Who back in the 70's sang the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"?
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- M.C.S. - Dave
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I think it was from the 50s originally. It was "The Tokens"
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The Tokens. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LBmUwi6mEo +5
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In the jungle, the quiet jungle, the lion sleeps tonight...
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Just so you know, it was written back in 39, and recorded by Solomon Linda & The Evening Birds. The song was named "Mbube". (1st video) Then, Pete Seeger and the Weavers recorded it in 1952 (2nd video) New lyrics were written based on the story about the song by Pete Seeger, and The Tokens recorded it in 1961. (3rd video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q41r1nmmGB4 (embedding disabled for this video) And, in 1972, Robert John had a version of the The Token's version (3rd video, below) I THINK this is probably the one to which you are referring. Many other people covered it, too, in ALL versions. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight for more.
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