Solomon Linda&The Evening ( The First Version ) - Mbube

Solomon Linda And The Evening Birds Original Version, The Lion Sleeps Tonight (El león duerme esta noche) 1939
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[DMHVideos]

2:23 this sound is legendary!

[Unkn0wnumb3rs]

so... Alan Davies is a big fan of Tight Fit

[Adriana Miranda Gonçalves]

Everything has a beginning. Someone has seen beauty in this song and a way to improve it. And they were not wrong.

[intimeandagain]

To see the story behind Solomon Linda's work as a songwriter and musician/performer as well as the trials and tribulations involved with his song, "Mbube", just type Solomon Linda in your computer's search bar. (Press enter) Wikipedia covers the story of Solomon Linda's life and this song.

[intimeandagain]

Soloman Linda (tallest gentleman at far left in picture) was paid a small amount of money for the rights to his song back around 1939. His song was reworked and eventually The Tokens sung their famous version. It's really sad he was never properly compensated in his lifetime. Soloman Linda died a poor man, but many years later his family won a large settlement when the song was released in the movie "The Lion King." (The Tokens, by the way did not steal the song). They had nothing to do with it.

[Andrew Lewitton]

The only difference is that it was written by Solomon Linda and all the other people, The Tokens etc. did not pay any royalties when they recorded their inferior versions.

[Fordtrucksown]

I don't think you understand... people listen to music they enjoy. It is not about who sings a song so much as it is about the quality with which it is sung. The quality of this song is dreadful. The Tokens did a much better version of this song and they did it in English. I don't understand a single word of this song, the singers can barely hold a tune and some of them can't, and the recording quality is terrible. That is why this version is not popular.

[Paolo Morena]

really I don't think anybody listens to music based on the colour of the persons skin! I think you are referring to the social climate of when these songs were written, who recorded them and the lack of opportunity for black people and their music in what WAS a dominant white culture. To use the race issue to describe the supposed views of the average user on a site such as youtube is ludicrous, antiquan and ignorant because its only been around for the last ten years. Music is for sharing.

[Ken Robson]

Wow that's quite a big chip you have on your shoulder. I like this version as well as Carl Denvers rendition. I also prefer the Contours 'Do you love me' over all the other British version that followed. So the issue is not a Black or White version but whatever one you get to hear. I much prefer the old soul style of music over this modern wrap crap. I love the way that rhymes it must mean something.

[mshtplt]

The sad truth is that only 400,000 have viewed this original but 10,000,000 have looked at the version sung by the nice white men. People do not understand - or even want to understand - other cultures. That's why Elvis, Pat Boone, the Stones, and countless other white musicians have made ridiculous sums of money singing their nice white versions of black people's music. If you want real wisdom and appreciation, see the world through the eyes of others. Don't have it given to you only your way.

[smartestmanonnet]

And now the final copyright infringement...post it to YouTube.!

[smartestmanonnet]

These guys just had a bad agent is all