983 || "We are the Boys (Who Make All the Noise)" || – || – || The Rockers

|-

| 1985 || "Under Fire" || – || – ||

|-

| 1985 || "Sing Out the Old... Bring in the New" || – || – || (New recording)

|-

| 1986 || "Raining in the City" || – || – ||

|-

| 1987 || "[[1-2-3 (Len Barry song)|1–2–3]]" || – ||– ||

|}

Source:<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

===Collaboration singles===

{| class="wikitable sortable"

* "I Never Believed In Love" - Annie Haslam and Roy Wood (1977)

|-

* "[[Waterloo (song)|Waterloo]]" (1986) - [[Doctor & The Medics]] Featuring Roy Wood (1986) - No. 45

! Year || Title || [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] || US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] || Credited to

* "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" - Roy Wood Big Band (1995) - No. 59

|-

* "I Wish It Could Be A Wombling Merry Christmas Everyday" - Wombles With Roy Wood (2000) - No. 22

| 1969 || "Dance Around the Maypole" || – || – || Acid Gallery

|-

| 1977 || "I Never Believed in Love" || – || – || [[Annie Haslam]] and Roy Wood

|-

| 1984 || "Hong Kong Swing" || – || – || [[Cruella de Ville]]

|-

| 1986 || "[[Waterloo (ABBA song)|Waterloo]]" || No. 45 || – || [[Doctor and the Medics]] featuring Roy Wood

|-

| 1995 || "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" || No. 59 || – || Roy Wood Big Band

|-

| 2000 || "I Wish It Could Be A Wombling Merry Christmas Everyday" || No. 22 || – || [[The Wombles (band)|The Wombles]] with Roy Wood

|-

| 2009 || "My Christmas Card To You" || – || – || The Shooting Stars

|}

Source:<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

===Songs recorded and released by other artists===

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Song || Artists(s) || Source

|-

| "Ball Park Incident" || The Flashcubes || <ref name="Flash">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sportin-wood-the-flashcubes-play-the-songs-of-roy-wood-mw0002488468|title=Sportin' Wood: The Flashcubes Play the Songs of Roy Wood - The Flashcubes - Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "[[Blackberry Way]]" || [[The New Seekers]], [[Gotthard (band)|Gotthard]], [[Tom Northcott]], [[Cheap Trick]], [[Marillion]], [[the Wonder Stuff]], the Flashcubes || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/search/all/blackberry+way|title=Search for "blackberry way"|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "[[Brontosaurus (Move song)|Brontosaurus]]" || [[The Supernaturals]], [[Tim Curry]], [[Cheap Trick]], the Flashcubes || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/search/all/brontosaurus|title=Search for "brontosaurus"|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "[[California Man (song)|California Man]]" || [[Cheap Trick]], [[Nancy Sinatra]], [[Drake Bell]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/search/all/california+man|title=Search for "california man"|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "Caroline" || [[The Casuals]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/very-best-of-the-casuals-mw0000456339|title=Very Best of the Casuals - Casuals - Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "Curly" || The Flashcubes || <ref name="Flash"/>

|-

| "Dance Round The Maypole" || Acid Gallery || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/acid-gallery-mn0001993853|title=Acid Gallery - Biography & History|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "[[Ella James]]" || [[The Nashville Teens]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tobacco-road-mw0000089218|title=Tobacco Road - The Nashville Teens - Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "Farewell" || [[Ayshea|Ayshea Brough]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/glitter-from-the-litter-bin-20-junk-shop-glam-rarities-from-the-1970s-mw0000469320|title=Glitter from the Litter Bin: 20 Junk Shop Glam Rarities from the 1970s - Various Artists - Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "Fire Brigade" || [[The Fortunes]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-very-best-of-the-fortunes-1967-1972-mw0000047125|title=The Very Best of the Fortunes (1967-1972) - The Fortunes - Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "[[Flowers in the Rain]]" || [[Nancy Sinatra]], [[Carl Wayne]] and [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]], [[Kaiser Chiefs]], [[Claude François]], [[Strange Hobby]], [[Annie Haslam]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/search/all/flowers+in+the+rain|title=Search for "flowers in the rain"|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "[[Forever (Roy Wood song)|Forever]]" || The Flashcubes|| <ref name="Flash"/>

