Les Nubians

Despite receiving a lukewarm reception in France, they have become one of the most successful French-language musical groups in the United States. They have made appearances on albums by the Black Eyed Peas and Talib Kweli. A tribute to Lynne called Lynne Me Your Ears, was released in 2002, and featured two CDs full of artists performing Lynne/ELO songs, including Todd Rundgren, SWAG (featuring members of Wilco, The Mavericks and Cheap Trick), Sixpence None The Richer, Doug Powell, PFR, Fleming and John, The Balls of France (Jerry Chamberlain of Daniel Amos), Rick Altizer and others. Les Nubians is the name of a self-described "Afro-pean" musical group composed of sisters Hélène and Célia Faussart from Bordeaux, France. A tour and DVD followed. One Step Forward (2003). Lynne teamed up with ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy to reform ELO in 2001 for an album called Zoom. Princesses Nubiennes (1998). In February of 1994, Lynne fulfilled a life long dream by working with the three surviving Beatles on their Anthology album series, and reunion tracks "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love".

In 1990 he released the solo album "Armchair Theater". Lynne was born in Birmingham, UK. Prior to Electric Light Orchestra Lynne was a member of The Move and Idle Race. Jeff Lynne (born December 30, 1947) is a British singer-songwriter and was the founder of the Electric Light Orchestra in the 1970s as well as a co-founder, and a member, of the Traveling Wilburys in the 1980s.