When i was young I played this 45 record till i wore it out. Incredible vocals. I now 68 years old. This is the first time I've seen what the singers looked like.
And what do you think now that you’ve seen them? I’m 40 and that’s the first time I’ve seen them and grew up hearing it on my dads radio station and of course the lion king lol.
Isn't the internet amazing? Someone was talking to me about Genesis, and I had a moment of profound cognitive dissonance, until I realized: I was a big fan of Genesis in the 90s, before Wikipedia existed, so despite being a big fan I knew nothing about them.
Amazing. One of the greatest songs of all time. Can listen to it over and over and it's exhilarating each time. Genius. Intertwining of all the sounds is astonishing. A treasure forever.
Good morning my friend I was born in 1955 to The tokens was great in their era to Today's music 🎶 is like garbage to Am still listening to this music in august of 2024 to Thanks for the great music 🎶 to and it will be timeless classic to
This is fantastic! Every time I hear them sing this song, it's like the first time! I love the musical "growling"! How delighted I am to get to comment. This group is WONDERFUL. If any of them are reading these comments from their delighted listeners, please know I really appreciate what you do with music!! Martha ♡
The Tokens were pro-civil rights, as shown here. An all-white male doo-wop group from Brooklyn NY performing a cover of a Zulu folk song in the early 1960's just screams "down with racism" to me.
Loved this song as a kid in the 60's. I always played it at the local café we went to on occasion where the juke box things were at the tables. Today I think he was ahead of his time and could have been a star in 80's hair band music!
WDOT used to play this song at 7:30 every morning. I'd listen to it on my little transistor radio as I walked to school. Transistor radios ! Ancient technology !
@@larryglover5869 I still have one packed away in my closet. I bought something smaller and went with the new tech eventually, but I never did get over the awe I had of that tiny radio as a kid.
Jay Siegel was in a group named the Linc-Tones in the late 1950s....with Neil Sedaka. An early Tokens line-up included Jay Traynor - the original "Jay" of Jay & The Americans.
Impossible to not love it! Did y'all know it was originally written in 1939, in the Zulu language? Now the whole world knows it and loves it...thank you, Tokens.
God bless your soul Mitch Margo. You inspired many children with this song. I'll never forget you😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💞💞💞💞💞💜💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞
On occasion when this song gets in my head I feel like I’m in heaven and have it on repeat mode all day as I sing along to it! This will be my next karaoke song but I’m going to have to learn how to do harmonies and say that most complicated word I can’t even attempt spelling but you know the word as it’s the basis of the entire song!!!
In the jungle, the mighty jungle The lion sleeps tonight In the jungle, the mighty jungle The lion sleeps tonight (Chorus) A whim away, a whim away Near the village, the peaceful village The lion sleeps tonight Near the village, the peaceful village The lion sleeps tonight (Chorus) A whim away, a whim away Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling The lion sleeps tonight Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling The lion sleeps tonight (chorus) A whim away, a whim away Near the village, the peaceful village The lion sleeps tonight Near the village, the quiet village The lion sleeps tonight (Chorus) A whim away, a whim away My little darling Don't fear, my little darling My little darling Don't fear, my little darling
I listened to them for the first time in caracas venezuela in 1981. What a thrill to hear them today reminded me of my youth that beautiful to hear them again
estas canciones me llevan a mis mas lindos recuerdos de mi infancia, ya que mi madre escuchaba estas lindas canciones que para mi a pesar de que son mas antiguas que yo pero que son muy hermosas, como me me hubiese gustado haber nacido en esa epoca tan maravillosa.
that song i heard once when i was young child 1983 as i remember, looks like everything becomes older and bad quality, thumbs up that beautiful song and real sounds soprano
The original soprano, Janet, died. a huge loss, but replaceable by a Donna Groome who is a terrific singer who can hit the money note. I am a singer and keyboardist and pianist and am also Donna Groome of Nashville, Tenn.(Donelson,)
The original soprano on this recording was Anita Darian, a singer with the NYC Opera who sang the soprano background. She was not a member the Tokens. The "Janet" you referred to was Janet Vogel - she sang with the Skyliners and is, sadly, deceased. Donna Groom replaced her with the Skyliners - not the Tokens. Donna Groom sang with the Tokens for a PBS Special - the Skyliners were also on that show and the Tokens "borrowed" Donna Groom only for that performance of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".
