2007-09-09 06:30:53 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" began as a 1939 African popular music hit "Mbube" that, in modified versions, also became a hit in the US and UK.
"Mbube" (Zulu for "lion") was first recorded by its writer, Solomon Linda, and his group, The Evening Birds, in 1939. Gallo Record Company paid Linda a single fee for the recording and no royalties. "Mbube" became a hit throughout South Africa and sold about one hundred thousand copies during the 1940s. The song became so popular that Mbube lent its name to a style of African a cappella music, though the style has since been mostly replaced by isicathamiya (a softer version).
2007-09-09 06:37:04 · answer #1 · answered by kk loves richie sambora 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) by the Tokens
2016-05-20 05:55:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The song Mbube (pronounced eem-boo-bey) 1939
Wimoweh
Wimoweh was the original title and it was a Zulu chant song
The Tokens: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
from The Tokens (Victor 1961)
2007-09-09 09:35:39 · answer #3 · answered by Terry G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tokens
In the jungle, the quiet jungle
the lion sleeps tonight
1962
love it!
2007-09-09 06:32:55 · answer #4 · answered by diannegoodwin@sbcglobal.net 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds but I think that The Tokens version is what everyone knows.
2007-09-09 06:35:08 · answer #5 · answered by blahdeblah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tokens!
2007-09-09 06:36:19 · answer #6 · answered by Bryce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tokens - 1962 It was their one and only hit! I have the MP3 file of this very track!
Good luck.
2007-09-09 06:38:19 · answer #7 · answered by tunisianboy46 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tight fit
2007-09-09 07:14:02 · answer #8 · answered by Michele H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tokens
2007-09-09 06:34:18 · answer #9 · answered by book writer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tamon&Pumba
2007-09-09 06:33:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