query: who sang the high part in the lion sleeps tonight

pos: Anita Darian Barbara Cook as Anna and Farley Granger as the King. She made a number of classical recordings with various contemporary composers as well as solo albums for Fidelio Records and Kapp Records. She was born Anita Margaret Esgandarian in Detroit, Michigan, of Armenian descent. She was a 1945 graduate of Cooley High School. She later studied opera at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and the Juilliard School in New York, but first came to popular attention as a featured singer with the short-lived Sauter-Finegan jazz band of the mid-1950s, with whom she recorded for RCA Victor. She settled

neg: The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was influenced by the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", both in the title of the song and through the song's opening refrain. (SongFacts writes, "Rather than follow industry practice and simply pilfer the song, R.E.M. paid for the rights to use it. As part of the deal, R.E.M. were asked to do a cover of the original "Lion Sleeps Tonight".) The band used "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" as the B-side to this song. The song was released on R.E.M.'s 1992 album

neg: The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" is a song and single by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released in 1992. The track is one of three singles from "Apollo 18". The song has also appeared on several compilation albums, including "" and "A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants". The song, originally titled "The Guitar", was the result of a jam session based around "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens. This motif is most pronounced in the chorus of the song, which is sung by Laura Cantrell, who also appears

neg: The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) in the song's music video. However, the influence of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is present throughout the song in its continuous bassline. Due to the legal ramifications of the recurring theme, Elektra appended "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to the end of the song's title. The music video for "The Guitar" was the first They Might Be Giants video to be directed by bandmember John Flansburgh. In promotion of "Apollo 18", TMBG performed "The Guitar" and "The Statue Got Me High" on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in 1992. For this appearance, the duo of Linnell and Flansburgh debuted their

neg: The Lion Sleeps Tonight a standard that has become a part of popular culture. 1997: Barbados (Swedish Dansband) The Lion Sleeps Tonight "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a song originally recorded by Solomon Linda under the title "Mbube" for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939. Linda's version was written in Zulu, while the English lyrics were written by George David Weiss. The song was adapted and covered internationally by many pop and folk revival artists in the 1950s and 1960s, including the Weavers, Jimmy Dorsey, Yma Sumac, Miriam Makeba, and the Kingston Trio. In 1961, it became a number one hit in

neg: The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) new live backing band, which accompanied them on the Don't Tread on the Cut-Up Snake World Tour in support of "Apollo 18". The band also performed the song as part of their 2001 documentary, "Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns). "The Guitar" was used in a 2013 advertisement for the Buick Encore. The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" is a song and single by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released in 1992. The track is one of three singles from "Apollo 18". The song has also appeared on several compilation albums, including

neg: The Lion Sleeps Tonight the use of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in the film and musical stage productions of "The Lion King". At the same time, the Richmond Organization began to pay $3,000 annually into Linda's estate. In February 2006, Linda's descendants reached a legal settlement with Abilene Music Publishers, who held the worldwide rights and had licensed the song to Disney, to place the earnings of the song in a trust. In 2012, Mbue fell into the public domain due to Copyright law of South Africa. The Lion Sleeps Tonight, however is not. The song has been recorded by numerous artists, and is

neg: Tight Fit Tight Fit. The song became a hit in the summer and reached No.4 in the UK Singles Chart. Instead of the sessions singers who sang on the record, a group of actor/ singers including Lowri-Ann Richards and Robert Pereno, were hired to front the group when Tight Fit first appeared on the BBC's music show "Top of the Pops". A follow-up, "Back to the 60s Part 2" was released soon after and it reached No.33 in the UK Top 40. Later in the year record producer Tim Friese-Greene recorded a version of the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" with another

neg: The Lion Sleeps Tonight lyrics: ""In the jungle, the mighty jungle, The lion sleeps tonight ..."" and ""Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling ..."" Weiss also brought in soprano Anita Darian to reprise Yma Sumac's version, before, during and after the soprano saxophone solo. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was issued by RCA in 1961, and it rocketed to number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Weiss' Abilene Music Inc., was the publisher of this arrangement, and listed "Albert Stanton" (a pseudonym for Al Brackman, the business partner of Pete Seeger's music publisher, Howie Richmond) as one of the song's writers or arrangers. Social

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Solomon Linda February 21, 2006. Just before the trial date, a settlement was attained between the parties to the litigation, as well as with Abilene Music company, the true defendant of the litigation, which had granted an indemnity to the Disney company when it had licensed the use of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". The settlement, which operates worldwide and in settlement of all claims, encompasses the following:
 • The Linda heirs will receive payment for past uses of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and an entitlement to future royalties from its worldwide use.
 • "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is acknowledged as derived from

neg: Apollo 18 (album) experimenting with a sampler. Linnell provided almost all of the voices, save for the line "must stop!", which was spoken by Flansburgh. Flansburgh himself was responsible for the bongos, horns and various sound effects. The second single, "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)", was spawned from a jam session of the Tokens song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". The song was also originally intended to simply be titled "The Guitar". Because of the legal ramifications of including the "Lion Sleeps Tonight" motif, Elektra required the band to add the name of the original song to the title. The song features Laura

neg: The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Lion Sleeps Tonight "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a song originally recorded by Solomon Linda under the title "Mbube" for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939. Linda's version was written in Zulu, while the English lyrics were written by George David Weiss. The song was adapted and covered internationally by many pop and folk revival artists in the 1950s and 1960s, including the Weavers, Jimmy Dorsey, Yma Sumac, Miriam Makeba, and the Kingston Trio. In 1961, it became a number one hit in the United States as adapted in English with the best-known version by the doo-wop

neg: Mbube (genre) the Evening Birds. In 1939 they recorded a few tracks for Gallo Records when Linda improvised the first 15 notes of a song they called "Mbube". The success of this song led to the conception of a whole new genre, characterized by a loud and powerful cappella four part harmony, accompanied by dancing. The song was later made internationally famous, by The Weavers as "Wimoweh" in 1948 and then as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by the Tokens in 1961. Miriam Makeba's recording of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in the 1960s helped popularize the genre and establish the singing tradition. Associated

neg: Tight Fit (album) Pleasure label as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" with an added track, "High Wire" (a 1983 B-side). Side One Side Two Tight Fit (album) Tight Fit is a 1982 album by the British pop group Tight Fit. The album featured the No.1 single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" as well as the top five hit "Fantasy Island". Tracks "Secret Heart" and "I'm Undecided" were released as singles also, but achieved less success. The album itself peaked at a relatively low No.87. This was Tight Fit's second album, albeit the first with this line-up. Soon after the album's release, two of the members,

