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The Tokens. Doo-wop to vocal pop group from Brooklyn, New York City, USA. Formed in 1955 by Hank Medress. The original band included Neil Sedaka, but it was not until Medress reassembled the group in 1960, with brothers Phil and Mitch Margo and lead vocalist Jay Siegel, that they really hit the big time. By 1967 they had scored nine charting ...
I The Tokens sono stati un gruppo musicale Doo-wop statunitense formatosi nel quartiere di Brooklyn a New York nel 1955. Sono famosi soprattutto per aver pubblicato nel 1961 la cover del brano di Solomon Linda Mbube , ribattezzandolo The Lion Sleeps Tonight , che raggiunse la vetta della classifica Billboard Hot 100 [1] dove rimase per 3 settimane.
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 .
Původně tato píseň byla napsána Solomonem Lindou v Jižní Africe, kde se nazývala Mbube. The Tokens zpívali první anglickou verzi této písně. Tato píseň se později stala hitem v mnoha jazycích. Do roku 1970 následovalo ještě několik menších hitů v amerických hitparádách. Pak se oddělil Henry Medress od ostatních ...
The Tokens var ei amerikansk doo wop-gruppe som blei etablert i Brooklyn 1955. Gruppa var samansett av Hank Medress, Neil Sedaka, brørne Mitch og Phil Margo i tillegg til Jay Siegel. Den største hiten fekk gruppa i 1961 med versjonen av den opphavlege sørafrikanske songen
The Token, ab 1838 The Token and Atlantic Souvenir, war ein literarischer Almanach, der jährlich zwischen 1828 und 1842 in Boston erschien. Für die amerikanische Literaturgeschichte ist er von Bedeutung, da in ihm zahlreiche der Kurzgeschichten Nathaniel Hawthornes erschienen. Illustration aus dem Token für das Jahr 1830.
The Tokens were the first vocal group to produce a million-seller record for another. "He's So Fine," by the Chiffons. Another Tokens hit production by The Chiffons "Sweet Talkin' Guy' was co-written by music executive Doug Morris, currently CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, whose history with The Tokens goes back to Morris' days as a staff songwriter and promotion director for Laurie Records.
