The New Christy Minstrels - Wimoweh(The Lion Sleeps Tonight)

[stephenmath1]

THANKS for posting - extraordinary to have found this - used to have this on a Reader's Digest vinyl box set titled "Wonderful World, Wonderful Music" - this is a nicely different/ easy listening arrangement from that of The Tokens (I think better - but that's just my humble opinion), thanks again!!

[plastiqueadapte]

Thanks for sharing !

[MrChristopher1957]

WOW- Classic 60's BIG Folk style!

[degbers007]

You know lets keep this in the original time frame. Ok So They are kinda white for todays standards, but I give them credit for introducing some black culture music to their (probably mostly white audience). Thats not all that bad, we learn and grow.

[thallassocracy]

This song brings tears to my eyes. White Americans trying to sound like Black Americans is hilarious - but trying to sound like Black Africans had the soup running out of my nose.

[Rotis59]

Oh yes, the Nylons. A terrific group! The younger of the 2 ladies was raised 30 miles south of me here in the Pacific N.W. corner of Washington state.

[Rotis59]

Yes, as JCBullock1959 indicated the group did 2 different versions of this song.

[prettymom777]

My favourite version is that of The Tokens, then my second favourite is The Nylons.

I grew up hearing The Tokens' version.

[mightytalon28]

This is probably the most bastardized version of a great african tribal song I've ever heard. Tom jones would be proud but the zulus would cry. Mbube!

[cattricks]

FYI, the female solo on this recording is actually the extraordinary voice of Karen Gunderson,

[JCBullock1959]

well, i mainly meant on the opening part before the vocals, it sounds like there is a higher voice accompanying - i'm assuming it's Ann White or maybe Karen Gunderson overdubbed.

And as I'm listening to it now, the harmony in the background behind Gunerson's solo. You know, info on their recordings is so sketchy and you never knew who was in the group when, and that's a shame.

[azfolk]

Have you checked the NCM site recently? Randy Sparks has been busy for months (actually, he has one of the chief fans, Gordon Adams, doing most of the work) identifying not only all the players, but the order in which they came tot he group. Each of the hundreds of participants has a sequential number.

Be sure to catch the current group, which includes 5 of the originals (defined by Randy as those who were on the 62-63 Andy Williams TV show).

[theonlyrealMugsy]

I auditioned for these people when I was 19, over the phone to their agent...didn't get the gig, as I was mostly a guitarist at the time, not a singer...funny.

[JCBullock1959]

This definitely sounds like a slightly different version than the one on "Wandering Minstrels" becoz Ann White's voice is more prevalent.

[lovinSpoonful]

Thanks for sharing these great recordings of the New Christy Minstrels... haven't heard them for decades.