If what you say I'd correct, info in re donna Groome on her Facebook is incorrect. Go to her timeline to read it. I am Donna Groome, also a retired singer and keyboard, but there is an ..E..at the end of my name and I Am from Baltimore and never heard of Anita Darian. Tell me more VB on her and Shutter.29, thank you.
If what you say I'd correct, info in re donna Groome on her Facebook is incorrect. Go to her timeline to read it. I am Donna Groome, also a retired singer and keyboard, but there is an ..E..at the end of my name and I Am from Baltimore and never heard of Anita Darian. Tell me more VB on her and Shutter.29, thank you.
The D.J. is Don Webster of ABC affiliate WEWS-TV5 in Cleveland, Ohioi. Don was the weatherman for quite a long time. He hosted a local talent called "Shindig". Do not know when this episode was recorded. Sadly, Don passed away.
When i was young I played this 45 record till i wore it out. Incredible vocals. I now 68 years old. This is the first time I've seen what the singers looked like.
And what do you think now that you’ve seen them? I’m 40 and that’s the first time I’ve seen them and grew up hearing it on my dads radio station and of course the lion king lol.
@@ReadytoRetire112 Not at all what I expected.
Randall Kelnhofer me either!
Same here! I am 64. It was a real good hit at the time and it’s great to see the singers now..
Isn't the internet amazing? Someone was talking to me about Genesis, and I had a moment of profound cognitive dissonance, until I realized: I was a big fan of Genesis in the 90s, before Wikipedia existed, so despite being a big fan I knew nothing about them.
Go listen to anyone else do this, and you will come back to this guy and realize he is one of the most powerful countertenors to ever sing.
lebarosky , yes. One has to have a big perfectly round head for it.
lebarosky You think this is the best countertenor? Humm search for...
Vitas Opera 2
My heart 💕💕 thank you for knowing
Vitas
lebarosky He is not a countertenor.
You don't find this video. This video finds you!
I thought the same jaha
Debkanchan Samadder oh yes it has found me thnx
Sounds like Russia
Say no more...
Never been a truer comment in history
How could anyone not love this song???
This got me so much
There are always lurking trolls.
I don't like it...I LOVE IT!! :)))
pipeguy1958
only have eyes for you
Sang this song to my children when they were babies...then to my grandchildren! One of my all time favorites! Love it...never gets old!
Special Applause for the background-soprano. magical song very nice true
A.Theremin
Gisela Gosewinkel : I Agree I could hear her but not see her, She is however on the later video of this song and she is fantastic.
This is on live TV. It’s lip synced. Compare it to the original recording, it’s exactly the same.
Omg the sophrano make have chills
SUPER SOPRANO
how could you not love this song
This comment has 69 likes. I’m not gonna like it and ruin the 69.
because some of us have taste?
It's a beautiful song and to see them so young. No one can sing it like the Tokens.
I can. It was stolen from Solomon Linda and he died without getting any money for his work.
I remember 1961 and this song......my childhood when I was innocent
Love this song! Wonderful childhood memories.
I remember the girl I was dating when this was on the radio in 1961.We used to sing along......great memories.
dabprod .....I've got her...had her a long ...long time...we have grand kids now!!
@@bertlambert3817 I'm dating with one of your grandkids now.
@@bertlambert3817 rude...funny but rude
@@Xidane007 Ladies and gentlemen we got him
Dabprod, ever wonder what she became?
Amazing. One of the greatest songs of all time. Can listen to it over and over and it's exhilarating each time. Genius. Intertwining of all the sounds is astonishing. A treasure forever.
