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"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a song originally written and first recorded in 1939 by Solomon Linda [2] under the title "Mbube", [3] through South African Gallo Record Company. In 1961, a version adapted into English by the doo-wop group the Tokens became a number-one hit in the United States.
In 1971, the song was used as the theme music to the Blue Peter Royal Safari. In the 1970s, the song was used as the theme for the African Safari shortwave broadcasts on the Voice of America . In 2009, the song was played over the closing credits of the Australian animated film Mary and Max .
The vocal group is best known for its hit recording of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", which rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained there for three weeks in 1961. Other hits by The Tokens include: "Tonight I Fell In Love" (which Mitch Margo co-wrote), "I hear Trumpets Blow" (written by Mitch Margo), "He's In Town", and " Portrait of My Love ".
Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds was a South African vocal group formed by Solomon Linda in 1933. The band is known internationally for their song "Mbube" released in 1939, which is the origin of Disney's 1994, The Lion King, hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". [1]
Solomon Popoli Linda OIG (1909 [1] – 8 September 1962), also known as Solomon Ntsele ("Linda" was his clan name), [2] was a South African musician, singer and composer best known as the composer of the song "Mbube", which later became the pop music success "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and gave its name to the Mbube style of isicathamiya a cappella later popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
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The Nylons is the debut album from the Canadian a cappella quartet The Nylons released on Attic Records.The platinum-selling album contains their cover version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and other hit songs as well as the group members' own compositions.
The trumpet repertoire consists of solo literature and orchestral or, more commonly, band parts written for the trumpet.Tracings its origins to 1500 BC, the trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family.