This attitude worked out in the Beatles favor, to put it mildly, both in their native U.K. and across the big pond in the U.S. At the time of this writing, the Beatles have the most No. 1 hits on the ...

When groups like The Flaming Lips and Daft Punk borrow sounds from the past to create futuristic music, Electric Light Orchestra is often the reference—Daft Punk even shares an album title with ELO’s ...