The Lion sleeps Tonight
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a popular song sung by The Tokens in 1961. The song originally titled "Mbube" or "The Lion" was written by South African Zuly musician Solomon Popoli Linda and recorded by Solomon and his group The Evening Birds.
In 1951, Peter Seeger and his folk group The Weavers recorded their version of song and retitled it as "Wimoweh", a mishearing of the original song's chorus of 'uyimbube' (meaning "you're a lion"). The Kingston Trio also covered this version in 1959.
New lyrics to the song were written by George David Weiss, Luigi Creatore, and Hugo Peretti, based very loosely upon the meaning of the original song. The Tokens' 1961 cover of this version rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks (December 1961 to January 1962).
Robert John and Tight Fits are among the many artistes who have done their versions of this song.
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