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Wimoweh - The Weavers

Song: Wimoweh

Artist:	The Weavers
Originally written by:	Solomon Linda
Date:	1951
Comments:	Pete Seeger of The Weavers copied "Mbube" note for note, but he didn't understand "Uyimbube, uyimbube", so he made "Wimoweh" of it. At this stage the song is credited to Paul Campbell but this person is purely ficticious. For more information read "Where does the Lion sleep tonight?" by Rian Malan.

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Cover hierarchy

Mbube by Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds (1939)
- Wimoweh by The Weavers (1951)
  - The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens (1961)
    - Le lion est mort ce soir by Henri Salvador (1962)
      - Le lion est mort ce soir by Pow Wow (1992)
    - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) (Mbube) by Robert John [1] (1971)
    - Wimmersvej by Bamses Venner (1975)
    - The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Nylons (1982)
    - The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Tight Fit (1982)
    - The Lion Sleeps Tonight by R.E.M. (1993)
    - The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Steve Forbert (1994)
    - The Lion Sleeps Tonight [live] by Voice Male (1998)
    - The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Helmut Lotti (1998)
  - Wimoweh by Nanci Griffith (1993)

Added by Bastien on 2003-10-22
Page generated on 2008-11-19 10:46:16

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