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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.
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.
The Tokens were an American doo-wop band and record production company group from Brooklyn, New York City. [1] The group has had four top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, all in the 1960s, their biggest being the chart-topping 1961 hit single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", which borrowed heavily from the 1939 song "Mbube" by South African singer Solomon Linda.
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]
A few notable songs she can be heard in are The Tokens' rendition of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and the Disney Parks song "Grim Grinning Ghosts". (Wikipedia articles on "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" say that it was Anita Darian on "The Lion Sleeps Tonight.") Norman voiced Penelope Pinfeather in Melody and Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom.
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The documentary takes a look at the controversy and legal battles around the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", which is one of the most recognisable songs in all pop music. [3] The search for the song's roots in this documentary is done by the South African journalist Rian Malan. [4] [5]
"A Swingin' Safari" shares a number of compositional elements in common with The Tokens' 1961 hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," which itself was derived from several earlier arrangements of Solomon Linda's 1939 song "Mbube".