The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Lion Sleeps Tonight is a song written and recorded by Solomon Linda under the title Mbube for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939. Linda's original was written in is Zulu, while the English version's lyrics were written by George David Weiss.
In 1961, a version adapted into English with the title "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by the doo-wop group the Tokens became a number-one hit in the United States. The pop group Tight Fit had a number one hit in the UK with the song in 1982. This song is written and composed in the key of F♯ major.
History
"Mbube" (Zulu for "lion") was written by Solomon Linda, a South African Zulu singer, who worked for the Gallo Record Company in Johannesburg as a cleaner and record packer. He spent his weekends performing with the Evening Birds, and it was at Gallo Records.
In 1961, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, hired Juilliard-trained musician and lyricist George David Weiss to arrange a Doo-wop and Rhythm & blues cover of "Wimoweh" for the single called "Tina", sung by group The Tokens. Weiss wrote the English lines "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, The lion sleeps tonight ..." and "Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling ..."
Copyright issues
In 2000, South African journalist Rian Malan wrote a feature article for Rolling Stone magazine in which he recounted Linda's story and estimated that the song had earned $15 million for its use in the Disney movie The Lion King. In 2003 a CGI animation was released with Pat & Stan. It marked the two's first debut appearance and was the pilot episode to ITV's shorts and the TV series sketch of the same name.
In July 2004, as a result of the publicity generated by Malan's article and the subsequent documentary, the song became the subject of a lawsuit between Linda's estate and Disney, claiming that Disney owed $1.6 million in royalties for the use of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in the film and musical stage productions of The Lion King. In February 2006, Linda's descendants reached a legal settlement with Abilene Music Publishers, who held the worldwide rights and had licensed the song to Disney, to place the earnings of the song in a trust
The copyright issues were updated in the 2018 TV movie, "Remastered: The Lion's Share".