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Solomon Linda Mbube.
 • Solomon Linda is acknowledged as a co-composer of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and will be designated as such in the future.
 • A trust will be formed to administer the heirs’ copyright in "Mbube" and to receive on their behalf the payments due from the use of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Solomon Linda Solomon Popoli Linda (1909 – 8 October 1962), also known as Solomon Ntsele ("Linda" was his clan name), was a South African musician, singer and composer best known as the composer of the song "Mbube", which later became the popular music success "The Lion Sleeps

neg: Anita Darian in New York City and worked in everything from opera and classical recitals to television jingles and cartoon voice-overs. She appeared in several television productions of musicals and operas from the 1950s to the 1970s. Darian also sang the female soprano portion on The Tokens' 1961 #1 hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Her high counterpoint to the lead and backup singers was an astounding merging of her operatic training and the pop genre. As late as 2012, she was featured in concerts honoring the Great American Songbook. Darian died on February 1, 2015, aged 87, at South Nassau Communities Hospital

neg: Michael "J" Horn Johnson and Ben Bledsoe they created a boy band which was the big thing of the time. After many line up changes Ben Bledsoe found Horn through his vocal teacher. He sang "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" for his audition and even had to do it over the phone for members who were not present at the time. After that, Horn joined Natural. The boys tried to get signed with many major labels but were turned down despite a huge local following in Orlando, FL. One day as they rehearsed at Transcontinental Studios, boyband king Lou Pearlman noticed them and liked

neg: The Tokens a result of this performance brought it new recording opportunities, culminating in its cover of Solomon Linda's "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" for RCA Victor Records. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it remained for three weeks. The same track peaked at No. 11 in the UK Singles Chart. Both "Tonight I Fell in Love" and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" sold more than 1 million copies, and were awarded gold discs. From 1962 to 1970, the group released nine more songs that scored the Top 100. Jay Siegel was the lead vocalist on all the Tokens'

neg: François Verster and "A Lion's Trail" track the story of the song "Wimoweh/The Lion Sleeps Tonight" back to its Zulu composer Solomon Linda and follows the song's rocky history from South Africa to Brooklyn and back asking why Linda died penniless and his children live in poverty while American artists made millions off the song. The movie was screened by PBS and 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

neg: The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe except as noted. Originally released on the "Until the End of the World" soundtrack in 1991. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was influenced by the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", both in the title of the song and through the song's opening refrain. (SongFacts writes, "Rather than follow industry practice and simply pilfer the song, R.E.M. paid for the rights to use it. As part of the deal, R.E.M. were asked to do a cover

neg: Festival of the Lion King knife-twirling hyena ("Be Prepared"), and an aerial dance featuring performers dressed as birds ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight"), leading to an interactive sing-along ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight"). Due to the construction of Pandora – The World of "Avatar" replacing Camp Minnie-Mickey (which was the show's original location), the show went into a five-month hiatus while a new theater, the "Harambe Theater", was constructed in an unused dense forest area in the Africa section of the park. Construction on the Harambe Theater was completed in May 2014 and the show reopened there on June 1, 2014. This relocation was part

neg: The Lion King score for the film was never originally given a full release, until the soundtrack's commemorative in 2014. "The Lion King" also inspired the 1995 release "Rhythm of the Pride Lands", with eight songs by Zimmer, Mancina, and Lebo M. The use of the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in a scene with Timon and Pumbaa led to disputes between Disney and the family of South African Solomon Linda, who composed the song (originally titled "Mbube") in 1939. In July 2004, Linda's family filed suit, seeking $1.6 million in royalties from Disney. In February 2006, Linda's heirs reached a legal settlement

neg: The Tokens The Tokens The Tokens are an American male doo-wop-style vocal group and record production company group from Brooklyn, New York. They are known best for their chart-topping 1961 single, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" The group was formed in 1955 at Brooklyn's Abraham Lincoln High School, and was known first as The Linc-Tones. Originally featuring members Neil Sedaka, Hank Medress, Eddie Rabkin, and Cynthia Zolotin, Rabkin was replaced by Jay Siegel in 1956, and the band recorded its first single, "While I Dream" that same year. In 1957 Sedaka and Zolotin left the band, leaving only Siegel and Medress, who would

neg: Doo-wop Part of the regional beach music or shag music scene, centered in the Carolinas and surrounding states, includes both the original classic recordings, and numerous remakes. Britain chimed in with notable contributions, in the mid-late 1970s, by the group Darts, who successfully (and with some authenticity) revived revered doo-wop standards such as "Daddy Cool", "Come Back My Love" and "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart". Other artists had doo-wop or doo-wop-influenced hits in later years, such as Robert John's 1972 version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", Toby Beau's 1978 hit "My Angel Baby", and Billy Joel's 1984 hit "The

neg: Philip Margo Philip Margo Philip "Phil" Margo (born April 1, 1942, Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician and author who is a longtime member of The Tokens, as was his late brother Mitch Margo. They are best known for their 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 included "Tonight I Fell In Love", "I Hear Trumpets Blow", "He's In Town" and "Portrait of My Love". Margo is the author of the 2010 science fiction novel, "The Null Quotient". In

neg: African Lion Safari (Warragamba) African Lion Safari (Warragamba) The African Lion Safari was a wildlife park that Stafford Bullen opened in 1968. It operated near Warragamba on the outskirts of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia until 1991. There was a dolphinarium in the African Lion Safari. African Lion Safari was opened by Stafford Bullen (1925–2001) in 1968. At the time Bullen was still operating a traveling circus, but in 1969 he gave this venture a permanent home at Bullen's Animal World. For the opening, a promotional single of The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was recorded by a band using the name "The

neg: The Lion Sleeps Tonight group the Tokens. It went on to earn millions in royalties from cover versions and film licensing. The pop group Tight Fit had a number one hit in the UK with the song in 1982. "Mbube" (Zulu for "lion") was written in the 1920s by Solomon Linda, a South African singer of Zulu origin, who later worked for the Gallo Record Company in Johannesburg as a cleaner and record packer. He spent his weekends performing with the Evening Birds, a musical ensemble, and it was at Gallo Records, under the direction of producer Griffiths Motsieloa, that Linda and his fellow

