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Henry " Hank " Medress (November 19, 1938 – June 18, 2007) was an American singer and record producer, best known for his taking part in the American band The Tokens . Biography. Medress was born in Brooklyn, New York City, where he attended "Abraham Lincoln" High School.
Today's featured artist is Hank Medress (1938 - 2007), former lead singer of the one-hit-wonder doo-wop band The Tokens, who hit #1 with "The Lion Sleeps Ton...
Hank Medress, a founding member of the 1960s doo-wop group the Tokens, whose biggest hit was “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 68. The cause was lung...
Hank Medress, Neil Sedaka, Eddie Rabkin, ... This Brooklyn doo wop group was originally known as the Linc-Tones when they formed in 1955 at Lincoln High School.
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Profile: Born: 19th November 1938 Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died: 18th June 2007 New York, USA. American producer and singer/songwriter. Founder of vocal group The Tokens responsible for the hit The Lion Sleeps Tonight and found fame as a producer for the iconic Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree. Show more.
25. Juni 2007 · New York singer and music producer Hank Medress, best known as the voice behind The Lion Sleeps Tonight by doo-wop group The Tokens, has died. Medress, who was 68, died June 18 at his...
Although I met Hank Medress and the Tokens backstage at a Murray the K Rock'n'Roll Show in 1961, it wasn't until two years later that I had my first real conversation with him. We were lying side by side on gurneys at Lincoln Hospital up in the Bronx, donating blood to songwriter Ronnie Mack ('He's So Fine'), a few days before he succumbed to Hodgkin's disease. Although it was a serious time ...
