"Mbube" is a #popularSong written and composed by the South African musician #SolomonLinda in 1939. It was first published in #SouthAfrica and made its way to the United States a decade later. In 1961, #theTokens adapted the melody and added English lyrics to produce "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", lending the song the name by which it is best known today. Linda, a #Zulu migrant worker, led the #aCapella group the Evening Birds. In 1939 without rehearsal.
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