"Karl Denver Karl Denver (16 December 1931 – 21 December 1998) was a Scottish singer, who, with his trio had a series of UK hit singles in the early 1960s. Most famous of these was a 1961 version of ""Wimoweh"", which showed off Denver's falsetto yodelling register. He reached the Top 20 with his first five yodel-based singles. Denver was born Angus Murdo McKenzie in Springburn, Glasgow and was well travelled by the time he took up singing, having had a previous career in the Norwegian Merchant Navy. He also had a country music influence, having lived in Nashville, Tennessee"
"originally released in the 1940s by Solomon Linda, and a genre of South African popular music that was inspired by it. ""Mbube"" was recorded in 1939 and became a major hit in Swaziland. The song was in a traditional Zulu choral style, which soon came to the attention of American musicologist Alan Lomax, who brought to the song to folk singer Pete Seeger, then of The Weavers. They made the song a Top 15 American hit in 1952 (as ""Wimoweh""), though creator Solomon Linda was not credited; later, the Kingston Trio released a cover of it. Later still, The Tokens"
"at least a year in their concerts, The Weavers recorded an adapted version with brass and string orchestra and chorus and released it as a 78 single titled ""Wimoweh"", a mishearing of the original song's chorus of """"Uyimbube"""", . Their version contained the chanting chorus ""Wimoweh"" and Linda's improvised melodic line. The Weavers credited the song as ""Traditional"", with arrangement by ""Paul Campbell"", later found to be a pseudonym used by the Weavers in order to claim royalties. It reached Billboard's top ten and became a staple of The Weavers' live repertoire, achieving further exposure on their best-selling ""The Weavers"
"our country""). Such expressions were an occasional feature of Mbube songs. Groups such as The Alexandrians were associated with the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union in Johannesburg. The original South African recording was discovered during the early 1950s by American musicologist Alan Lomax, who gave it to his friend, folk musician Pete Seeger of The Weavers. Seeger retitled it ""Wimoweh"" (an approximate phonetic rendering of the song's Zulu language refrain, ""uyembube"") and it was popularized by The Weavers; they recorded a studio version in 1952 which became a Top 20 hit in the USA, as well as an influential live"
"A Lion's Trail A Lion's Trail is a 2002 documentary film by François Verster about the rights for the popular song ""The Lion Sleeps Tonight"", also known as ""Wimoweh"", ""Wimba Way"" or ""Awimbawe"", a song written and recorded by the South African shepherd and singer of Zulu origin Solomon Linda with the Evening Birds as ""Mbube"". In the 1950s, the song had been adapted by Pete Seeger of The Weavers as ""Wimoweh"" and further developed in the 1961 version recorded by popular music group The Tokens, for whom it was re-written extensively by George David Weiss. This version had been"
"an undisclosed sum. A Lion's Trail A Lion's Trail is a 2002 documentary film by François Verster about the rights for the popular song ""The Lion Sleeps Tonight"", also known as ""Wimoweh"", ""Wimba Way"" or ""Awimbawe"", a song written and recorded by the South African shepherd and singer of Zulu origin Solomon Linda with the Evening Birds as ""Mbube"". In the 1950s, the song had been adapted by Pete Seeger of The Weavers as ""Wimoweh"" and further developed in the 1961 version recorded by popular music group The Tokens, for whom it was re-written extensively by George David Weiss. This"
"at Carnegie Hall"" LP album, recorded in 1955 and issued in 1957. The song was also covered extensively by other folk revival groups such as The Kingston Trio, and exotica singer Yma Sumac. However, Miriam Makeba, in 1960, recorded the same song as ""Mbube"", with the writing credit given to ""J. Linda"". In 1961, two RCA Records producers, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, hired Juilliard-trained musician and lyricist George David Weiss to arrange a pop music cover of ""Wimoweh"" for the B-side of a 45-rpm single called ""Tina"", sung by the teenage doo-wop group The Tokens. Weiss wrote the English"
"the Evening Birds. In 1939 they recorded a few tracks for Gallo Records when Linda improvised the first 15 notes of a song they called ""Mbube"". The success of this song led to the conception of a whole new genre, characterized by a loud and powerful cappella four part harmony, accompanied by dancing. The song was later made internationally famous, by The Weavers as ""Wimoweh"" in 1948 and then as ""The Lion Sleeps Tonight"" by the Tokens in 1961. Miriam Makeba's recording of ""The Lion Sleeps Tonight"" in the 1960s helped popularize the genre and establish the singing tradition. Associated"
