The ex-member of the sixties group The Move was Roy
Wood who went on to form one of the most popular glam groups of the 1970s. Wizzard was formed by some members of ELO and the Move, and was inspired by writing disagreements between Roy and the ELO’s Jeff Lynne.
Roy Wood was born in Birmingham in 1946 and in the
1970s even wrote a song for the UK entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, but the song came last in the national selection process. Roy went out on the road with Wizard
playing at Wembley area no less; Roy had a solo hit called
Dear Elaine in 1973 which reached No. 18 in the UK. A slower song called
Forever was released afterwards and got to No. 8.
