这个乐队由五十岚（Mitsuru Igarashi）于１９９６年创建。五十岚（Mitsuru Igarashi）那个时候是Avex Trax的制片人，当他正准备找一个女孩组建乐队时，他听到了持田香织（Kaori Mochida）的DEMO带。持田香织（Kaori Mochida）那时候还是一个学生，正在寻找一份新的合同，因为她即将离开一个名叫The Kuro Buta All-Stars（类似于早安少女组）的组合。 五十岚（Mitsuru Igarashi）听完持田香织（Kaori Mochida）的歌曲后立刻被惊讶的无话可说，对她那雄厚又甜蜜的声音留下了很深的印象。他邀请她假如他即将组建的乐团，她欣然接受了邀请。五十岚（Mitsuru Igarashi）有一个弹吉他的好友伊藤一朗（Ichiro Ito），在创作ＥＬＴ的第一支单曲＂Feel My Heart＂的时候，给予了他们很大的帮助。当＂Feel My Heart＂热卖后，伊藤一朗（Ichiro Ito）也决定加入这个乐队。

乐队出道后，凭借着五十岚充多年的广告音乐制作经验，再加上主唱持田香织（Kaori Mochida）甜美的嗓音，吉他手伊藤一朗（Ichiro Ito）纯熟的演奏技巧，ＥＬＴ迅速成为日本最受欢迎的流行乐团。ETL歌曲的旋律一向充满流行感，加上许多广告曲、连续剧主题曲的搭配，大量曝光加上朗朗上口的旋律使得ELT的歌曲在卡拉OK中颇受欢迎。而女主唱持田香织甜美脸庞下却又带有一电酷酷感觉的外表及自成风格的打扮，也使她成为日本年轻女孩间的流行代言人。

1996.08.07 发行首张单曲”Feel My Heart”而出道，成为Sharon Stone代言之化妆品广告主题曲；第二张单曲”Future World”成为TDK产品广告主题曲，ELT开始受到注目

1997.04.09 发行首张专辑”everlasting”蝉联ORICON榜双周冠军，共计60周上榜卖出超过190万张，登上年度专辑销量第十位。

1997.12.31 初次参加NHK红白歌合战，参战歌”Shapes of Love”

1998.02.11 单曲”Time goes by”发行，销量逾115万张，列年度单曲销量第九位

1998.04.15 专辑”Time to Destination”发行，第一周156万张销量，第二周销量累计突破200万张，晋升为超级乐团。至今总销量达352万张，名列史上十大专辑

1999.03.31 精选”Every Best Single+3″发行，卖出225万张，年度专辑销量第六位

2004.03.10 发行最新专辑”commonplace”

2004.12.15 发行最新单曲”恋文 / good night”，发行首周即登上ORICON榜冠军

2004.12.31 第八次参加NHK红白歌合战，参战歌”恋文”

The group was created by Mitsuru Igarashi in 1996.

Igarashi was a producer at the label Avex Trax at that time and he was looking for a girl for a new duo with him as the keyboardist. He listened to a demo tape from Kaori Mochida, who at that time was a young girl trying to get a music contract after she went solo from her group called The Kuro Buta All-Stars (a group with many girls similar to Morning Musume). She was still in school at that point of time.

Igarashi was speechless after listening to Kaori, impressed by her strong and sweet voice at the same time. He asked her to be part of a new band, and she accepted. Igarashi had a guitarist friend, Ichiro Ito, and Igarashi asked him to help in the first single of the duo called “Feel My Heart”, written, composed, produced and arranged by Igarashi himself, and Ito agreed to help his friend; after “Feel My Heart” did so well at the charts and the group was gaining popularity, Itō finally decided to stay permanently in the group with Mochida and Igarashi.

Their first studio album, called “everlasting” was a big success, selling nearly two million copies in Japan, and marking ELT as a popular group that was about to stay for a long time in the public eye. The band reached #1 at the Oricon charts for the first time with their fourth single, “For the moment”.

The second studio album of the band, entitled “Time to Destination”, released in 1998, was one of the best-selling albums of that year, and even now, is still the best-selling album of the band. This album also included their best-selling single, “Time goes by”, which was a ballad tune.

At the release of the third studio album of the band, “eternity”, released in 2000, Mitsuru Igarashi decided to leave the band to produce for other artists inside Avex, and since then, Every Little Thing was known as a duo (like was planned by Igarashi at the beginning). With the release of their 16th single released, “Ai no kakera” at that time, ELT transitioned their style from Igarashi’s signature synthesized pop-rock sound to a more acoustic soft rock sound. The single “sure”, which was the last song that Igarashi participated in, was the first song that marked the transition, with “Ai no kakera” marking it definitely. Their single “fragile” later released on January 1, 2001 became a massive hit single, becoming one of ELT’s greatest hits from all time, selling approximately 829,580 copies in 2001.

Their latest album from 2004, “commonplace”, which is mainly based on ballads and acoustic songs, is their poorest selling album to-date, with only 313,000 copies sold. ELT’s popularity has declined over the years, but although many similar bands like day after tomorrow and Do As Infinity have disbanded, ELT remains to be one of the few older bands that are still together, along with globe and Dreams Come True. In November 2004 the duo released their single “Koibumi / good night” that was a surprise for many, because it performed comparatively well at the charts, selling more than many of their previous singles. This result maybe because the 2nd song, “good night”, was the theme song for the game Tales Of Rebirth.

Every Little Thing hasn’t been releasing much materials lately, releasing two singles in 2004, and just one single in 2005, the soft rock “Kimi no te”, and the acoustic compilation album “ACOUSTIC:LATTE”.

In March 2006 the band released its 29th single “azure moon” and later close to their 10 year anniversary it released their 30th single “HI-FI-MESSAGE”, an up-tempo song. A 2006-2007 concert tour followed their latest album release, “Crispy Park”, which came out in August 2006. Their 31st single, “swimmy” (スイミー), theme song for the drama series “Kekkon Dekinai Otoko” (結婚できない男), was released later that month. Their latest single “Sakurabito” was released February 13, 2008 and their latest album “Door” was released on March 5, 2008 with a concert tour coming up in April.

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