"Contrera's choice was drawn. March 2015 the 5 Original Mystics, Al Contrera, Albee Cracolici, Phil Cracolici, Bob Ferrante, and George Galfo were inducted into the Doo Wop Music Hall of Fame in Cerritos, CA In late 1958, The Mystics soon recorded two songs for Laurie Records, ""Adam and Eve"", and the old Weavers' tune ""Wimoweh"". Unhappy with the results, Laurie Records commissioned Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman to write an original tune for the group. Their first effort, the song ""A Teenager In Love"", however, was given to labelmates Dion and the Belmonts. Pomus and Shuman were instructed to come"
"became a major hit in Japan. On the other hand, Hideo Murata's 1961 single , composed by Toru Funamura, sold over one million copies in Japan. On June 5, 1962, Saburō Kitajima made his debut with the single ""Bungacha Bushi."" Funamura composed Kitajima's 1962 hit song . Hiroshi Miyagawa composed The Peanuts' 1962 song ""Furimukanaide."" The Peanuts also sang ""Mothra's Song"". The song was composed by Yuji Koseki. In 1963, the era of former popular singers such as Hibari Misora, Chiemi Eri, Izumi Yukimura, Hachiro Kasuga, Michiya Mihashi and Frank Nagai seemed to end and Sakamoto released a Japanese hit"
"both pseudonyms used by Richmond, though Pete Seeger later claimed that its tune was derived from a traditional Irish melody, modified by Lead Belly, with new lyrics by Seeger and Lee Hays. Similar concerns over authorship have also been expressed in relation to ""The Lion Sleeps Tonight"", otherwise known as ""Wimoweh"", on which ""Paul Campbell"" is credited as co-writer. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, many of the pop songs published by Richmond found success. These included ""I Believe"", ""Fly Me to the Moon"", ""As Long As He Needs Me"", ""What Kind of Fool Am I?"", and ""Those Were the Days"","
"father. Johann Helton (born in 1953) Standing Room Only (196- The Highwaymen (folk band) The Highwaymen were a 1960s ""collegiate folk"" group. They originated at Wesleyan University and had a ""Billboard"" #1 hit in 1961 with ""Michael"", a version of the African-American work song ""Michael, Row the Boat Ashore"", and another Top 20 hit in 1962 with ""Cotton Fields"". ""Michael"" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold record. As a freshman in 1958, Dave Fisher, who in high school had sung in a doo-wop group, joined with four other Wesleyan freshman – Bob Burnett, Steve Butts, Chan"
"The Highwaymen (folk band) The Highwaymen were a 1960s ""collegiate folk"" group. They originated at Wesleyan University and had a ""Billboard"" #1 hit in 1961 with ""Michael"", a version of the African-American work song ""Michael, Row the Boat Ashore"", and another Top 20 hit in 1962 with ""Cotton Fields"". ""Michael"" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold record. As a freshman in 1958, Dave Fisher, who in high school had sung in a doo-wop group, joined with four other Wesleyan freshman – Bob Burnett, Steve Butts, Chan Daniels, and Steve Trott – to form the Highwaymen. Fisher,"
"by Ray Charles, who took it to #2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in 1962, after releasing the song on his #1 album ""Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music"". It was kept from the #1 spot by Sheila by Tommy Roe. This version also topped the ""Easy listening"" chart for three weeks in 1962, and was used in the 1993 comedy film ""Groundhog Day"". The song was the 12th number one country hit for Mickey Gilley in 1981. The song has been performed or recorded by hundreds of artists, including Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, and Willie Nelson. Charles"
"and ""A Lion's Trail"" track the story of the song ""Wimoweh/The Lion Sleeps Tonight"" back to its Zulu composer Solomon Linda and follows the song's rocky history from South Africa to Brooklyn and back asking why Linda died penniless and his children live in poverty while American artists made millions off the song. The movie was screened by PBS and helped Linda's family to find the support to take Disney, which used the song in the movie the Lion King, to court. In February 2006, Abilene Music, which holds the copyright for ""Wimoweh/The Lion Sleeps Tonight"", settled the case with"
"partner in the label. In 1962 the Stax deal began to reap major rewards for both labels. An after-hours jam by members of the Stax house band resulted in the classic instrumental ""Green Onions"". In conversation with BBC Radio 2 DJ Johnnie Walker on September 7, 2008, guitarist Steve Cropper revealed that the record became an instant success when DJ Reuben Washington played it four times in succession on Memphis radio station WLOK, before either the tune or the band had an agreed-upon name. The single was issued nationally in August 1962, by which time the band had been dubbed"
