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href="/wiki/File:Mik_Kaminski_and_Louis_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Mik_Kaminski_and_Louis_Jr.jpg/300px-Mik_Kaminski_and_Louis_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Mik_Kaminski_and_Louis_Jr.jpg/450px-Mik_Kaminski_and_Louis_Jr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Mik_Kaminski_and_Louis_Jr.jpg/600px-Mik_Kaminski_and_Louis_Jr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="1296" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Michael Kaminski</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-09-02</span>) </span>2 September 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harrogate" title="Harrogate">Harrogate</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Musician" title="Musician">Musician</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">Violin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Viola" title="Viola">viola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keyboard_instrument" title="Keyboard instrument">keyboards</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1965–</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jet_Records" title="Jet Records">Jet</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.face-the-music.de/mik_e.html">Musical career</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Michael Kaminski</b> (born 2 September 1951) is an <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a> musician. He played <a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violin</a> in the rock band <a href="/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Electric Light Orchestra">Electric Light Orchestra</a> (ELO) between 1973 and 1980 and toured with the band from 1981 to 1986. He was a member of <a href="/wiki/ELO_Part_II" title="ELO Part II">Electric Light Orchestra Part II</a> from 1991 until its end in 2000, and then <a href="/wiki/The_Orchestra_(band)" title="The Orchestra (band)">The Orchestra</a> from 2000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mik_Kaminski&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kaminski was born in <a href="/wiki/Harrogate" title="Harrogate">Harrogate</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="North Riding of Yorkshire">North Riding of Yorkshire</a>, England. He made his first professional performance with the Leeds Orchestra when he was 14. During his time at the <a href="/wiki/Leeds_School_of_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds School of Music">Leeds School of Music</a>, he founded the band Cow, together with his friends John Hodgson, who played drums,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and John Marcangelo, who played keyboards and other percussion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mik_Kaminski&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1973, he joined Joe Soap and played violin on their <i>Keep It Clean</i> album. Their producer Sandy Roberton suggested Kaminski to Andy Roberts, who needed a violinist for his album. Thus Kaminski played in 1973 on Roberts' <i>Andy Roberts and The Grand Stampede</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Littlehampton_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Littlehampton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After those albums Kaminski applied for the vacant post as ELO's violinist because of an advertisement in <i><a href="/wiki/Melody_Maker" title="Melody Maker">Melody Maker</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was recruited after two interviews and was also the only person auditioning who did not play a wrong note. Bandleader <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Lynne" title="Jeff Lynne">Jeff Lynne</a> held the audition.<sup id="cite_ref-Littlehampton_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Littlehampton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kaminski first appeared on ELO's 1973 studio album <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Third_Day" title="On the Third Day">On the Third Day</a></i>, playing violin on four tracks. </p><p>During his stint in ELO, Kaminski initially tried to imitate his predecessor <a href="/wiki/Wilf_Gibson" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilf Gibson">Wilf Gibson</a> by wearing a cape while playing the violin, but soon acquired his trademark blue violin, which he has played variants of ever since. Kaminski's own band is called Blue Violin.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kaminski was one of the three remaining string players for the group when Lynne decided to remove them in 1980. However, he performed on the tours for the ELO albums <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Time (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Time</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Balance_of_Power_(album)" title="Balance of Power (album)">Balance of Power</a></i>, and on the 1983 single "<a href="/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Is_King" title="Rock 'n' Roll Is King">Rock 'n' Roll Is King</a>". Following ELO's breakup in 1986, Kaminski formed the group Player (later revised to OrKestra) alongside former ELO bassist and vocalist <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Groucutt" title="Kelly Groucutt">Kelly Groucutt</a>; the pair were joined by former ELO cellist <a href="/wiki/Hugh_McDowell" title="Hugh McDowell">Hugh McDowell</a> several years later. Increasingly dissatisfied with the promotional campaign for OrKestra, Kaminski, Groucutt and McDowell accepted an offer to perform in the debut tour for the ELO spinoff band <a href="/wiki/ELO_Part_II" title="ELO Part II">ELO Part II</a> in 1991 (Kaminski had previously appeared as a guest on one track from Part II's <a href="/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra_Part_Two_(album)" title="Electric Light Orchestra Part Two (album)">debut album</a>). While promoted as guest artists from OrKestra,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kaminski, Groucutt and McDowell performed alongside Part II as a single eight-piece unit during the tour. By 1993, Kaminski and Groucutt dissolved OrKestra and became full-time members of Part II; Kaminski thereby prominently features on the group's second album <i><a href="/wiki/Moment_of_Truth_(ELO_Part_II_album)" title="Moment of Truth (ELO Part II album)">Moment of Truth</a></i>, both playing violin on and receiving songwriting credits for several tracks. Kaminski continued to perform with ELO Part II for the remainder of its lifetime.