neg: The Tokens the Mystics. Siegel's son is also part of the group as keyboardist and occasional vocalist. (John "Jay" Traynor died January 2, 2014, of liver cancer at a hospital in Tampa, Florida.) Jay Siegel's Tokens and the Margo brothers reunited in 2000 to perform on the PBS special, "Doo Wop 51". At the time, Siegel's Tokens were Siegel, Reid and Eddy Rezzonico; Rezzonico had replaced Richie Grasso during the 1990s. Mitch Margo died on November 24, 2017, aged 70. Decades after not receiving any publishing credit for their specific original musical composition part of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", the band began

neg: Hank Medress Hank Medress Henry "Hank" Medress (November 19, 1938 – June 18, 2007) was an American singer and record producer. Medress was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended Abraham Lincoln High School. In 1955 he joined a doo-wop group called the Linc-Tones, which also included Neil Sedaka. After Sedaka's departure, the group reformed with additional singers as The Tokens. The Tokens achieved a number 1 chart success in 1961 with their arrangement of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", as well as other minor hits. Medress and the Tokens produced hits for the Chiffons, such as "He's So Fine". After leaving

neg: Drusillas Zoo Park their breath) against a variety of animals, and record them in a booklet given free at the entrance. Children can also get 'stamp books' to stamp using tick shaped stamps found around the enclosures. There are many interactive sections of the zoo including 'Mokomo's Jungle Rock' which opened in 2003 and features animatronic animals (mandrill, lemur, vulture, crocodile, spider and snake) who sing about the food chain in the style of The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Further along the route, there is another animatronic crocodile who sings "Never Smile at a Crocodile". Also there are animatronic chickens in the farmyard who

neg: Denise Gyngell Today" episode "Song for Twilight", written by Noël Coward, featuring Peter Sallis. Along with Paul, she also appeared in "The Zoo Robbery". As part of pop group Tight Fit she had a No. 1 single with a cover version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and a top 5 hit with "Fantasy Island" in 1982. The band has recently re-formed and are currently doing small gigs around Britain. Gyngell was one of Hill's Angels on "The Benny Hill Show" during the early 1980s. She appeared in an episode of Ronnie Corbett's "Sorry!" in 1987. She also made appearances with Kenny Everett

neg: Retro style the Street" by David Bowie and Mick Jagger, "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" by Cher, and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by Tight Fit. The 1990s brought a 1970s revival. The films "Dazed and Confused", "Detroit Rock City", "Casino", "The Stoned Age", "The Brady Bunch Movie" and its sequel (both of which were remakes of the popular early '70s TV show "The Brady Bunch"), and "Boogie Nights" (in which the first part of this film took place in the late '70s) were released, along with a revival of 1970s disco and pop led by artists such as the

neg: The Tokens at all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums in the United States and Canada. Original Tokens The Tokens The Tokens are an American male doo-wop-style vocal group and record production company group from Brooklyn, New York. They are known best for their chart-topping 1961 single, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" The group was formed in 1955 at Brooklyn's Abraham Lincoln High School, and was known first as The Linc-Tones. Originally featuring members Neil Sedaka, Hank Medress, Eddie Rabkin, and Cynthia Zolotin, Rabkin was replaced by Jay Siegel in 1956, and the band recorded its first single, "While I Dream" that same year.

neg: They Might Be Giants consisting of previously released material (save for the "Purple Toupee" b-sides, which were not available publicly), it gave new fans a chance to hear the Johns' earlier non-album work without having to hunt down the individual EPs. In early 1992, They Might Be Giants released "Apollo 18". The heavy space theme coincided with TMBG being named Musical Ambassadors for International Space Year. Singles from the album included "The Statue Got Me High", "I Palindrome I", and "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)". "Apollo 18" was also notable for being one of the first albums to take advantage of the CD

neg: Apollo 18 (album) backing band with live drums during the supporting tour. It was their last album recorded as a duo, and the band expanded to include a regular rhythm guitarist, bass player and saxophone player for their subsequent releases. "Apollo 18" also includes the "Fingertips" suite, a series of twenty-one short songs, most under thirty seconds long. The album generated three singles, "The Statue Got Me High", "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" and "I Palindrome I", although only the first charted. The album received mostly positive reviews from music critics, with many commending the band for making music with a darker

neg: Zulu music turned the song into "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and it became a #1 American hit. The Durban-based Ladysmith Black Mambazo, formed by Joseph Shabalala in 1960, sings, among other styles, music in the "mbube" tradition. The 1970s duo Juluka, consisting of a white man, Johnny Clegg, and a Zulu, Sipho Mchunu produced a blend of rock and Zulu folk music called maskanda, which has since evolved into an urban style called mbaqanga. Zulu music The Zulu people are a South African ethnic group. Many Zulu musicians have become a major part of South African music. A number of Zulu-folk derived

neg: Mitch Margo by William Shakespeare. In 2010, Margo released his first solo album, "ABCDEFG" on Be Cool Records. Mitch Margo Mitchell Stuart Margo (May 25, 1947 – November 24, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter. Margo was a professional recording artist by the age of 14. Along with brother Phil Margo, he was a member of The Tokens. 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"

neg: Mitch Margo Mitch Margo Mitchell Stuart Margo (May 25, 1947 – November 24, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter. Margo was a professional recording artist by the age of 14. Along with brother Phil Margo, he was a member of The Tokens. 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

neg: A Lion's Trail retitled "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". The song was also adapted for the screen in The Walt Disney Company 1994 film "The Lion King". . The film helped Linda's family to sue legally for revenues from the song. "A Lion's Trail" was not the first time Verster had tackled the controversy on the song. In 1999, he had filmed "The Story of "Mbube"" for television about the song. That film had won the 1999 National Television & Video Association Silver Stone & Stone Craft Award. In 2000, South African journalist Rian Malan wrote a feature article for "Rolling Stone" magazine in

neg: Isicathamiya "The World in Union", and "Mbube" (a song composed in 1939 by Zulu worker Solomon Linda - The song, with additional lyrics, is also known as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight") — this last having given its name, meaning " lion", to the genre. "Mambazo" members are also born again Christians and frequently demonstrate the close relationship between isicathamiya and gospel music in songs such as "Amazing Grace" and various Zulu hymns. "Mambazo" is the primary "a cappella" group from South Africa to garner worldwide attention; all other widely known South African musicians use some form of instrumental backing, though some

neg: Simba memory. In the episode "Congo On Like This," Timon and Pumbaa (especially Timon) suspect that Simba has reverted to his carnivorous nature. The episode "Shake Your Djibouti" again features Simba, when Timon and Pumbaa are forced to train him to protect them from a laboratory monster. Another episode, entitled "Rome Alone," shows Simba being captured by Romans and forced into gladiatorial battle with another lion named Claudius. Simba makes brief appearances in "Once Upon a Timon", "Zazu's Off-By-One Day", and "Beethoven's Whiff". He also appears in a music video of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Simba was featured as a guest

neg: Rian Malan the origin of the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", tracing its history from its first recording by Solomon Linda, a penniless Zulu singer, through its adoption by The Weavers, The Tokens and many of the folksingers of the 1960s, and its appropriation by The Walt Disney Company in the movie "The Lion King". Malan reveals that Linda never received any royalties for the song; however, an ensuing courtcase established that 25 percent of the song's past and future royalties should go to Linda's three daughters. Malan has generated controversy by repeatedly questioning the seriousness and scope of AIDS in Africa.

