The Tokens-The lion sleeps tonight.avi

[@wandaswiney1799]

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!

[@dakellymon]

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.

[@ReadytoRetire112]

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.

[@dakellymon]

@@ReadytoRetire112 Not at all what I expected.

[@ReadytoRetire112]

Randall Kelnhofer me either!

[@mvl6827]

Same here! I am 64. It was a real good hit at the time and it’s great to see the singers now..

[@kjgoebel7098]

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.

[@michaelhabermann5997]

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.

[@pipeguy1958]

How could anyone not love this song???

[@wimpshorr5733]

This got me so much

[@jamesdunn9714]

There are always lurking trolls.

[@christopherhitchborg3339]

I don't like it...I LOVE IT!! :)))

[@lalyvaldes493]

pipeguy1958

[@brucedibble3405]

only have eyes for you

[@lulamamrwebi9349]

how could you not love this song

[@queach5706]

This comment has 69 likes. I’m not gonna like it and ruin the 69.

[@ottdog1952]

because some of us have taste?

[@lindahull4801]

It's a beautiful song and to see them so young. No one can sing it like the Tokens.

[@josephhastings4839]

I can. It was stolen from Solomon Linda and he died without getting any money for his work.

[@MichaelWilliams-gj4mk]

I remember 1961 and this song......my childhood when I was innocent

[@elkaribbe]

Everything extraordinary, but I feel the goosebumps every time I hear the floating voice of Anita Darian, amazing!!! ❤

[@lebarosky]

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.

[@bengalghost5403]

lebarosky , yes. One has to have a big perfectly round head for it.

[@lorenzo7550]

lebarosky You think this is the best countertenor? Humm search for... Vitas Opera 2

[@alexshukis5977]

My heart 💕💕 thank you for knowing

[@alexshukis5977]

Vitas

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

lebarosky He is not a countertenor.

[@giselagosewinkel3473]

Special Applause for the background-soprano. magical song very nice true

[@stephenhand9503]

A.Theremin

[@richardbool4232]

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.

[@connorcochrane9915]

This is on live TV. It’s lip synced. Compare it to the original recording, it’s exactly the same.

[@FERNANDOOLIVERAS]

Omg the sophrano make have chills

[@tigernation7818]

SUPER SOPRANO

[@MinisterDave1]

Loved this song for the last 47 years! and still loving it!

[@mwnts2no]

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 ♡

[@МашаУмная]

Agree! Majestic!

[@Thedolphdebbie]

Love this song! Wonderful childhood memories.

[@sarahcooper2925]

I've watched this clip over and over.. Makes me melt each and every time..💖 Beautiful man with a beautiful voice!💋

[@oleainatoivo]

I remember this when I was a kid, I loved and love it so much, Hauntingly Beautiful.

[@hollandmeester2451]

The singer and the song never changed, very great song, thanks and thumbs up from Golden Age Holland!!!

[@dabprod]

I remember the girl I was dating when this was on the radio in 1961.We used to sing along......great memories.

[@bertlambert3817]

dabprod .....I've got her...had her a long ...long time...we have grand kids now!!

[@Xidane007]

@@bertlambert3817 I'm dating with one of your grandkids now.

[@Gigivvvv]

@@bertlambert3817 rude...funny but rude

[@DanielSann]

@@Xidane007 Ladies and gentlemen we got him

[@eytan0127]

Dabprod, ever wonder what she became?

[@argo1946]

I agree with most of these contributors, this is the best recorded version of this beautiful song

[@debkanchan]

You don't find this video. This video finds you!

[@darwinpiza7414]

I thought the same jaha

[@markdavy1596]

Debkanchan Samadder oh yes it has found me thnx

[@andydelphine2441]

Sounds like Russia

[@mieghakandapetronydeclisma5655]

Say no more...

[@flyeaglesfly430]

Never been a truer comment in history

[@stratmanjoe]

He’s great ! What a wonderful song and timeless classic. He reminds me of a big Cabbage Patch kid. What a video!

[@DaveNanan]

One of the best group harmonies of all time :-)

[@gerrywinters6987]

The lead singer Jay Siegel had a very successful career as a Medical Doctor.

[@diedertspijkerboer]

In a musical? 😉

[@jamesvangurpan1959]

who told you that?

[@troyschuller671]

Always have something to fall back on if things don't pan out LOL

[@vulicity2718]

yeah he looks like it

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

Brian May also earned a degree in astronomy.

[@TymoteuszLasik]

Thank you for giving so much joy from this song to the world 🙏

[@bertlambert3817]

Truly...I never knew Andre the Giant could hit notes like that !!!!!!