|-

| "Givin' Your Heart Away" || The Flashcubes || <ref name="Flash"/>

|-

| "Hazel Eyes" || [[Neil Reid]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://nobilliards.blogspot.com/2010/09/neil-reid-neil-reid.html|title=Then Play Long: Neil REID: Neil Reid|first=Marcello|last=Carlin|date=28 September 2010|website=Nobilliards.blogspot.com|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "Hello Susie" || [[Amen Corner (band)|Amen Corner]], the Flashcubes || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/search/all/hello+susie|title=Search for "hello susie"|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="Flash"/>

|-

| "[[I Can Hear the Grass Grow]]" || [[Blues Magoos]], [[The Fall (band)|the Fall]], [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], [[Jellyfish (band)|Jellyfish]], [[You Am I]], [[The Grip Weeds]], the Flashcubes || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/search/all/i+can+hear+the+grass+grow|title=Search for "i can hear the grass grow"|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree" || [[Jason Crest]], [[Ant-Bee]], [[Idle Race]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jason-crest-mn0000530991/songs|title=Jason Crest - Songs|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/search/all/(Here+We+Go+Round)+The+Lemon+Tree|title=Search for "(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree"|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "I Never Believed in Love" || [[Annie Haslam]] || <ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/annie-in-wonderland-mw0000853072|title=Annie in Wonderland - Annie Haslam - Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "[[I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday]]" || [[Les Fradkin]], [[Sarah Brightman]], [[Eve Graham]], [[Frank Sidebottom]], [[Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers]], [[Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids]], [[Paul Brooks]], [[Tweenies]], [[Die Toten Hosen]], [[Wilson Phillips]], [[Nick Lowe]], [[Leona Lewis]], [[Cheap Trick]], [[Kylie Minogue]], [[All Star United]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/search/all/I+Wish+It+Could+Be+Christmas+Everyday|title=Search for "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "On Top of the World" || The Flashcubes || <ref name="Flash"/>

|-

| "Rock 'N' Roll Tonight" || [[Cheap Trick]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/busted-mw0000151496|title=Busted - Cheap Trick - Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "Rockalise – To Alison" || Annie Haslam || <ref name="allmusic.com"/>

|-

| "[[See My Baby Jive]]" || Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids, [[Showaddywaddy]], Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/search/all/see+muy+baby+jive|title=Search for "see muy baby jive"|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "Sing Out the Old...Bring In the New" || [[Darts (band)|Darts]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Darts-Dart-Attack/release/5053347|title=Darts - Dart Attack|website=Discogs|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "Songs of Praise" || [[The New Seekers]] (a finalist in the UK selection competition for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1972]]) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/songbook-1970-1974-mw0000545951|title=Songbook 1970-1974 - The New Seekers - Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

| "The Rain Came Down on Everything" || The Flashcubes || <ref name="Flash"/>

|-

| "Tonight" || The New Seekers || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/6000083|title=The New Seekers - Tonight|access-date=15 December 2018|website=45cat.com}}</ref>

|-

| "Whisper in the Night" || [[Graham Bonnet]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/rca2230|title=Graham Bonnet - Whisper In The Night|access-date=15 December 2018|website=45cat.com}}</ref>

|-

| "Wild Tiger Woman" || The Flashcubes || <ref name="Flash"/>

|-

| "Yellow Rainbow" || [[The Rockin' Berries]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/roy-wood-mn0000354729/songs |title=Roy Wood &#124; Songs |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=28 January 2014}}</ref>

|}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

* [[Guinness Book of British Hit Singles]] - 16th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-190-X

* Guinness Book of British Hit Albums - 7th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-619-7

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