Ace Kefford was born on this day. he played in the Move with Jeff Lynne who went on to form Electric Light Orchestra. “Do Ya” was the first song Jeff Lynne wrote that he thought could be a hit. The Move‘s original recording peaked at number-93 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. Five years later, ELO’s reached number-24.
Lynne talks about the song — although it wasn’t actually quite as big a hit as he thinks it was the first time around.
“It was the first song I ever wrote that I thought could be a hit. It was so insistent, I said, ‘Wow! That sounds like a hit!’ And it got into the Top 40 in America, which is funny enough. It was the first hit I’d ever had anywhere. You know, it was just going to number-40 or something, but it did sort of make an impact on a lot of people, because a lot of people still ask me about that song.”
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