[@isisnoreija]

Xd now I can't unsee it- he does look like Andre

[@arnoldmartin1666]

R.I.P. The Boss.

[@MsSmitty9]

Bert Lambert He does look Like Andre. Your rite Boss.

[@celestemoon4839]

I about died laughing

[@MsSmitty9]

Bert Lambert Beautiful.

[@dennisballard3994]

Flawless! A musical gem from a truly magic era.

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

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.

[@jorgedgarsouza]

Sonoridade,ritmo,afinação,uma jóia rara. Obrigado pela postagem,é realmente linda!

[@geannina5717]

Love this song so much ♥️♥️

[@lynnb.6722]

This is one of the first songs I listen to as a child....1966 and I still remember it.

[@BoringBoris]

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.

[@wingingit1800]

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!

[@mikeboyce8844]

Really glad to see Solomon Linda credited for this song.

[@TheCatSpike]

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.

[@victoriaballard7354]

Wow that takes me back to a happy place! Great music, great voice.

[@susandoyle6576]

HAVE LOVED THIS SONG SINCE I WAS A CHILD. THIS SONG MADE ME LOVE ANIMALS EVEN MORE.🤗🤗😊😊💓💓

[@markurbancowboy]

I love this song. The vocals are amazing! The lady that sings the background is awesome!

[@srktvchannel6732]

markurbancowboy the Lady sound entering my soul ..like when I here Holy Quran...love this song

[@sekiyamada348]

Where is she?

[@hyperactivesnowflake7042]

Lol I was wondering if it was one of the guys

[@phoenixshade3]

That's a man.... Whistle tones.

[@jettanderson397]

That's a guy dude...

[@Tearyatobitz]

Never realized I had never seen a live performance of this. I’m glad I finally did

[@yahiamohamed1211]

The original song of it is called Mbube . It was composed by Solomon Linda

[@cvsn95]

Unique voice. Great performance

[@MsSilo52]

Wundervoll. Danke fürs hochladen ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

[@curtismiller89]

God bless your soul Mitch Margo. You inspired many children with this song. I'll never forget you😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💞💞💞💞💞💜💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞💓💞

[@ric6383]

Such a wonderful song!

[@butterfly-sd4tu]

I love this song. Greetings from Doñihue, Chile 🙂🇨🇱,

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

I met the Tokens. Great guys who are music legends.

[@dylanrule9300]

Hay u stil alive ny guy 😂

[@Cesarcoronel-v5b]

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

[@vincenzosorrentino4408]

Un capolavoro internazionale....❤️❤️

[@ugostraniero5791]

Non posso dimenticare questa canzone da quando ero ragazzino. Perfetta ❤😊

[@hoss3138]

RIP Solomon Linda, the true writer. Mbube 1939

[@ginabaja6170]

E prima data cînd îi ascult. Sunt minunați 😘

[@Baskerville22]

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.

[@katharinecarmichael7759]

I Love, This Song.. Grew up with it.

[@sukayilli]

Mi favorite song of all my life.

[@keithtucker6878]

Zoy Rubí i

[@lucindavinoski1035]

What a haunting sound from the past! Loved this years ago and it still sounds great today.

[@petersmith9486]

Perfect classic never grows old song.

[@mariaangustiasfernandez6522]

Me encanta***cuanto tiempo sin eacucharrr

[@mobeenpatrawala589]

English please

[@ramilbasul879]

i miss this kind of songs.. grabe tlga nkakamiss lalo noon nagssurf pa ako..

[@larryvermeer6170]

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

[@barbarapedelty2839]

@larryvermeer6170 I too was born in October of 1955

[@alvarofreitasjr6078]

Beautiful falsetto! And the soprano is awesome! Great song!

[@luceroocastillosandovaal8440]

my love is the song❤❤

[@silentbliss7666]

I feel happy just listening to this song, love the soprano singing in the background

[@ediann]

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!!!

[@subhranilgupta5874]

This is the first time KZbin recommended me, my favorite song....

[@TedBronson1918]

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 !

[@davidkonen7159]

We'd HE*R it in Houston, Tex*s, @ KQUE-FM

[@larryglover5869]

I never went anywhere without my transistor lol

[@TedBronson1918]

@@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.

[@nealturner5180]

I still have one .

[@vyankateshagrawal1694]

Dont know what magic this song has... I just listen it at least once in a day... 😍

[@anuncolonizedmind6296]

omg! I love this song so much when I was a kid 🤗

[@rosalinbhutia1193]

❤️❤️❤️ love this song ,super talented

[@shidorikku1657]

2019?