Loved this song for the last 47 years! and still loving it!
Good morning my friend
I was born in 1955 to
The tokens was great in their era to
Today's music 🎶 is like garbage to
Am still listening to this music in august of 2024 to
Thanks for the great music 🎶 to and it will be timeless classic to
@larryvermeer6170 I too was born in October of 1955
Truly...I never knew Andre the Giant could hit notes like that !!!!!!
Xd now I can't unsee it- he does look like Andre
R.I.P. The Boss.
Bert Lambert
He does look Like Andre. Your rite Boss.
I about died laughing
Bert Lambert Beautiful.
RIP Solomon Linda, the true writer. Mbube 1939
This is fantastic! Every time I hear them sing this song, it's like the first time! I love the musical "growling"! How delighted I am to get to comment. This group is WONDERFUL. If any of them are reading these comments from their delighted listeners, please know I really appreciate what you do with music!! Martha ♡
Agree! Majestic!
I agree with most of these contributors, this is the best recorded version of this beautiful song
Yes, you're so right. Her voice is nothing short of tremendous and Angelic. She really made this song the hit that is was nearly to the extent of Jay.
I remember this when I was a kid, I loved and love it so much, Hauntingly Beautiful.
The original song of it is called Mbube . It was composed by Solomon Linda
The lead singer Jay Siegel had a very successful career as a Medical Doctor.
In a musical? 😉
who told you that?
Always have something to fall back on if things don't pan out LOL
yeah he looks like it
Brian May also earned a degree in astronomy.
Flawless! A musical gem from a truly magic era.
The Tokens were pro-civil rights, as shown here. An all-white male doo-wop group from Brooklyn NY performing a cover of a Zulu folk song in the early 1960's just screams "down with racism" to me.
Loved this song as a kid in the 60's. I always played it at the local café we went to on occasion where the juke box things were at the tables. Today I think he was ahead of his time and could have been a star in 80's hair band music!
One of the best group harmonies of all time :-)
i was 98 when this song came out, now im dead. its funny how time flies
Better late than never 💀
You are funny! LOL !!
I've watched this clip over and over..
Makes me melt each and every time..💖
Beautiful man with a beautiful voice!💋
Everything extraordinary, but I feel the goosebumps every time I hear the floating voice of Anita Darian, amazing!!! ❤
I love this song. The vocals are amazing! The lady that sings the background is awesome!
markurbancowboy the Lady sound entering my soul ..like when I here Holy Quran...love this song
Where is she?
Lol I was wondering if it was one of the guys
That's a man.... Whistle tones.
That's a guy dude...
This is one of the first songs I listen to as a child....1966 and I still remember it.
The singer and the song never changed, very great song, thanks and thumbs up from Golden Age Holland!!!
HAVE LOVED THIS SONG SINCE I WAS A CHILD. THIS SONG MADE ME LOVE ANIMALS EVEN MORE.🤗🤗😊😊💓💓
Wundervoll. Danke fürs hochladen ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
I Love, This Song.. Grew up with it.
I met the Tokens.
Great guys who are music legends.
Hay u stil alive ny guy 😂
Really glad to see Solomon Linda credited for this song.
I miss those Glory days, when everything was innocent
A Robles Jr except for the Cold War
A Robles Jr and sexism and racism. But yeah! Nostalgia!
cause Selma and jets dropping napalm on Vietnamese villages were such innocent moments
TheWishPretzel good shit 😂
Me 2 buddy
Never realized I had never seen a live performance of this. I’m glad I finally did
Love this song so much ♥️♥️
Non posso dimenticare questa canzone da quando ero ragazzino. Perfetta ❤😊
Thank you for giving so much joy from this song to the world 🙏
I still recall when the kid that lived in the house behind me had this song before anyone else in the neighborhood. LOL!!
Un capolavoro internazionale....❤️❤️
He’s great ! What a wonderful song and timeless classic. He reminds me of a big Cabbage Patch kid. What a video!