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon ELO Part II's rebranding as <a href="/wiki/The_Orchestra_(band)" title="The Orchestra (band)">The Orchestra</a> in 2000, Kaminski chose to remain with the band, contributing violin parts to its sole released studio album <i><a href="/wiki/No_Rewind" title="No Rewind">No Rewind</a></i> the following year. As of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mik_Kaminski&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Kaminski continues to perform with the Orchestra and is the only remaining member of the band (following the death of <a href="/wiki/Louis_Clark" title="Louis Clark">Louis Clark</a> in 2021) to have formerly been involved with the original ELO. </p><p>Apart from the hits he had with ELO, in early 1979 Kaminski made the <a href="/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top 40</a> of the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a> as the frontman of a <a href="/wiki/One-hit_wonder" title="One-hit wonder">one-hit wonder</a> group called <a href="/wiki/Violinski" title="Violinski">Violinski</a>, with the single "<a href="/wiki/Clog_Dance_(song)" title="Clog Dance (song)">Clog Dance</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kaminski was featured as violinist on a selection of tracks from the second studio album, <i>Beauty In Chaos</i>, by the Anglo-Irish acoustic duo <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fay_%26_Latta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fay & Latta (page does not exist)">Fay & Latta</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mik_Kaminski&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Violinist Mik Kaminski back in Huddersfield for third gig"</a>. 18 March 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 September</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=ELO%2C+ELO%2C+ELO%21+Violinist+Mik+Kaminski+back+in+Huddersfield+for+third+gig&rft.date=2010-03-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.examinerlive.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fwest-yorkshire-news%2Felo-elo-elo-violinist-mik-5002713&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMik+Kaminski" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Littlehampton-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Littlehampton_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Littlehampton_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/leisure/INTERVIEW-ELO-violinist-Mik-Kaminski.4510061.jp">"INTERVIEW: ELO violinist Mik Kaminski talks about their Worthing gig"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090215153537/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/leisure/INTERVIEW-ELO-violinist-Mik-Kaminski.4510061.jp">Archived</a> 15 February 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>Littlehampton Today</i>, 19 September 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150429125618/http://www.theorchestra.net/members.html">"The Orchestra Official Website"</a>. 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Birminghammail.co.uk&rft.atitle=ELO+are+back+but+not+as+you+know+them&rft.date=2013-04-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.birminghammail.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Fmusic%2Fbirmingham-group-elo-back-not-2978702&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMik+Kaminski" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGuttenbacherHainesVon_Petersdorff1996" class="citation book cs1">Guttenbacher, Patrik; Haines, Marc; Von Petersdorff, Alexander (1 January 1996). <i>Unexpected Messages</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/6892740790" title="Special:BookSources/6892740790"><bdi>6892740790</bdi></a>.</cite><span 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<li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Winterland_%2776" title="Live at Winterland '76">Live at Winterland '76</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_BBC_Sessions_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="The BBC Sessions (Electric Light Orchestra album)">The BBC Sessions</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_BBC_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Live at the BBC (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Live at the BBC</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra_Live" title="Electric Light Orchestra Live">Electric Light Orchestra Live</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wembley_or_Bust" title="Wembley or Bust">Wembley or Bust</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Xanadu_(soundtrack)" title="Xanadu (soundtrack)">Xanadu</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Showdown_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Showdown (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Showdown</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ol%C3%A9_ELO" title="Olé ELO">Olé ELO</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_Shines_On" title="The Light Shines On">The Light Shines On</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Light_Years" title="Three Light Years">Three Light Years</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_Shines_On_Vol_2" title="The Light Shines On Vol 2">The Light Shines On Vol 2</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ELO%27s_Greatest_Hits" title="ELO's Greatest Hits">ELO's Greatest Hits</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Box_of_Their_Best" title="A Box of Their Best">A Box of Their Best</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Four_Light_Years" title="Four Light Years">Four Light Years</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Afterglow_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Afterglow (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Afterglow</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ELO%27s_Greatest_Hits_Vol._2" title="ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2">ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_the_Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra">The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Magic:_The_Best_of_Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra">Strange Magic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Light_Years,_The_Very_Best_of_Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Light