neg: You All Dat You All Dat "You All Dat " is a song recorded by the Bahamian group, Baha Men. It featured guest vocals from American vocalist Imani Coppola. Originally on 2 Zero 0-0, It was released in January 2001 as the second and final single from their album, "Who Let the Dogs Out". It reached the top 10 in Australia and reached the top 20 in the United Kingdom. The song, which samples "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", is about a man trying to seduce a woman at a party. A "clean" edit changes the line "You gotta have balls or you ain't

neg: George David Weiss of Fame. In 2006 a court settlement was reached regarding royalties for the worldwide rights of the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," best known as a #1 hit for The Tokens, which was based on a 1939 song, "Mbube", by the South African musician, Solomon Linda. The settlement, which operates worldwide and in settlement of all claims, encompasses the following: Weiss died at age 89 on August 23, 2010, of natural causes at his home in Oldwick, New Jersey. George David Weiss George David Weiss (April 9, 1921 – August 23, 2010) was an American songwriter and arranger, who had

neg: Catherine McGrath Catherine McGrath Catherine McGrath (born 9 June 1997) is an Irish country music singer and songwriter. Born in Rostrevor, Northern Ireland, McGrath learned guitar from her grandmother, who taught her to play and sing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". McGrath's parents are both musicians and were frequent performers at the annual Fiddler's Green Music Festival held in County Down, Northern Ireland. McGrath honed her skills by observing her parents on-stage and by watching instructional videos online. McGrath took up songwriting, and in addition to performing her own material, she began making homemade videos of herself performing current pop hits, which she

neg: Hugo & Luigi Hugo & Luigi Hugo & Luigi were an American record producing team, made up of songwriters and producers Luigi Creatore and Hugo Peretti, who shared an office in New York's Brill Building. Besides their working relationship, the two were cousins. First coming to attention with singles released on Mercury Records in the mid-1950s, they went on to produce Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke and several other RCA Victor artists, including the hit records "Twistin' the Night Away", "Another Saturday Night", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by the Tokens, the Isley Brothers's classic "Shout", and Little Peggy March's "I Will Follow

neg: The Chiffons their first single, "He's So Fine," written by Ronnie Mack, produced by the Tokens of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" fame, and released on the Laurie Records label. "He's So Fine" hit No. 1 in the United States, selling over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. (This sales figure would have qualified the record for platinum status under the current [as of 2011] RIAA certification standards, effective since 1975, that lowered the "gold" certification threshold to 500,000 copies and set the "platinum" threshold at 1 million.) Despite numerous references to the contrary, the Chiffons who recorded a version

neg: Philip Margo addition to his singing, Margo also plays the drums. He has performed with The Tokens on the following television programs: With The Tokens, Margo was also successful as a record producer for artists including the following: Philip Margo Philip "Phil" Margo (born April 1, 1942, Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician and author who is a longtime member of The Tokens, as was his late brother Mitch Margo. They are best known for their 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

neg: Malaika borrowed from another African tune "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"). 7" Single 12" Single "Malaika (Lambada Remix)" is a 1989 single by German band Boney M., the only single taken from their remix album "Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II". Although sampling bits of the original 1981 recording, it was more a re-recording than a remix since lead singer Liz Mitchell recorded new vocals for it, being the only member present on this recording since the other three original members Marcia Barrett, Bobby Farrell, Maizie Williams who had teamed up with singer Madeleine Davis had been

neg: The Lion King 1½ The Lion Sleeps Tonight (which appears briefly in the original film as well) performed by Lebo M. and Vinx. Other songs featured in the film that aren't in the soundtrack include the song "Sunrise, Sunset" from the musical "Fiddler on the Roof" and the eponymous theme song from the television show "Peter Gunn" composed by Henry Mancini. The film contains original score composed by Don Harper, and also features the instrumental theme "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" composed by Ennio Morricone. A video game based on the film was published in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance, featuring

neg: The Lion Sleeps Tonight for "Rolling Stone" magazine in which he recounted Linda's story and estimated that the song had earned $15 million for its use in the Disney movie "The Lion King" alone. The piece prompted filmmaker François Verster to create the Emmy-winning documentary "A Lion's Trail", that told Linda's story while incidentally exposing the workings of the multi-million dollar corporate music publishing industry. In July 2004, as a result of the publicity generated by Malan's article and the subsequent documentary, the song became the subject of a lawsuit between Linda's estate and Disney, claiming that Disney owed $1.6 million in royalties for

neg: A Lion's Trail to Brooklyn and back asking why Linda died penniless and his children live in poverty while American artists made millions off the song. In 2005, it gained prominence when it was screened by PBS on the program "Independent Lens" receiving the award for "most outstanding cultural and artistic programming". 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

neg: Music of South Africa a major star in 1939 with Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds, whose "Mbube" ("The Lion") was probably the first African recording to sell more than 100,000 copies. It also provided the basis for two further American pop hits, The Weavers' "Wimoweh" (1951) and The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (1961). Linda's music was in a style that came to be known as mbube. From the late 1940s to the 1960s, a harsh, strident form called isikhwela jo was popular, though national interest waned in the 1950s until Radio Zulu began broadcasting to Natal, Transvaal and the Orange Free State in

neg: A Lion's Trail which he recounted Solomon Linda's story tracing its history from its first recording by Solomon Linda, a penniless Zulu singer, through the song's adoption by The Weavers, The Tokens and in the movie "The Lion King". "The Story of "Mbubé"" and the new interest created by the "Rolling Stone" piece prompted Verster to create his 2002 documentary that told Linda's story, also exposing the workings of the multimillion-dollar corporate music publishing industry about copyright. The film tracks the story of the song "Wimoweh/The Lion Sleeps Tonight" back to its Zulu origin and follows the song's rocky history from South Africa

