@#10 ... The theme music for ABC's Wide World of Sports was composed in the early 60's ...
OK, your comment made me look up the song I cited by ELO and the Wide World of Sports.
I found that WWoS started in 1961.
en.wikipedia.org
... ABC's Wide World of Sports is an American sports anthology television program that aired on ABC from April 29, 1961, to 1997, primarily on Saturday afternoons. ...
So that pre-dates to ELO release of the tune.
OK, I just dug into my vinyl archive and pulled out the ELO album, Face The Music.
Looking at the liner notes, the first thing I notice is that the song Fire On High, is not listed on the record sleeve.
That is odd. Quite odd, as a matter of fact. There are eight songs on the album, but only seven are listed on the liner notes.
Aside from being listed on the back of the album cover in the list of songs on the album, there is no mention of the song Fire On High anywhere else in the materials of the album.
That is so odd. Weird odd.
So, yeah, I'll say you are correct in your comment.
It is an older song that ELO, I'll be nice, borrowed for their album.
Many thanks for that correction, most appreciated.