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	The Lion Sleeps Tonight
		In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.
		In the jungle, the quiet jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.
		Near the village, the quiet village, the lion sleeps tonight.
	globalia.net /donlope/fz/songs/Lion_Sleeps_Tonight.html (623 words)

	The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The song was first recorded by its writer, Solomon Linda, and his group, The Evening Birds, in 1939 under the title "Mbube" (Zulu for "lion").
		In 1952, they recorded their version entitled "Wimoweh", a mishearing of the original song's chorus of 'uyimbube' (meaning "you're a lion"), and credited the four group members as the composers (under the group pseudonym Paul Campbell) and published by Folkways.
		For The Tokens' 1961 cover "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", new lyrics were written by George Weiss, Luigi Creatore, and Hugo Peretti, based very loosely upon the meaning of the original song.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight (697 words)

	The Lion Sleeps Tonight
		Lions are able to take down prey three times their size.
		A male lion's mane is somewhat of a status symbol.
		At a kill, the lion with the largest mane often eats first.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Canyon/1975/TheLionSleepsTonight.html (191 words)

	The Lion Sleeps Tonight: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The lion (panthera leo) is a mammal of the family felidae....
		Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the united states....
		The lion king is the 32nd film in the disney animated feature canon, and is also the highest-grossing traditionally animated feature film ever released in the...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_lion_sleeps_tonight.htm (842 words)

	Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The song known as "Wimoweh" (and later as "The Lion Sleeps Tonght") was written by Zulu singer and entertainer Solomon Linda, who recorded it with his vocal group, the Evening Birds, in a studio in South Africa in 1939.
		You're a lion?," and grew out of an incident in the groups' boyhood when they used to chase lions that were stalking their fathers' cattle.
		The text of their song, in English, goes as follows: Hush, hush, the lion is sleeping, the lion is sleeping, creep up softly on him, for If we are successful, there shall be lion meat tonight.
	users2.ev1.net /~smyth/linernotes/thesongs/Wimoweh.htm (613 words)

	Banff National Park - Wildlife - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
		Mountain lions are scarce in the Banff area, yet visitors and locals alike do have the chance of spotting one.
		Researchers suspect that the female, who may or may not be a different female than the one using the area east of the town, killed the elk, then had the kill taken over by a larger male lion that killed the kitten.
		Last spring, a mountain lion used the Fireside underpass to get from the Norquay and Cory slopes to the Vermilion area, and killed a cow elk at the end of Third Vermilion Lake.
	www.canadianrockies.net /banff/cougar.html (725 words)

	The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens Songfacts
		Apparently they were a bold bunch, and got the idea for this from when they used to chase lions who were going after the cattle owned by their families.
		The run at #1 for "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was interrupted by a unique event: the return to #1 by Chubby Checker's "The Twist" 17 months after it hit the top spot on the Hot 100 for the first time.
		When introducing the song, singer Dave Guard stated that "Mbube" was a song about a sleeping lion (he doesn't refer to the song by name: he gives the background of the song before the Trio sings it).
	www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=1841 (1176 words)

	FISHER-PRICE Games The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I think it might be more fun if when the lion roars, you have to go back to the bush that's the same color as your playing piece (only stay put if you happen to already be on the right color of bush).
		It looked so cute, you push the lion head down and it plays "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" while everyone takes turns rolling the colored and number dice to determine how many spaces you move your character around the board.
		Then at any given moment the lion wakes up, pops his head up, and roars(which means you have to go back to a certain spot on the board)...which scares the daylights out of my daughter.
	fungames.com.au /product-detail/8/toy/B000231FAY (629 words)

	www.madsenblog.dk » Blog Archive » The Lion Sleeps Tonight
		The classic tune that acompanies the above depicted insanely great animation is the world wide know “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”.
		A Danish musician called “Bamse”* had a major hit in Denmark in the 70′ies with a rewritten Danish version of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” (”Vimmersvej”)…He earned lots of money from off it, and so did a lot of other artists around the world who recorded their version of the song.
		CNN: ‘Lion’ daughters win landmark case: Three impoverished South African women, whose father wrote “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” have won a six-year battle for royalties in a landmark case that could affect musicians worldwide.
	madsenblog.dk /?p=338 (355 words)