[@jesusenriqueverapirela5715]

Yuuki Desu si 26\01\2019

[@rassya9054]

Me

[@peterbenbow4282]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHjPZoWbjtqhpbs

[@odinbot9293]

Yuuki Desu same dude

[@peterbenbow4282]

@@odinbot9293 Yes and still singing great

[@andrewslekenics2222]

one of my favourites for 60 years.

[@valecamino6680]

Qué paz me da está canción, me encanta!!!! 😍😊

[@MrCBXer55]

I still recall when the kid that lived in the house behind me had this song before anyone else in the neighborhood. LOL!!

[@adamrichy8673]

0:10 when you step on a lego brick

[@stevefan69]

Dick

[@cristobalillescas1025]

Not the memes here no

[@terryvalliant6389]

I love this song. Reminds me of my youth cruising main street and listening to our tunes.

[@bubbaclinton1105]

True dedication to cut ones nads off to reach those high notes!

[@jumtopadu6866]

Loved it...feel nostalgic...so mesmerizing....

[@MoistZonix]

This is a certified hood classic.

[@MoistZonix]

Agreed

[@roadtripper2458]

I don't care whose song this is or if it's stolen or whatever. This is the best version of this song hands down!

[@devilkiller4493]

1961-Pretty cool music 2019-DANK MEME

[@penclaw]

oh yeah check this out kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIHRoYFnh5hrd8U

[@sandysoderquist5442]

The history of this song is saddening

[@alanchico]

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

[@jacksonarnold9669]

Wimoweh^

[@ProboscisMan]

Actually the term wimoweh is a misinterpretation

[@supersprinter6566]

@@ProboscisMan google breeds smart arses these days

[@rafaelramirez1507]

@@supersprinter6566 with you in the lead

[@danielmunoz4129]

Excelente, todavía los sigo admirando.

[@jorgedgarsouza]

Impossível elogiar Perfeição,magnífica,sonora,bela,linda,tudo de bom.talvez a melhor de todos os tempos!

[@FernandoJose-gx2zx]

2020 we still listen to you here in Panama

[@sala.839]

i was 98 when this song came out, now im dead. its funny how time flies

[@markeric1740]

Better late than never 💀

[@luciaterrizzi1881]

You are funny! LOL !!

[@bajb76]

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!

[@mvl6827]

Becky Bauer photo safari.... many years ago ...sure, why not , who’s gonna fall for that...

[@israelrodriguez6796]

Fantastica.maravillosa

[@antonmiguelcuaresma7337]

Used to listen to this song when I was a kid❤️

[@maxvasquez8087]

I love it so much it makes me so happy the lion sleeps tonight i know all the song by -murray

[@cycloptical26]

Saw these guys at Palisades Amusement Park, NJ, early 60's sometime. Wow!

[@aroblesjr5502]

I miss those Glory days, when everything was innocent

[@Shade571]

A Robles Jr except for the Cold War

[@gerryleb8575]

A Robles Jr and sexism and racism. But yeah! Nostalgia!

[@TheWishPretzel]

cause Selma and jets dropping napalm on Vietnamese villages were such innocent moments

[@sarcastichyena]

TheWishPretzel good shit 😂

[@pyrog.c.c89]

Me 2 buddy

[@jarekgemela5463]

Once of my favourite songs.

[@danilorodriguez8235]

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.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Alot of you folks from other countries surely have good taste ... I admire you 👌🏻

[@kamboora]

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

[@ThundaThais]

This will always be a good song

[@OG213LA]

WOW! It’s amazing how time passes by.

[@xandao2137]

Sensacional 👏🏼 amo essa obra de arte ♥️ nostalgia pura ♥️😢

[@meliodascapitao9802]

Kkkkk

[@3110-l6n]

I just got recommended, and so are you!

[@senshai1267]

Before Autotune . There was this . Pure manpower.

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

Love that violin bass!

[@legalman2891]

The singer looks like the lion !!

[@Blaugrana-rf7sv]

Legal Man OMG am say that in my miend lol

[@tarful58]

😂😂😂😂

[@brendonjeffs7354]

He never wanted money .... only meat

[@Kugisaki2090]

Maybe make the mske up ...☺

[@judyeverist646]

I remember this song from the Sixties," I still love lt!!!! Judy everist Raphine, virginia

[@shananalexander9789]

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.

[@ronalddavis1606]

that's my favorite song

[@psicologoconce]

this song bring warm and happy feelings, love this

[@Nikkyeshiva83]

Odd coincidence this shows up right after I watch that Netflix special.

[@sandrakirby5827]

have always loved this song!!