"the single ""Rhiannon"" and consolidated with the best selling albums ""Fleetwood Mac"", ""Rumours"" and ""Tusk"". Due to a financial scandal involving price fixing in its parking operations, Kinney National spun off its non-entertainment assets in 1972 (as National Kinney Corporation) and changed its name to Warner Communications Inc.. In 1972, the Warner group acquired another rich prize, David Geffen's Asylum Records. The $7 million purchase brought in several acts which proved crucial to the Warner group's subsequent success, including Linda Ronstadt, the Eagles, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell and later Warren Zevon. On the downside, however, it was rumored that Warners"
"in the US charts at the end of August 1961. Dowell's version also spent three weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart. Other songs by Twomey include the 1961 Elvis Presley single ""Put the Blame on Me"", ""Lend Me Your Comb"" and ""In the Beginning"", as well as songs recorded by Jo Stafford, Doris Day, Carl Smith, Don Cornell, Jill Corey, Eddy Arnold, Eartha Kitt, Caterina Valente, Guy Mitchell, Johnnie Ray, Brian Hyland, Gus Backus, Ray Ellis, Perry Como, Hayley Mills, Earl Grant, The Sandpipers, the Eli Radish Band, Frank Sinatra (""Hey! Jealous Lover""), The Statler Brothers, Leroy"
"single, reaching 22 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1962. It spent ten weeks in that chart. The label also had successes with tracks licensed from European labels, notably Domenico Modugno's original recording of ""Volare"" and recordings by the Swedish instrumental group the Spotnicks. In the 1960s Oriole licensed several productions by Joe Meek, performed by the Dowlands, Alan Klein and Screaming Lord Sutch. It also distributed several American hits from Columbia Records in the US. On the long playing LP front, Oriole had a big success in 1954 with the original cast list recording of the smash hit"
"the 1950s and Dave Edmunds in the 1970s; ""One Night"" and ""Witchcraft"" were hits for Elvis Presley; and ""I'm Walkin'"" was a charting hit for Ricky Nelson. On several of his songs, a co-writing credit was given to his wife, Pearl King (sometimes confused in error with musician Earl King). After Imperial was sold to Liberty Records in Los Angeles in 1963, Bartholomew remained in New Orleans. He worked for Trumpet Records and Mercury Records and then established his own label, Broadmoor Records, in 1967. The label folded the following year, when its distributor, Dover Records, collapsed. In the 1970s"
"fiber acrylic.) A high school friend, Dovells lead singer Len Barry, encouraged them to audition for Cameo-Parkway Records at the turn of the decade. The group took his advice in the fall of 1961, but were rejected at first, although the record label signed the group after two more auditions. Cameo executive Dave Appell appointed Hightower as the lead singer, and began writing songs for them. In 1962, the group provided back-up vocals for Dee Dee Sharp's hits ""Mashed Potato Time"" and ""Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)"". They later found fame with their first national hit, ""The Wah-Watusi"", which reached"
"white performers included The Del-Vikings, who hit big in 1957 with ""Come Go With Me"" and ""Whispering Bells"", The Crests, whose ""16 Candles"" appeared in 1958, and The Impalas, whose ""Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)"" was a hit in 1959. Female doo-wop singers were unusual in the early days. Lillian Leach, lead singer of the Mellows from 1953 to 1958, helped pave the way for other women in doo-wop, soul and R&B. Doo-wop groups achieved 1951 R&B chart hits such as ""Sixty Minute Man"" by Billy Ward and His Dominoes, ""Where Are You?"" by The Mello-Moods, ""The Glory"
"Willie Mabon Willie James Mabon (October 24, 1925 – April 19, 1985) was an American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist, who had two number one hits on the ""Billboard"" R&B chart: ""I Don't Know"" in 1952 and ""I'm Mad"" in 1953. Mabon was born and brought up in the Hollywood district of Memphis, Tennessee. He moved to Chicago in 1942, by which time he had become known as a singer and pianist. He formed a group, the Blues Rockers, and in 1949 began recording for Aristocrat Records and then Chess Records. His biggest success came in 1952 when his debut"
"was released in 1962. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. The album was so successful that it was quickly followed by ""My Son, the Celebrity"", which ended with ""Shticks of One and Half a Dozen of the Other"", fragments of song parodies including Robert Burns' ""Comin' Thro' the Rye"": ""Do not make a stingy sandwich, pile the cold cuts high;/Customers should see salami comin' thru the rye"" and ""All day, all night, 'Cary Grant,'"" a takeoff on ""Marianne"". In 1962, capitalizing on his success, Jubilee Records re-released Sherman's 1951 single on the album ""More"
"1962 hit for Johnny Crawford. The song ""Hully Gully"" was later covered by many other artists, including Chubby Checker and The Beach Boys. Smith and Goldsmith also co-produced many of the Olympics' early records, with Smith taking over sole production responsibilities in about 1963. In 1963, Smith started working for the Mirwood label, established in Los Angeles by former Vee-Jay executive Randy Wood. He began working with the duo Bob and Earl – Bob Relf and Earl Nelson – and, with Relf and Nelson, co-produced their record ""Harlem Shuffle"", arranged by Gene Page with input from Barry White. The record"
