Mitch Margo was just 14 when he and some Brooklyn pals recorded “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” a doo-wop version of a Zulu folk song that had been recorded dozens of times over the decades. But for the ...

Just about 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 “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” “The Lion Sleeps ...

Millions of dollars in royalties from the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" will go to the heirs of the late South African composer Solomon Linda, who died in 1962. In 1950, when blacks had few ...

NEW YORK - Hank Medress, whose vocals with the doo wop group the Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to the top of the charts and who produced hits with other ...

Mitch Margo, who rose to fame with the 1961 hit song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," died at his California home, The Los Angeles Times reported. He was 70. Family members said Margo died Nov. 24 in Studio ...

You could easily get the impression that, unlike a certain lion, Phil Margo never sleeps. Margo, who arrives early and stays late, has written a musical and he's hoping to find a community theater or ...

The Tokens is a Brooklyn vocal group that formed in the late 1950s and quickly gained attention for its smooth harmonies and falsetto-driven sound. Originally a doo-wop act, they brought a polished, ...

His baritone contributed to the 1961 hit “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” which became one of the most recognizable American pop songs ever. By Neil Genzlinger Philip Margo, a member of the close-harmony ...

Hank Medress, whose vocals with the doo wop group the Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” to the top of the charts and who produced hits with other groups, has ...