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All Over the World (Electric Light Orchestra song)

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"All Over the World" Single by Electric Light Orchestra from the album Xanadu B-side "Drum Dreams" (US) "Midnight Blue" (UK) Released July 1980  ( 1980-07 ) (US) 2 August 1980 (UK) Format 7" single Recorded 1980 at Musicland Studios, Munich Genre Pop rock disco Length 4 : 02 Label Jet (UK) MCA (US) Songwriter(s) Jeff Lynne Producer(s) Jeff Lynne Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology "Xanadu" (1980) " All Over the World " (1980) "Don't Walk Away" (1980) " All Over the World " is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It is featured in the 1980 feature film Xanadu in a sequence with the film's stars Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, and Michael Beck. The song also appears on the soundtrack album Xanadu , and was performed in the 2007 Broadway musical Xanadu . Released after the single "Xanadu" (a collabor

Tom Waits

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Tom Waits Waits in April 2007 Background information Birth name Thomas Alan Waits Born ( 1949-12-07 ) December 7, 1949 (age 69) Pomona, California, U.S. Genres Rock blues experimental jazz Occupation(s) Singer songwriter musician composer actor Instruments Vocals guitar keyboards Years active 1971–present Labels Asylum Island ANTI- Website www.tomwaits.com Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. Waits' music is characterized by his distinctive deep, gravelly singing voice and lyrics focusing on the underside of U.S. society. During the 1970s, he worked primarily in jazz, but since the 1980s his music has reflected greater influence from blues, vaudeville, and experimental genres. Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in California. Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, as a teenager he began singing on the