Years, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra">Light Years</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Definitive_Collection_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Definitive Collection (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Definitive Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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href="/wiki/The_Essential_Electric_Light_Orchestra#2011_Edition" title="The Essential Electric Light Orchestra">The Essential Electric Light Orchestra (2 CD Edition)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Blue_Sky:_The_Very_Best_of_Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra">Mr. Blue Sky</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/10538_Overture" title="10538 Overture">10538 Overture</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mr._Radio_(song)" title="Mr. Radio (song)">Mr. Radio</a>" (withdrawn)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Roll_Over_Beethoven#Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Roll Over Beethoven">Roll Over Beethoven</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Showdown_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Showdown (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Showdown</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ma-Ma-Ma_Belle" title="Ma-Ma-Ma Belle">Ma-Ma-Ma Belle</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Get_It_Out_of_My_Head" title="Can't Get It Out of My Head">Can't Get It Out of My Head</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Illusions_in_G_Major" title="Illusions in G Major">Illusions in G Major</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boy_Blue_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Boy Blue (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Boy Blue</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Eldorado_(song)" title="Eldorado (song)">Eldorado</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Evil_Woman_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Evil Woman (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Evil Woman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Strange_Magic_(song)" title="Strange Magic (song)">Strange Magic</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nightrider_(song)" title="Nightrider (song)">Nightrider</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Strange_Magic_(song)" title="Strange Magic (song)">Strange Magic</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Livin%27_Thing" title="Livin' Thing">Livin' Thing</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Fire_On_High" title="Fire On High">Fire On High</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rockaria!" title="Rockaria!">Rockaria!</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_Ya_(The_Move_song)#Electric_Light_Orchestra_version" title="Do Ya (The Move song)">Do Ya</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Telephone_Line_(song)" title="Telephone Line (song)">Telephone Line</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Poor_Boy_(The_Greenwood)" title="Poor Boy (The Greenwood)">Poor Boy (The Greenwood)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Turn_to_Stone_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Turn to Stone (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Turn to Stone</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Mister_Kingdom" title="Mister Kingdom">Mister Kingdom</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mr._Blue_Sky" title="Mr. Blue Sky">Mr. Blue Sky</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/One_Summer_Dream" title="One Summer Dream">One Summer Dream</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Talkin%27_Woman" title="Sweet Talkin' Woman">Sweet Talkin' Woman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wild_West_Hero" title="Wild West Hero">Wild West Hero</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Over_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="It's Over (Electric Light Orchestra song)">It's Over</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shine_a_Little_Love" title="Shine a Little Love">Shine a Little Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Diary_of_Horace_Wimp" title="The Diary of Horace Wimp">The Diary of Horace Wimp</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Bring_Me_Down" title="Don't Bring Me Down">Don't Bring Me Down</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Confusion_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Confusion (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Confusion</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Train_to_London" title="Last Train to London">Last Train to London</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Alive_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="I'm Alive (Electric Light Orchestra song)">I'm Alive</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Xanadu_(Olivia_Newton-John_and_Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Xanadu (Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra song)">Xanadu</a>" (with <a href="/wiki/Olivia_Newton-John" title="Olivia Newton-John">Olivia Newton-John</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_Over_the_World_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="All Over the World (Electric Light Orchestra song)">All Over the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Walk_Away_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Don't Walk Away (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Don't Walk Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hold_On_Tight_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Hold On Tight (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Hold On Tight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Twilight_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Twilight (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Twilight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_Is_the_News" title="Here Is the News">Here Is the News</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Ticket_to_the_Moon" title="Ticket to the Moon">Ticket to the Moon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rain_Is_Falling" title="Rain Is Falling">Rain Is Falling</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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