WDOT used to play this song at 7:30 every morning. I'd listen to it on my little transistor radio as I walked to school. Transistor radios ! Ancient technology !
We'd HE*R it in Houston, Tex*s, @ KQUE-FM
I never went anywhere without my transistor lol
@@larryglover5869 I still have one packed away in my closet. I bought something smaller and went with the new tech eventually, but I never did get over the awe I had of that tiny radio as a kid.
I still have one .
The original! When I took 29 people to Africa on a photo safari many years ago, this song played in my head the entire 3 weeks...love this song!
Becky Bauer photo safari.... many years ago ...sure, why not , who’s gonna fall for that...
Jay Siegel was in a group named the Linc-Tones in the late 1950s....with Neil Sedaka. An early Tokens line-up included Jay Traynor - the original "Jay" of Jay & The Americans.
Jay Segal still has the sideburns, only now silver. He looks great. I would love him forever. Awesome! Greatest falsetto voice ever!
Unique voice. Great performance
Impossible to not love it! Did y'all know it was originally written in 1939, in the Zulu language? Now the whole world knows it and loves it...thank you, Tokens.
Sonoridade,ritmo,afinação,uma jóia rara. Obrigado pela postagem,é realmente linda!
Yep. I had the most precious dog. Didn’t bother herself with anything in life. She was such a Diva. When this song came on, she sang to it.
Wow that takes me back to a happy place! Great music, great voice.
God bless your soul Mitch Margo. You inspired many children with this song. I'll never forget you😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💞💞💞💞💞💜💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞
This is a certified hood classic.
Agreed
I feel happy just listening to this song, love the soprano singing in the background
On occasion when this song gets in my head I feel like I’m in heaven and have it on repeat mode all day as I sing along to it! This will be my next karaoke song but I’m going to have to learn how to do harmonies and say that most complicated word I can’t even attempt spelling but you know the word as it’s the basis of the entire song!!!
Dont know what magic this song has... I just listen it at least once in a day... 😍
In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
(Chorus)
A whim away, a whim away
Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
(Chorus)
A whim away, a whim away
Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling
The lion sleeps tonight
Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling
The lion sleeps tonight
(chorus)
A whim away, a whim away
Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the quiet village
The lion sleeps tonight
(Chorus)
A whim away, a whim away
My little darling
Don't fear, my little darling
My little darling
Don't fear, my little darling
Wimoweh^
Actually the term wimoweh is a misinterpretation
@@ProboscisMan google breeds smart arses these days
@@supersprinter6566 with you in the lead
How the era changed but kept a beautiful song .
Such a wonderful song!
I listened to them for the first time in caracas venezuela in 1981. What a thrill to hear them today reminded me of my youth that beautiful to hear them again
True dedication to cut ones nads off to reach those high notes!
one of my favourites for 60 years.
estas canciones me llevan a mis mas lindos recuerdos de mi infancia, ya que mi madre escuchaba estas lindas canciones que para mi a pesar de que son mas antiguas que yo pero que son muy hermosas, como me me hubiese gustado haber nacido en esa epoca tan maravillosa.
Alot of you folks from other countries surely have good taste ... I admire you 👌🏻
This song was my favorite song when I was 12 years old. I almost sobbing.
Mi favorite song of all my life.
Zoy Rubí i
What a haunting sound from the past! Loved this years ago and it still sounds great today.
2020 we still listen to you here in Panama
Impossível elogiar Perfeição,magnífica,sonora,bela,linda,tudo de bom.talvez a melhor de todos os tempos!
Is there anyone on this planet that doesn't know this song? Thats how you know great music.
1961-Pretty cool music
2019-DANK MEME
oh yeah check this out
ua-cam.com/video/RPnpN1R38Ac/v-deo.html
This is the first time UA-cam recommended me, my favorite song....
omg! I love this song so much when I was a kid 🤗
Kola 99.9 was the only radio station to play these music and now most of this music is gone..Too bad..I miss it.