"song has subsequently been covered over the years by many artists, including Les Paul and Mary Ford (for their album ""Bye Bye Blues!"" (1952)), The Andrews Sisters (1952), Dinah Shore (for her album ""Dinah Shore – Sings The Blues"" (1954)), Shirley Bassey (for her album ""Born to Sing the Blues"" (1957)), Duke Ellington, Ace Cannon, and Paul Revere and the Raiders. Wabash Blues ""Wabash Blues"", with words by Dave Ringle and music by Fred Meinken, was the first major success for pianist, saxophonist and song composer Isham Jones (1894–1956). Recorded in 1921 by Isham Jones and his Orchestra, this million-seller"
"song went to number 1 in the US in March 1962 and held that position for three weeks. Besides topping the U.S. popular music charts, it also became number 2 in the United Kingdom. It sold more than one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. Channel had four more singles on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, including ""Number One Man"" (which peaked at number 52), ""Come On Baby"" (number 98), ""Going Back to Louisiana"" (number 89), and ""Mr. Bus Driver"" (number 90), but none of them were as successful as ""Hey! Baby"", and he is considered a one-hit wonder."
"11-year-old Taylor Ware was the runner-up on the NBC show ""America's Got Talent"". She taught herself to yodel and honed her skills by taking lessons from Margo Smith. In 1996 Rimes also recorded ""The Cattle Call"", a ""singing cowboy"" song written by cowboy yodeler Tex Owens, with legendary singer Eddy Arnold. ""The Cattle Call"" was Arnold's signature song, but it has been recorded by many artists including Emmylou Harris and even Elvis Presley. One famous yodeling tune known the world-over is the song ""The Lion Sleeps Tonight"", also known as ""Wimoweh"". It was first recorded by Solomon Linda and the"
"Dionne Warwick and others, and, as Gil Hamilton, recorded several singles for various small labels. One of his singles recorded in 1962, ""Tell Her"", written by Bert Berns under the pseudonym Bert Russell, and produced by Berns, was the original version of ""Tell Him"" which later became an international hit for The Exciters (and in the UK for Billie Davis). Hamilton's 1962 Vee Jay single ""Move & Groove"" was the original version of Johnny O'Keefe's 1963 Australian hit ""Move Baby Move. In 1963, Thunder linked up with songwriter and record producer Teddy Vann, who persuaded him to record a novelty"
"of the song to reach the record charts, peaking at number four on the ""Billboard"" Rhythm & Blues chart. Reviews from 1952 welcomed her return to a blues singing-style after pop-oriented songs, such as ""Wheel of Fortune"". Nina Simone also scored a hit with it in 1961, when her recording reached number 11 on the R&B chart and 92 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart. Several additional recordings by Simone are in release, including a live performance from the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival (""Nina Simone at Newport"") and a more intimate small-combo studio version from 1965 (""Pastel Blues""). In"
"Festival. He died in April 1985, after a long illness, in Paris. Willie Mabon Willie James Mabon (October 24, 1925 – April 19, 1985) was an American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist, who had two number one hits on the ""Billboard"" R&B chart: ""I Don't Know"" in 1952 and ""I'm Mad"" in 1953. Mabon was born and brought up in the Hollywood district of Memphis, Tennessee. He moved to Chicago in 1942, by which time he had become known as a singer and pianist. He formed a group, the Blues Rockers, and in 1949 began recording for Aristocrat Records and"
"numerous recording sessions, including backing up Eric Weissberg. In 1966, he was getting a lot of airplay with his single of ""Hey Joe"". It was copyrighted in 1962 by singer Billy Roberts, but Rose claimed he heard it sung as a child in Florida, and as of 2009, Rose's official website still claims the song is ""traditional"". As of 2009 no documentary evidence from US archives or elsewhere has been provided to support the claim that the song is ""traditional"" (though Country singer Carl Smith did have a hit in 1953 with a song of the same title written by"
"which became another top 40 hit in early 1962. After a string of single releases on Fury Records Langston George left the group in 1962. The group's success was halted by Gladys Knight's sudden departure in 1962 to start a family with husband Jimmy Newman, a musician. Knight gave birth to the couple's son James Gaston Newman III in August. A daughter, Kenya Maria Newman, was born in November 1963. During this period, the Pips kept performing and recording to little fanfare and eventually each Pip took odd jobs while Gladys Knight began performing solo with Jimmy Newman being her"