http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/otb_latenight_-_the_tokens/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:36:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/otb_latenight_-_the_tokens/comment-page-1/#comment-492591 sam Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:34:51 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=24674#comment-492591 Ummm. I can't get it to load. I'm assuming it's "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", no? The first time I heard that song was on the Kingston Trio's first album, <em>Live from the Hungry i</em>. For the Tokens, it was the B side of a 45 they released, and it's success caught them by surprise. I heard a bit on NPR a few years ago about the song. Iirc, it was written around 1937 in South Africa by a famous Zulu songwriter. (I just googled it. It was written in 1939. Check out the Wiki page.) Ummm. I can't get it to load. I'm assuming it's "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", no? The first time I heard that song was on the Kingston Trio's first album, Live from the Hungry i. For the Tokens, it was the B side of a 45 they released, and it's success caught them by surprise. I heard a bit on NPR a few years ago about the song. Iirc, it was written around 1937 in South Africa by a famous Zulu songwriter. (I just googled it. It was written in 1939. Check out the Wiki page.)

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