Richard Tandy

Richard Tandy
Richard Tandy
	Tandy in 1977
Background information
Born	26 March 1948; Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Died	1 May 2024 (aged 76); Albany, New York, U.S.
Genres	Symphonic rock; progressive rock; art rock; pop rock;
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Keyboards; bass; guitar;
Years active	1968–2024
Labels	United Artists; Jet Records; Harvest Records; Epic; EMI; SonyBMG
Formerly of	Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
Website	Musical career

Richard Tandy (26 March 1948 – 1 May 2024) was an English musician. He was the full-time keyboardist in the band Electric Light Orchestra ("ELO").^[1] His palette of keyboards (including Minimoog, Clavinet, Mellotron, and piano) was an important ingredient in the group's sound, especially on the albums A New World Record (1976), Out of the Blue (1977), Discovery (1979) and Time (1981). He collaborated musically with ELO frontman Jeff Lynne on many projects, among them songs for the Electric Dreams soundtrack, Lynne's solo album Armchair Theatre and Lynne-produced Dave Edmunds album Information.

Tandy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 as a member of Electric Light Orchestra.^[2]

^ "Rewired Electric Light Orchestra Hitting The Road". MTV. 13 July 2001. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
^ "Inductees: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)". Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2016.