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Solomon Linda

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1st RECORDING OF: Mbube (evolved to ‘Wimoweh’ & ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’) - Solomon Linda (1939)

 

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Solomon Linda&The Evening ( The First Version ) - Mbube

 

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Solomon Linda - Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)

 

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Solomon Linda & The Evening Birds, Mbube (1939)

 

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Mbube Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds '39 Singer 829

Solomon Popoli Linda, also known as Solomon Ntsele, was a South African musician, singer and composer best known as the composer of the song "Mbube", which later became the popular music success "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and gave its name to the Mbube style of isicathamiya a cappella later popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.