Electric Light Orchestra - they hold the record for having the most Billboard Top 40 hits of any band in US chart history, without ever having a #1 single!

Electric Light Orchestra, also known as ELO, were a rock music group from Birmingham, England that released eleven studio albums and 1/2 soundtrack between 1971-86, then another album in 2001.

The band's direction and focus for most of its history was driven by Jeff Lynne. It was in the United States that the band were first warmly received, billed as The English guys with the big fiddles.

They soon gained a cult following despite lukewarm reviews back in their native United Kingdom. They were managed by agent Don Arden, father of Sharon Osbourne. By the mid seventies they had become one of the most popular and biggest selling bands in the world. From 1972 to 1986, ELO accumulated more combined UK & US Top 40 hit singles than any other band, with 46. The group also scored twenty Top 20 UK hit singles, as well as fifteen Top 20 appearances in the US Billboard charts. The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Top 40 hits of any band in US chart history, without ever having a #1 single

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