Before Autotune . There was this . Pure manpower.
I love this song. Reminds me of my youth cruising main street and listening to our tunes.
Me encanta***cuanto tiempo sin eacucharrr
English please
Saw these guys at Palisades Amusement Park, NJ, early 60's sometime. Wow!
Simply amazing someon can sing this well...proof God exists!!!
that song i heard once when i was young child 1983 as i remember, looks like everything becomes older and bad quality, thumbs up that beautiful song and real sounds soprano
The original soprano, Janet, died. a huge loss, but replaceable by a Donna Groome who is a terrific singer who can hit the money note. I am a singer and keyboardist and pianist and am also Donna Groome of Nashville, Tenn.(Donelson,)
Thanks for the info
that soprano part is...""heavenly""
The original soprano on this recording was Anita Darian, a singer with the NYC Opera who sang the soprano background. She was not a member the Tokens. The "Janet" you referred to was Janet Vogel - she sang with the Skyliners and is, sadly, deceased. Donna Groom replaced her with the Skyliners - not the Tokens. Donna Groom sang with the Tokens for a PBS Special - the Skyliners were also on that show and the Tokens "borrowed" Donna Groom only for that performance of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".
If what you say I'd correct, info in re donna Groome on her Facebook is incorrect. Go to her timeline to read it. I am Donna Groome, also a retired singer and keyboard, but there is an ..E..at the end of my name and I Am from Baltimore and never heard of Anita Darian. Tell me more VB on her and Shutter.29, thank you.
If what you say I'd correct, info in re donna Groome on her Facebook is incorrect. Go to her timeline to read it. I am Donna Groome, also a retired singer and keyboard, but there is an ..E..at the end of my name and I Am from Baltimore and never heard of Anita Darian. Tell me more VB on her and Shutter.29, thank you.
Rsvp
Our older sister taught me and my little sister this little step kinda "dance" to this tune and from then on...I COULD DANCE
2019?
Yuuki Desu si 26\01\2019
Me
ua-cam.com/video/FGl5ReYunoY/v-deo.html
Yuuki Desu same dude
@@odinbot9293 Yes and still singing great
I wasn’t near that year, I wasn’t even a thought lol but man what a time it must have been growing up with these kind of music!
Qué paz me da está canción, me encanta!!!! 😍😊
i miss this kind of songs.. grabe tlga nkakamiss lalo noon nagssurf pa ako..
my love is the song❤❤
Beautiful falsetto! And the soprano is awesome! Great song!
My favorite when I was a child....
Used to listen to this song when I was a kid❤️
I love it so much it makes me so happy the lion sleeps tonight i know all the song by -murray
I love this song. Greetings from Doñihue, Chile 🙂🇨🇱,
The singer looks like the lion !!
Legal Man OMG am say that in my miend lol
😂😂😂😂
He never wanted money .... only meat
Maybe make the mske up ...☺
I remember this song from the
Sixties,"
I still love lt!!!!
Judy everist
Raphine, virginia
Керемет топ, дауысы тамаша! Сон-оу алпыс бірінші жыл... Уақыттың жылдам өтуі...
This will always be a good song
Den Song kann man immer hören!
Odd coincidence this shows up right after I watch that Netflix special.
Salomon Linda song yup that's right and no doubt about it.
·But come on folks The Tokens made it a hit
Best ever version.
·Hats off.
Hace tiempo que buscaba esa canción.....ya puedo morir en paz
+Alexander3DDesigners awebo k seee
Me paso lo mismo
The D.J. is Don Webster of ABC affiliate WEWS-TV5 in Cleveland, Ohioi. Don was the weatherman for quite a long time. He hosted a local talent called "Shindig". Do not know when this episode was recorded. Sadly, Don passed away.
Adoro essa música!Não me canso de ouvir. Me transmite paz.
How does a person even write a song this cool????