a-wimoweh a-wimoweh..
In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.
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posted by peacay on Apr 30, 2005 - 15 comments

The story of 'Wimoweh' 'Mbube' or more popularly 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'. In which a Zulu migrante creates one of the most recorded songs of the twentieth century, but because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, failed to get any royalties and died a pauper. A contribution to the music copyright debate.
posted by feelinglistless on Jan 10, 2003 - 14 comments