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Manhattan, New York, United States. Occupation (s) Singer, record producer. 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 .
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...
24. Juni 2007 · Hank Medress. Dave Laing. Sun 24 Jun 2007 19.09 EDT. The founder of the Tokens and producer of Tie a Yellow Ribbon. In 1961, the New York vocal group the Tokens sold more than a million copies...
The original members were Neil Sedaka, Hank Medress, Eddie Rabkin, and Cynthia Zolotin; however, Rabkin was replaced in 1956 by Jay Siegel. In the same year the band recorded its first single, "While I Dream", with Sedaka on lead vocals; the song was a local hit in New York. Sedaka and Howard Greenfield wrote much of the group's early material.
- 1955–1978, 1998–2000
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 ...
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.
