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Citing non-payment of royalties, they defected to RCA, where their reinvigoration of The Weavers' Wimoweh, retitled The Lion Sleeps Tonight, paced the pop charts and went gold late in the year. The group continued to record throughout the decade, delving into production (they helmed The Chiffons' '63 chart-topper He's So Fine ) and later forming their own label, B.T. Puppy.
The Tokens fue una agrupación estadounidense de doo-wop originaria de Brooklyn, Nueva York y fundada en 1955. Son reconocidos principalmente por su exitoso sencillo de 1961 " The Lion Sleeps Tonight ", [ 1 ] [ 2 ] una versión de la canción del compositor africano Solomon Linda .
A vocal group who first emerged in the doo wop era in the 1950s, the Tokens achieved their greatest fame when "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," their cover of a South African folk song, became a major hit in 1961. The group would never have another record go to number one, but their skillful vocal blend and savvy approach to material (adding folk and sophisticated pop accents to their doo wop ...
(B.T. Puppy Records) 17 tracks
The Tokens. A Wikimédia Commons tartalmaz The Tokens témájú médiaállományokat. A The Tokens amerikai énekegyüttes, amely 1955-ben alakult meg New Yorkban. Legismertebb daluk a The Lion Sleeps Tonight, amely Solomon Linda 1939-es dalának feldolgozása. A dal az együttes egyetlen közismert slágere, ezért gyakran szoktak rájuk ...
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Producers Hugo & Luigi, Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore. Writers George David Weiss, Hugo & Luigi, Hugo Peretti & 2 more. Label RCA Victor. Soprano Vocals Anita Darian. Show all albums by The Tokens.
