The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues, hand-drawn portrait of the band with John Lodge (bass), Mike Pinder (keyboards), Ray Thomas (flute), Graeme Edge (drums) and Justin Hayward (guitar) in September, 1968.

The Moody Blues were an English progressive rock band formed in Birmingham in May 1964.
The band came to prominence with the UK No. 1 and US Top 10 single “Go Now” in late 1964/early 1965.

Their second album, 1967’s Days of Future Passed, being a fusion of rock with classical music (performed with the London Festival Orchestra), established the band as pioneers in the development of art rock and progressive rock.
It has been described as a “landmark” and “one of the first successful concept albums”.

The group released six more albums and toured extensively until they went on hiatus in 1974.
Their records from this period were among the most successful in the progressive rock genre, and produced FM radio hits such as “Nights in White Satin” (1967; charting again in 1972), “Tuesday Afternoon” (1968), “Question” (1970), “The Story in Your Eyes” (1971), “Isn’t Life Strange” (1972), and “I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)” (1973).

In the 1980s they took on a more synth-pop sound, having hits with “Gemini Dream” (1981), “The Voice” (1981), “Your Wildest Dreams” (1986) and “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere” (1988).

They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
Graeme Edge died in 2021, Ray Thomas died in 2018.

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