The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)

About The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)

"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a song originally written and recorded by Solomon Linda under the title "Mbube" or the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939. Linda's original was written in Zulu, while the English version's 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, especially after it was published by Folkways Music Publishers in December 1951 .

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About this song

Credited to

The Tokens

Album

Wimoweh!!! - The Best Of The Tokens · Track 1 of 20 · Opens the album

Released

August 29, 1994

Duration

2:42

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From the album: Wimoweh!!! - The Best Of The Tokens