neg: Tight Fit Tight Fit Tight Fit are a British pop group who had a number of hits in the early 1980s, including a UK No.1 (for three weeks) with their cover version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in 1982. In 1981, record producer Ken Gold came up with the idea to record a single made up of a medley of 1960s songs. The medley trend was in full swing at this time, following the success of Starsound and their Stars on 45 singles. He put together a group of male/female session singers and released "Back to the 60s" under the group title,

neg: The Black Diamonds (Australian band) toured with several top name acts such as the Easybeats. In 1967, their second single became a hit in the Sydney area. In 1968 the group changed their name to Tymepiece and evolved into a more eclectic and progressive act, releasing a version of the Tokens' "Lion Sleeps Tonight" and an album, "Sweet Release", in 1971. They broke up later that year. The band that eventually became the Black Diamonds was founded in Lithgow, a mining town in New South Wales.<ref name="Marks/McIntyre"></ref><ref name="True (Collpapse/Diamonds)"></ref> In 1959, Alan Stuart Oloman and Allen Michael Keogh, who were both twelve year's old, learned

neg: The District Sleeps Alone Tonight The cover artwork for the single was designed by Kozyndan. In 2004, this song was featured in the soundtrack of 2004 film "D.E.B.S.". The District Sleeps Alone Tonight "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" is a song by the electronic music band The Postal Service, the second single from their debut album, "Give Up", released July 8, 2003 on Sub Pop Records. The single included a cover of "Suddenly Everything Has Changed" by The Flaming Lips, and two remixed tracks. The song was written by Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello, and recorded in early 2002. The "District" in the song's title

neg: The District Sleeps Alone Tonight The District Sleeps Alone Tonight "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" is a song by the electronic music band The Postal Service, the second single from their debut album, "Give Up", released July 8, 2003 on Sub Pop Records. The single included a cover of "Suddenly Everything Has Changed" by The Flaming Lips, and two remixed tracks. The song was written by Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello, and recorded in early 2002. The "District" in the song's title is a reference to Washington, D.C. (known colloquially as "The District" by its inhabitants) where Gibbard's girlfriend at the time had moved to.

neg: Pat & Stan France the duo are most famous for the short clip in which Pat is seen singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." The clip appeared in Italy in a commercial by Ferrero's Kinder chocolates; they also produced a "Happy Hippo" shaped chocolate snack. They also appear re-voiced in English on The CW4Kids in the United States, and under two Dutch versions on Jetix in the Netherlands, and on Ketnet in Flanders. Pat and Stanley are now featured in many unofficial online videos singing English (as well as international) songs. It was on Cartoon Network's website from December 5, 2014 to April 11,

neg: The Nylons Connors (tenor), and Denis Simpson (bass). In April 1979 Simpson left the group to perform in a musical and was replaced by Ralph Cole (bass). All of the original members were gay men, although later lineups included both gay and heterosexual singers. Cole left the band in late 1981 and was replaced by Arnold Robinson (bass). In 1986, the group appeared on the critically acclaimed children's television show "Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show", featuring children's entertainers Sharon, Lois & Bram. The Nylons appeared in Season 3 of the show on the "Treasure Island" episode, singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".

neg: The Smurfs Kokomo, The Lion Sleeps Tonight and I Think We're Alone Now, as well as two original songs. For several years, the Smurfs were the children's act in the Ice Capades travelling ice show. After they were retired from that function, the Smurf suits from the show were issued to Ice Capades Chalets, the show's subsidiary chain of ice rinks, lasting until the show was sold to a group of investors led by Dorothy Hamill. The Chalets were sold to Recreation World. The Smurfette suit in particular had a somewhat different hairstyle from what was portrayed in the Hanna-Barbera cartoons. In

neg: Rian Malan for "New West Magazine" (California) (1981), as senior writer for "Los Angeles Herald-Examiner" (1984) and as senior editor for "Manhattan Magazine" (1984). Since then, he has been a freelance writer for various magazines, mainly in the US (e.g. "Esquire", "Rolling Stone", "The Wall Street Journal)", Britain (e.g. "The Spectator" and "The Sunday Times") and South Africa (e.g. "The Star", "Time" and "Noseweek"). A number of his essays are collected in the volume "The Lion Sleeps Tonight and other stories of South Africa" (New York: Grove Press, 2012), . In 2000, he wrote a widely disseminated piece in "Rolling Stone" about

neg: Yodeling a deep breath, opened his mouth and improvised the melody that the world now associates with these words: <poem> In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight. </poem> By 1948 the song had sold about 100,000 copies in Africa and among black South African immigrants in Great Britain and had lent its name to a style of African a cappella music that evolved into "isicathamiya" (also called "mbube"), popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It was covered internationally by many 1950s pop and folk revival artists, including The Weavers, Jimmy Dorsey, Yma Sumac, Miriam Makeba, and The Kingston Trio.

neg: The Tokens hits including "I Hear Trumpets Blow" (1966) and "Portrait of My Love" (1967). Beginning in 1963, The Tokens also began serving as record producers for other artists, such as the Chiffons, Randy & the Rainbows and the Happenings. Their production company was called Bright Tunes and they also created their own record company, B.T. (Bright Tunes) Puppy Records. In 1972, Jay Siegel did background vocals for a re-recording of "Lion Sleeps Tonight" with Robert John as the lead vocalist. This version hit #3 on the charts, and was awarded a Gold disc. In 1970, Hank Medress began producing an act

neg: Run to Him My Angel", reached #53 on the "Billboard" chart and #89 in Canada. Run to Him "Run to Him" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Jack Keller and performed by Bobby Vee featuring the Johnny Mann Singers. It was produced by Snuff Garrett, and was featured on Vee's 1962 album, "Take Good Care of My Baby". One of the musicians on the song was session drummer Earl Palmer. "Run to Him" reached #2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and was kept from the #1 position by The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens. It also reached #4 in Canada,

neg: Solomon Linda Solomon Linda Solomon Popoli Linda (1909 – 8 October 1962), also known as Solomon Ntsele ("Linda" was his clan name), was a South African musician, singer and composer best known as the composer of the song "Mbube", which later became the popular music success "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and gave its name to the Mbube style of isicathamiya "a cappella" later popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Solomon Popoli Linda was born near Pomeroy, on the labor reserve Msinga, Umzinyathi District Municipality in Ladysmith in Natal, where he was familiar with the traditions of "amahubo" and "izingoma zomshado" (wedding songs) music.

