the band who sang the lion sleeps tonight
The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Description. The Tokens are an American male doo-wop-style vocal group from Brooklyn, New York. They are known best for their chart-scoring 1961 single, The Lion Sleeps Tonight. The Lion Sleeps Tonight, also known as Wimba Way or Wimoweh (and originally as Mbube), is a song written and recorded by Solomon Linda originally with the Evening Birds for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939.