Justabout every song that makes it to #1 takes a long, strange journey to get there. But perhaps none of those journeys are longer or stranger than that of
Owim-o-weh o-wim-o-weh o-wim-weh. Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling, the lion sleeps tonight. Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling, the lion sleeps tonight. Whuh whuh whuh wim-o-weh. wee-ooh wim-o-weh wee-ooh. Wim-o-weh wee-ooh wim-o-weh. Submit lyrics correction →. 55k. Like.
Thepost R.I.P. Philip Margo, Singer of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Dead at 79 appeared first on Consequence. Philip Margo, longtime member of The Tokens — the doo-wop vocal group most famousPerhapsthe strangest and most evocative record of that season was "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens. Lead singer Jay Siegel's spectacular falsetto vocal turn, surrounded by African rhythms and otherworldly harmonies, transported me to a frighteningly beautiful world in which majestic creatures slumbered peacefully in fierce jungle . 201 334 457 306 475 269 279 307