neg: Luigi Creatore Carr and produced major hits for Jimmie Rodgers including "Honeycomb" (Billboard # 1) and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (Billboard # 3), and "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" and "Secretly". Two years later, Creatore and Peretti signed a deal with RCA Victor where they produced pop crooner and NBC television personality Perry Como. In addition, they produced several other RCA Victor recording artists, including Sam Cooke and Ray Peterson and wrote English lyrics for the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (with the original bulk of the song written by Solomon Linda), producing the hit single for The Tokens. With George

neg: Hugo Peretti Jimmie Rodgers, including "Honeycomb" (Billboard # 1), "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (Billboard # 3), "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again", and "Secretly". Two years later, Peretti and Creatore signed a contract with RCA Records, where they produced recordings for pop crooner and NBC television personally Perry Como. They also produced recordings for Sam Cooke and Ray Peterson and wrote English lyrics for the South African composer Solomon Linda's song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", which became a hit for The Tokens. With George David Weiss they co-wrote "Can't Help Falling in Love" for RCA's mega-star Elvis Presley. Peretti and Creatore also

neg: Laurie Berkner record by the parents of the children she worked with. "The children were really responding to the music we created together," she said. The album contained original songs like "We Are the Dinosaurs" and "I Know a Chicken", along with covers of classics like "The Cat Came Back" and "Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)". In 1998, Berkner formed her own independent record company, Two Tomatoes Records, to release her second album, "Buzz Buzz", which includes such Berkner standards as "Pig on Her Head" and "Monster Boogie". With 1999's "Victor Vito", Berkner achieved national fame, appearing on the FX network's "American

neg: Brian Eno material, a handful of tracks originally issued as singles have not been reissued, including the single mix of "King's Lead Hat", the title of which is an anagram of "Talking Heads", whilst "Seven Deadly Finns" and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" were included on the deleted "Eno Box II: Vocal". During this period, Eno also played three dates with Phil Manzanera in the band 801, a "supergroup" that performed more or less reworked selections from albums by Eno, Manzanera, and Quiet Sun, as well as covers of songs by The Beatles ("Tomorrow Never Knows") and The Kinks ("You Really Got Me").

neg: Product Recall school student, and more scenes of Michael filming his apology video. When imitating Dwight, Jim says "Bears, beets, "Battlestar Galactica"," the last term being a reference to the re-imagined science fiction television series. Later, while driving Andy begins a rendition of "Drift Away", and Jim sings "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to cheer him up. Kelly and Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner) have a conversation pretending to be Bridget Jones and the Crocodile Hunter, respectively. Michael worries that "Newsweek" and CNN will pick up the cartoon scandal story from "The Scranton Times". "Product Recall" first aired in the United States on April

neg: Howie Richmond both pseudonyms used by Richmond, though Pete Seeger later claimed that its tune was derived from a traditional Irish melody, modified by Lead Belly, with new lyrics by Seeger and Lee Hays. Similar concerns over authorship have also been expressed in relation to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", otherwise known as "Wimoweh", on which "Paul Campbell" is credited as co-writer. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, many of the pop songs published by Richmond found success. These included "I Believe", "Fly Me to the Moon", "As Long As He Needs Me", "What Kind of Fool Am I?", and "Those Were the Days",

neg: Apollo 18 (album) a number of photographs from NASA, and the packaging was designed by John Flansburgh, under the pseudonym "Rolf Conant", with Barbara Lipp. Between 1992 and 1993, Bo Orloff, the band's assistant manager, sent out various informational updates via email to the band's mailing list. These included a full track listing prior to the album's release, as well as a press release and biography of the band. The bulletins also included information on the album's associated tour. The band appeared as a musical guest on numerous talk shows to promote "Apollo 18". "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" and "The Statue

neg: Product Recall assurance director—for failing to catch the error, tells Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling) to train the accountants to handle customer support calls, and sends Jim and Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) to a school that used the affected paper to print prom invitations. At the school, Andy is horrified to discover that his girlfriend is a student there, and is despondent throughout the visit. On the drive back, Jim cheers him up by initiating an a capella performance of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". To save his job, Creed calls the paper mill and, with careful queries, learns that a Debbie Brown was

neg: Consuela Biaz and replaced with an outro with himself singing "Wimoweh, wimoweh" (deliberately borrowed from another African tune "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"). Lead Vocal: Liz Mitchell. Backing Vocals: Liz Mitchell, Marcia Barrett, Frank Farian, La Mama (Cathy Bartney, Patricia Shockley, Madeleine Davis). A ballad story of a fictional character. A slightly different mix appeared on the original pressings, most notably including the line "Tell me, is our dream about to end", sung by Frank Farian just before the second verse. The full remixed second version (5:20) appeared only on the Hungarian 7" single and the French 12" single until it was finally

neg: Endless Night (song) Josh Tower, who portrayed Simba the longest in the Broadway production, sang "Endless Night" for a 2014 event celebrating African-American history at Upper Dublin High School to a positive audience response. Tower's performance of the song as part of the stage show received positive reviews from critics. Alton Fitzgerald White, who played Mufasa in various American productions of "The Lion King", recorded "Endless Night" for his studio album "Disney My Way!". Endless Night (song) "Endless Night" is a song written by composers Lebo M., Hans Zimmer, and Jay Rifkin. It premiered in the musical "The Lion King", a stage adaptation

neg: Dennis Marcellino various Motown recordings. Dennis Marcellino Dennis Marcellino (born January 17, 1948) is an American musician, speaker and author of psychology, philosophy, theology and political books. He has been a member of some famous music groups: The Tokens (famous for The Lion Sleeps Tonight), Sly and The Family Stone, The Elvin Bishop Group and Rubicon. He has also had a number of CD releases under his name, including a jazz CD with Mark Stefani titled "An Evening to Remember" (currently released as "Tenderly"). He currently tours as a speaker, musician and does media appearances. He wrote and produced the 5 episode

neg: Dennis Marcellino Dennis Marcellino Dennis Marcellino (born January 17, 1948) is an American musician, speaker and author of psychology, philosophy, theology and political books. He has been a member of some famous music groups: The Tokens (famous for The Lion Sleeps Tonight), Sly and The Family Stone, The Elvin Bishop Group and Rubicon. He has also had a number of CD releases under his name, including a jazz CD with Mark Stefani titled "An Evening to Remember" (currently released as "Tenderly"). He currently tours as a speaker, musician and does media appearances. He wrote and produced the 5 episode television documentary "Proven

