Sales are anyone's guess, and hard information is almost impossible to obtain. Returned to US charts in 1995, peaking in 40s.īeyond this point the list gets silly. Weiss says Tokens alone sold six million. "By Weiss/Peretti/Creatore/Stanton." Immortal hit single, US number one for three weeks, topped charts worldwide, often in cover versions (see 7). Peaked at number 6 on Variety charts, and sold somewhere between two hundred thousand (Leventhal) and one million (Seeger) Subsequently appeared on at least 12 Weavers collections or reunions or Seeger solo albums.ħ) Kingston Trio - track on 1959 album Live from Hungry I that peaked at number two and spent 178 weeks on US charts.ħc) Yma Sumac, sultry "Peruvian" actually from Brooklyn.Ĩ) Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens 1961. Allegedly authored by the fictitious "Paul Campbell," but really adapted by Pete Seeger, who copied Mbube "note-for-note." Published Folkways, released Decca. Erlmann of UTexas.Ħ) Wimoweh 1951 - The Weavers. as "traditional."ĥ) Easy Walkers, according to Prof V. "The most exciting new singing talent to appear in many years" - Time. (Their live album for EMI, issued in exile in sixties)Ĥ) Miriam Makeba's debut LP USA 1960, produced by Belafonte, featuring Chad Mitchell Trio. Sold estimated 100,000 78s over a decade.Ģ) Tuxedo Swingsters, featuring Abdullah Ibrahim, early fifties.ģ) Manhattan Bros. SOLOMON LINDA - Composer of MBUBE - Photo from MUFF ANDERSSON'S "Music in The Mix", Courtesy of the GALLO AFRICA ARCHIVE.ġ) Mbube 1939 - Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds(Gallotone). read also: Rian Malan - Where Does The Lion Sleep Tonight? > Additions, corrections and comments are welcome. The data below (provided by Rian Malan) is rough and incomplete, as you will see, but it's a start. We will average the responses, and post the outcome. Ballparks are inevitable, and a range of estimates would be nice, i.e. I guess we're talking publisher's gross - after societies have taken their cut. The object of this exercise is for you to add to any covers of this song that may be missing & to guess the song's earnings over the past 60 years in constant l999 dollars. Re: Commercial exploitation of Solomon Linda's Mbube/Wimoweh/Lion Sleeps tonight. Everything you ever knew about copyright is wrong:
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