	RPG Archive: Role Playing Community Site and Online Adventure Database
		There are three types of endings: all died at the "hand" of the Lion or stayed in the tower; some escaped but did not close the doors; some escaped and closed the doors.
		Lord Smythe speaks of constantly of his former hunting exploits: his 3-tons rhino, the 15 feet-long lion or the whole pack of attacking cheetahs or war exploits: the battle Van Pelt hill or the Battle of the Verdun.
		Tonight you will be the time to bring your project: mount an expedition that will make you famous, along with anyone who will accompany you.
	www.rpgarchive.com /index.php?page=adv1&advid=474 (11120 words)

	The lion sleeps better tonight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Relatives of the original composer of the popular song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - a South African named Solomon Linde - have dropped their lawsuit against US entertainment group Disney after settling for an undisclosed sum of money with a US music publishing house, a news agency reports, citing their lawyer.
		The family, who lives in Soweto, was claiming 10 million rand in damages from Disney in compensation for Linde, who composed the original Zulu tune called "Mbube" (meaning lion) in 1939 and died with less than $25 in 1962.
		Lawyer Owen Dean said the settlement was reached with New Jersey-based Abilene Music, which holds the copyright to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", which in turn licensed it to the Walt Disney Corporation.
	www.sundaytimes.co.za /zones/sundaytimesNEW/topstories/topstories1140152116.aspx (233 words)

	Worldandnation: Sisters win 'Lion Sleeps Tonight' royalties
		No one is saying how many millions will go to the daughters of the late composer Solomon Linda, who died in poverty from a curable kidney disease in 1962 at age 53.
		According to family lore, he wrote the song in a matter of minutes and was inspired by his childhood tasks of chasing prowling lions from the cattle he herded.
		Owen Dean, South Africa's leading copyright lawyer, argued successfully for Linda's family that under the British Imperial Copyright Act of 1911, which was in force in South Africa at the time Linda composed his song, all rights revert to the heirs, who are entitled to renegotiate royalties.
	www.sptimes.com /2006/03/23/Worldandnation/Sisters_win__Lion_Sle.shtml (732 words)

	A Cappella News: The Lion Finally Sleeps Tonight
		Relatives of the original composer of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" have dropped a lawsuit against Disney after settling for an undisclosed sum of money with a US music publishing house, their lawyer said Thursday.
		Linda, who died with less than $25 (about R151) in his bank account in 1962, was a Zulu migrant worker who composed the song "Mbube" (lion) in Johannesburg in 1939 and recorded it with a singing group called the Evening Birds.
		South African lawyer Owen Dean said the settlement was reached with New Jersey-based Abilene Music, which holds the copyright to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" which in turn licenced it to the Walt Disney Corporation.
	www.acappellanews.com /archive/001096.html (294 words)

	PUPPET SKITS -- Lion Sleeps Tonight
		Lion is tired and lies down to sleep
		Lion starts tossing and turning in his sleep.
		He starts complaining that he can’t sleep with all that racket going on.
	www.district7.org /puppets/scripts/script-lion.htm (110 words)

	Family settles 'Lion Sleeps Tonight' suit. 17/02/2006. ABC News Online
		Relatives of the original composer of The Lion Sleeps Tonight have dropped a lawsuit against Disney after settling for an undisclosed sum of money with a US music publishing house.
		The family of the late Solomon Linda, who composed the original Zulu tune for the song, was claiming 10 million rand ($A2.2 million) in damages from the entertainment giant.
		South African lawyer Owen Dean said the settlement was reached with New Jersey-based Abilene Music, which holds the copyright to The Lion Sleeps Tonight which in turn licensed it to the Walt Disney Corporation.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200602/s1572777.htm (331 words)

	~ The Lion Sleeps Tonight ~
		A lawsuit was filed in 2004 by the family of Solomon Linda seeking damages for the copyright of the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Mr.
		Linda had written and recorded the song in 1939 under the name "Mbube," which is Zulu for "The Lion." In 1952 he sold the copyright of "Mbube" to Gallo Studios, the company that produced his record, for 10 shillings (about 87 cents today).
		Over the years, more than 150 artists have recorded the song under the name, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." The song has survived many versions; a jazz version, nightclub version, folk version, pop version, and finally a 1994 Walt Disney hit movie under the name "The Lion King." Mr.
	www.stinalisa.com /Lion.html (439 words)

	Am I Right - Artist Summary Tokens
		Mar 17 "The Lion Farts Tonight " by TOR Hershman a parody of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight " by The Tokens
		When I first heard this song at age 10, I thought they were talking about the mythological hero Orion sleeping in the jungle.
		I guess he slept in the jungle once the lion was dead.
	www.amiright.com /artists/tokens.shtml (197 words)