neg: While the City Sleeps... While the City Sleeps... While the City Sleeps... is a 1986 studio album by George Benson, released on Warner Bros. Records. It features musicians like Paulinho da Costa, Preston Glass, Paul Jackson, Jr., Marcus Miller and Narada Michael Walden (as drummer and producer), alongside young talents of the time like Kenny G, Randy Jackson and Kashif. It's part of the "series" of 1980s pop albums Benson recorded. Although it does not have any instrumental tracks, Benson's guitar playing is somewhat in the headlight in songs like "Love Is Here Tonight", "Teaser" and "Too Many Times". Beside being the most successful

neg: Gerhard Marx circulation after a short run, and a close-up of Marx’s work. His agent, Warren Siebrits had already confirmed in March 2006 that Marx will be represented by the copyright lawyer Owen Dean, better known for The Lion Sleeps Tonight case. Gerhard Marx Gerhard Marx is a South African artist born in 1976. Born in 1976, he completed his master's degree in Fine Arts cum laude at the University of Cape Town in 2004. He has worked with well-known artists such as William Kentridge and the Handspring Puppet Company He currently teaches at the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg. According

neg: The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club was once filmed at the Layton Institute, Blackpool. Actress Elizabeth Dawn appeared as a waitress before she became more famous for her role as Vera Duckworth in "Coronation Street" (also recorded by Granada in Manchester). A clip from the show can be seen in the film "24 Hour Party People", where Shaun Ryder, in his formative years, is seen watching Karl Denver perform "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" ("Wimoweh"). Wheeltappers and shunters are railway workers. They were commonly employed by steam railways in Britain and elsewhere, but still are found both on British railways and in Eastern Europe. Although often called

neg: That's Why (You Go Away) world. The string arrangement of the song was released in the 2014 remastered edition of the album. The music video for the song was released later in 1995. It was later released on Michael Learns to Rock's YouTube official account. The song was used in the 1999 Chinese film "Postmen in the Mountains" starring Liu Ye. It was also using in 1995 Denmark film "Farligt venskab". Swedish band Barbados recorded a Swedish version, "Bilder av dig (när kylan tar tag)" for their 1997 album "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". That's Why (You Go Away) "That's Why (You Go Away)" is a

neg: The Black Diamonds (Australian band) Pat Aulton and Festival Records, they changed their name to Tymepiece, and they signed an extended contract to record under the new name. As Tymepiece, they recorded three singles featuring songs such as "Bird in the Tree" and a version of the Tokens' "Lion Sleeps Tonight". In 1971 they released the album, "Sweet Release", which featured an eclectic blend of psychedelic, progressive, blues, and country influences. Later that year the band broke up. In 1973, Alan Oloman joined the Executives. In he died of cancer at the age of 61. In recent years the Black Diamonds' work has come to

neg: Passengers (Italian band) Passengers (Italian band) Passengers (also spelled as I Passengers) were an Italian pop-italo disco musical group, mainly successful in the early eighties. The group formed in 1979, produced by Angelo and Felice Piccaredda and consisting of two male singers (Gesualdo "Kim" Arena, already active as a singer from the late 1960s, and Chuck Rolando) and two female vocalists (Mary Shay Collen and Elwanda Contreras). They got their first hits in 1980, with the single "He's Speedy Like Gonzales", which ranked tenth at the Italian hit parade, and with a cover version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". In 1981 and in

neg: Solomon Linda version recorded at Carnegie Hall in 1955 and released in April 1957. The Weavers' version was subsequently covered by The Kingston Trio in 1959. The Weavers' Carnegie Hall version was also the inspiration for the 1961 version recorded by popular music group The Tokens, for whom it was re-written extensively by George David Weiss and retitled "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"; this is the version with which most people are now familiar. (However, at the time, 1961–62, a fast-tempo version by the Karl Denver Trio was the more successful in the UK.) Despite the popularity and wide use of the song,

neg: Batallion 50 Rock the Hebron Casbah videos of Israeli soldiers in uniform dancing and singing. The lighthearted genre includes video of uniformed tank mechanics "busting a move" on a sidewalk, in which three soldiers lip sync to The Tokens' recording of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," and another in which a group of Israeli female soldiers dance to Avril Lavigne singing "Girlfriend". The IDF released a statement which read: "This was a joke by the soldiers, and the matter is currently being investigated by the battalion commanders." The video received numerous reactions in the world media, most of them humorous. British news anchors laughed, and the "Telegraph"

neg: Tim Friese-Greene songs for the pure-pop act Tight Fit, the single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in early 1982 (No.1 for three weeks in the UK charts) and its follow-up "Fantasy Island" (reached No.5), and he also produced and wrote most of the accompanying album. Later in 1982 he produced "Dragonfly", a single by The Nolans. Friese-Greene was brought into Talk Talk to assist in the remixing of "It's My Life" (1984). As a permanent supporting musician to the band, he produced, co-wrote, and played keyboards on four of Talk Talk's albums between 1984 and 1991: "It's My Life", "The Colour of Spring",

neg: The Lion Sleeps Tonight at Carnegie Hall" LP album, recorded in 1955 and issued in 1957. The song was also covered extensively by other folk revival groups such as The Kingston Trio, and exotica singer Yma Sumac. However, Miriam Makeba, in 1960, recorded the same song as "Mbube", with the writing credit given to "J. Linda". In 1961, two RCA Records producers, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, hired Juilliard-trained musician and lyricist George David Weiss to arrange a pop music cover of "Wimoweh" for the B-side of a 45-rpm single called "Tina", sung by the teenage doo-wop group The Tokens. Weiss wrote the English

neg: The Lion Sleeps Tonight to black audiences, "Mbube" became a hit and Linda a star throughout South Africa. By 1948, the song had sold over 100,000 copies in Africa and among black South African immigrants in Great Britain. Linda also lent its name to a style of African a cappella music that evolved into "isicathamiya" (also called "mbube"), popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. In 1949, Alan Lomax, then working as folk music director for Decca Records, brought Solomon Linda's 78 recording to the attention of his friend Pete Seeger of the folk group The Weavers. In November 1951, after having performed the song for

