Today in History on Leo
On December 18, 1961, the Tokens' version of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” becomes not just a number one song but an instant classic—one of the most-covered, most successful pop songs of all time. Yet its true originator saw only a tiny fraction of the song’s enormous profits.
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