	Behind The Hits: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
		Its original title was “Mbube,” (pronounced EEM-boo-beh) which means “Lion,” and it was sung with a haunting Zulu refrain that sounded, to English-speaking people, like “wimoweh.” “Mbube” was a big hit in what is now Swaziland; it sold nearly 100,000 copies in the 1940s by its originator, South African Solomon Linda.
		Linda had written it based on a boyhood experience chasing lions that were stalking the family's cattle, and recorded the tune in 1939 with his group the Evening Birds.
		This alternate is of considerable interest, since it proves that the falsetto vocal part near the end of the record (which provided the melody for the verse of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight") was a chance improvisation by Linda, not a part of the song itself.
	www.bobshannon.com /stories/Lion.html (1574 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| 'Lion Sleeps Tonight' royalty row
		The battle for royalties from the song Mbube - better known as The Lion Sleeps Tonight - by the family of the song's writer, Solomon Linda, has been backed by South Africa's government.
		The rights to the song were bought by Gallo records from Linda for a lump sum shortly after he wrote it in 1939.
		Cover versions inspired by it and its derivative, Wimoweh, include Tight Fit's 1981 UK Number One The Lion Sleeps Tonight, and REM's The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, from their big selling album, Automatic For The People.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/3000090.stm (476 words)

	telescreen.org: The Lion Can Finally Sleep Tonight
		Seeger, mishearing the Zulu chorus of "uyembube" ("you're a lion"), retitled the song "Wimoweh" and recorded it in 1952.
		It's been featured in at least thirteen movies, and not incidentally the juggernaut Broadway musical "The Lion King." All of which means big money...none of which went to Solomon Linda, the original composer of the music that went around the world.
		His widow and children lived in a shack with a cow-dung floor in Soweto, subsisting on a diet of corn porridge and chicken feet, and the childrens' yearly reward for passing another grade in school was an egg.
	vidiot.typepad.com /telescreen/2006/03/the_lion_can_fi.html (869 words)

	Amazon.ca: Lion Sleeps Tonight [Import] [CD-single]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The song, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," was based on an South African Zulu folk song "Wimoweh" made popular by the classic folk group the Weavers in the 1950s.
		In 1962 the Tokens recorded "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," which hit #1 on the Billboard Pop charts.
		I heard this song -the lion- for the first time 20 years ago (I was 4 years old)...
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002WID (527 words)

	3rd Ear Music Forum - Where does the lion sleep tonight? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds cut several songs under Motsieloa's direction, but the one we're interested in was called "Mbube", Zulu for "the lion", recorded at their second session, in 1939.
		You're a lion!" inspired by an incident in the Birds' collective Zulu boyhood when they chased lions that were stalking their father's cattle.
		What concerns us here is the song's bloodline, and everyone agrees on that: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was a reworking of "Wimoweh", which was a copy of "Mbube".
	www.3rdearmusic.com /forum/mbube2.html (4605 words)

	Eye - GLOBAL GROOVE: The lion sleeps tonight - 04.06.95 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Now, due to its inclusion in Disney's The Lion King, the song has become a hit all over again.Which is why BMG has rushed out a Tokens collection titled -- you guessed it, The Lion Sleeps Tonight.
		Seeger, in his autobiography, Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, explains the intriguing political background to "Mbube/Wimoweh/Lion Sleeps Tonight." First, because of apartheid, he wanted to ensure that royalty money went straight to Linda rather than his Johannesburg label.
		Trying to duplicate the success of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," the group started putting English lyrics to other African songs, including "B'wanina (Pretty Girl)," to no avail.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_04.06.95/MUSIC/gg0406.htm (803 words)

	Lion sleeps tonight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A lion roared somewhere, a triumphant battle cry, as that morning's prey lay dead at his feet.
		He had never actually been close to a lion that wasn't either dead or doped, and these were tiny little lions, but he was still a bit nervous about it.
		They'd parked the jeep at a safe distance - a place that the lions wouldn't be able to see it, but that they would be able to run to, should anything happen, and JC had taken his tranquilizer gun and they'd stalked close to the pride.
	www.geocities.com /sheherazade_s_footfalls/leo.html (7450 words)

	Moonage Webdream: The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Being 40something, I was introduced to the song by Robert John, who had a hit with it in 1972.
		That's some versions that are important to me. The version that made it popular, the version that introduced it to me, the version I can sing to my son, and two versions we can watch together.
		Yup, that would be The Lion Sleeps Tonight 20 consecutive times.
	moonagewebdream.blogs.com /moonage_webdream/2005/02/the_lion_sleeps.html (1379 words)

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