neg: Elliott Murphy semi-autobiographical novel, in French, German and Spanish editions, as well as two short story collections ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and "Where the Women Are Naked And The Men Are Rich") and in 2003 "Café Notes" (Hachette, France). In 2012 the complete version of "Cold & Electric" re-titled "Marty May" was published by Joelle Losfeld/Gallimard. On October 1, 2012, Elliott Murphy was awarded the Medaille de Vermeil de Ville de Paris in a ceremony at Hotel de Ville presided by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë for recognition of his career as a musician and author. On 4 November 2015 Elliott Murphy was

neg: Draggin' the Line the Line" is used as the background for Book Of Love's "Turn the World", from their 1991 album "Candy Carol". The song also features brief snippets (recreated) of The Lion Sleeps Tonight. In 1998 "The Roulette Story" was released featuring "Draggin' the Line" as one of 84 tracks celebrating Roulette Records' notable 20-year music history (the label had closed its doors in 1977). In various versions, "Draggin' the Line" has appeared on at least 41 studio albums, including covers by AC-Rock, Rusty Bryant, Crosswind Band, Barry Hay, R.E.M., The Squirrels, Vintage Buzz, The Wild Ones and Steve Wynn. The song

neg: Heaven Bound (I'm Ready) described the song negatively, saying that it sounded similar to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". An uncredited review in the "Indianapolis Star" was more favorable, calling the song "a clever merger of spiritual and country". Heaven Bound (I'm Ready) "Heaven Bound (I'm Ready)" is a song written by Dennis Linde and originally recorded by the American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys on their 1991 album "Unstoppable". It was released in August 1995 by American country music group Shenandoah as the third single from the album "In the Vicinity of the Heart". Their version of the song reached number 24

neg: Apollo 18 (album) observing that Turn Around' mimics Forties swing; the funky bass groove of 'The Guitar' interpolates a rewrite of 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight', fetchingly sung by Laura Cantrell. Another wry science lesson, 'See the Constellation', mixes a psychedelic/New Wave potion for a bouncy space trip." Robbins was critical of the disorganized "Fingertips" selections. A review by Craig Tomashoff, published in "People", lauded the variety found in "Fingertips". Tomashoff also made note of the wide vocabulary employed in the lyrics (citing, specifically, "Turn Around" and "I Palindrome I"), concluding that the album was "totally cool". On April 11, 1992, "Apollo 18" peaked

neg: Run to Him Run to Him "Run to Him" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Jack Keller and performed by Bobby Vee featuring the Johnny Mann Singers. It was produced by Snuff Garrett, and was featured on Vee's 1962 album, "Take Good Care of My Baby". One of the musicians on the song was session drummer Earl Palmer. "Run to Him" reached #2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and was kept from the #1 position by The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens. It also reached #4 in Canada, and #6 in the UK in 1961. The single's B-side, "Walkin with

neg: City Boy (band) to close the business in an interview dated August 15, 2016 and as of July 1, 2017 the business was closed and liquidating its assets. Roy Ward was the lead session singer on the remake of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" which was a major hit for Tight Fit in 1982. He went on to release a remake of Del Shannon's "Runaway" under his band name Tokyo Charm in 1982. Steve Broughton became a songwriter and producer, under the names Steven Broughton Lunt and Steve Lunt. He was the co-writer of Cyndi Lauper's hits "She Bop" and "The Goonies 'R' Good

neg: The Lion Sleeps Tonight been contacted by—and had reached an agreement with—Eric Gallo of Gallo Records in South Africa. The Americans maintained, however, that South African copyrights were not valid because South Africa was not a signatory to U.S. copyright law. In the 1950s, after Linda's authorship was made clear, Seeger sent Linda $1000. Seeger also instructed TRO/Folkways to henceforth pay his share of authors' earnings to Linda. The folksinger apparently trusted his publisher's word of honor and either saw no need, or was unable to make sure these instructions were carried out. In 2000, South African journalist Rian Malan wrote a feature article

neg: Coming to America and funny and fresh and great. The guy on "Coming to America" was the pig of the world... But I still think he's wonderful in the movie." Despite the experience, Landis and Murphy collaborated again six years later on "Beverly Hills Cop III". South African chorus Ladysmith Black Mambazo sings "Mbube" during the opening sequence (the song also known as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"). The group has gone on to record several different versions of "Mbube;" however, the version heard in "Coming to America" had not been released on its soundtrack or on CD as of 2006. Landis' calling card/easter

neg: The Nylons The Nylons The Nylons are an a cappella group founded in 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, best known for their covers of pop songs such as The Turtles' "Happy Together", Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". The band's current lineup includes Claude Morrison (tenor), Garth Mosbaugh (tenor/baritone), Gavin Hope (baritone/tenor/bass) and Tyrone Gabriel (bass/baritone). Morrison is the only original member still with the band (and still living) today. The band has reissued all their albums on CD through Unidisc Music. The Nylons' original lineup consisted of Claude Morrison (tenor), Paul Cooper (baritone), Marc

neg: A Lion's Trail an undisclosed sum. A Lion's Trail A Lion's Trail is a 2002 documentary film by François Verster about the rights for the popular song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", also known as "Wimoweh", "Wimba Way" or "Awimbawe", a song written and recorded by the South African shepherd and singer of Zulu origin Solomon Linda with the Evening Birds as "Mbube". In the 1950s, the song had been adapted by Pete Seeger of The Weavers as "Wimoweh" and further developed in the 1961 version recorded by popular music group The Tokens, for whom it was re-written extensively by George David Weiss. This

neg: A Lion's Trail A Lion's Trail A Lion's Trail is a 2002 documentary film by François Verster about the rights for the popular song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", also known as "Wimoweh", "Wimba Way" or "Awimbawe", a song written and recorded by the South African shepherd and singer of Zulu origin Solomon Linda with the Evening Birds as "Mbube". In the 1950s, the song had been adapted by Pete Seeger of The Weavers as "Wimoweh" and further developed in the 1961 version recorded by popular music group The Tokens, for whom it was re-written extensively by George David Weiss. This version had been

neg: The Lion Sleeps Tonight at least a year in their concerts, The Weavers recorded an adapted version with brass and string orchestra and chorus and released it as a 78 single titled "Wimoweh", a mishearing of the original song's chorus of ""Uyimbube"", . Their version contained the chanting chorus "Wimoweh" and Linda's improvised melodic line. The Weavers credited the song as "Traditional", with arrangement by "Paul Campbell", later found to be a pseudonym used by the Weavers in order to claim royalties. It reached Billboard's top ten and became a staple of The Weavers' live repertoire, achieving further exposure on their best-selling "The Weavers