If you prefer you can replace the chnk with a strong down strum. Then change to the next chord for the final upstrum and play the pattern again: The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) Lyrics by The Kingston Trio from the American Troubadours album - including song video, artist biography, translations and. But not before Solomon Linda died in poverty and his youngest daughter contracted AIDS and died, unable to afford retroviral drugs.īut despite its disheartening back-story the song has produced three incredible records (it’s the Disney one I don’t think is up to much). The Tokens The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) (Mbume) Label: Downtown Records & Filmworks DT-103 Format: Vinyl, 12, 33 RPM Country. Within two years, there had been over 150 cover versions worldwide, in languages from Japanese to Finnish. After legal wrangles the family eventually got some money. In 1961, producers Hugo & Luigi hired Brill Building tunesmith George David Weiss to add lyrics to Wimoweh and it became The Lion Sleeps Tonight, a No. The Tokens label commissioned English-language lyrics for the song, which was re-titled The Lion Sleeps Tonight and went on to become not just a 1 song. Most profitably it was using by Disney in The Lion King without any royalties going to Linda’s family. That was adapted again for the startling song The Lion Sleeps Tonight with none of the royalties going to Linda. And The Lion Sleeps Tonight is definitely an oldie and a goodie in the annals of popular music. Shaka the Lion was an old king who was expected to awaken to a good purpose. Pete Seeger adapted it under the misheard name Wimoweh with none of the royalties going to Linda. The word Seeger transcribed as wimoweh was really uyimbube, Zulu for you are a liona reference to the legendary Shaka the Lion. Folk song collector, Alan Lomax heard the song and suggested it to Pete Seeger. The short version: The song Mbube was written and performed by South African Solomon Linda in 1939.
It was recorded as Wimoweh by the the Weavers in. There’s an overview of the song’s history here (including a link to the brilliant Rolling Stone article by Rian Malan on the subject). The song was adapted and covered internationally by many pop and folk revival artists in the 1950s and 1960s. That left unresolved the far greater earnings of The Lion Sleeps Tonight. This song has a tortured and unpleasant history. later agreed to cede all future royalties from Wimoweh to Linda's family. The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) The Tokens The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) Credits Produced By Hugo & Luigi Written By Albert Stanton, George David Weiss, Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti & Solomon. The Tokens – The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Chords)
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