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Linda Solomon (born May 10, 1937, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American music critic and editor. Although she has written about various aspects of popular culture , her main focus has been on folk music , blues , R&B , jazz and country music .
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.
1939 Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds; 1939 Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds (take 2) featured in the first film adaptation of Cry, the Beloved Country [19] [20] 1960 Miriam Makeba, on the Miriam Makeba album; 1988 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, during opening sequence of movie Coming to America, but not on the soundtrack album
James Burrows (born December 30, 1940), [1] sometimes known as Jim "Jimmy" Burrows, [2] is an American television director.Burrows has received numerous accolades including 11 Primetime Emmy Awards and five Directors Guild of America Awards.
The publicity also helped Linda's family to find the support to take Disney, which used the song in the movie The Lion King, to court. In February 2006, Abilene Music, which holds the copyright for "Wimoweh/The Lion Sleeps Tonight", settled the case with the Solomon Linda family out of court for an undisclosed sum.
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Linda's heirs will receive payment for past uses of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and an entitlement to future royalties. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is acknowledged as derived from "Mbube". Solomon Linda is acknowledged as a co-composer of the song and will be designated as such.
Linda and Vince McMahon, her husband, spent over $20 million to help elect Trump last year, according to OpenSecrets, a campaign finance watchdog, making them among his largest financial backers.