Editing Jeff Lynne (section)

==Early life==
Lynne was born in [[Erdington]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Forte |first=Joe |date=19 November 2023 |title=The 18 famous faces from Erdington and Kingstanding |url=https://www.birminghamworld.uk/news/erdington-kingstanding-birmingham-john-oliver-leon-edwards-ufc-jeff-lynee-elo-4108604 |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=Birmingham World}}</ref> [[Birmingham]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeff Lynne facts: The songs, sunglasses, and musical history of ELO's mastermind |url=https://www.goldradiouk.com/hall-of-fame/jeff-lynne-facts-songs-sunglasses-age/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Gold |language=en}}</ref> England, to Nancy and Philip Lynne, and grew up nearby in [[Shard End]], Birmingham, where he attended Alderlea Boys' Secondary School.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.brumbeat.net/andicaps.htm |title=Jeff Lynne |date=May 2019 |journal=[[Brum Beat]] |access-date=21 July 2019}}</ref> As a native of Birmingham, he still has his [[Brummie dialect|Brummie]] accent.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jeff Lynne's ELO keep the party percolating nicely at Glastonbury – review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/jeff-lynnes-elo-glastonbury-review/ |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |date=3 October 2017}}</ref> His father bought him his first guitar, an acoustic instrument, for £2.<ref name="MBS">{{cite AV media |people=Atkins, Martyn (Director) |date=5 October 2012 |title=Mr Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne and ELO |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n3yf4 |medium=Streaming |publisher=Paralel 28 Equipe}}</ref> He was still playing it as of 2012.<ref name="MBS" />