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The Tokens
They may be forever defined by 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight', their huge universal
hit of 1961, but the enduring influence and importance of The Tokens - who once
featured Neil Sedaka in an early line-up - stretches much further. Before Elvis
and the rock & roll revolution and before The Beatles and the beat boom, the
hottest records around were made by the male vocal groups creating a style known
as doo-wop, which had its beginnings in Afro-American communities in the 1940s.
Having their start as school friends at Abraham Lincoln School in Brooklyn, New
York, The Tokens emerged i...
The Lion Sleeps TonightThe Tokens
Portrait of My LoveThe Tokens
The Lion Sleeps TonightThe Tokens
Don't Worry BabyThe Tokens
He's in TownThe Tokens
Come Go with MeThe Tokens and Mitch Margo
The Lion Sleeps TonightThe Tokens
Both Sides Now
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Portrait of My LoveThe Tokens
It's A Happening World
2:26
The Lion Sleeps TonightThe Tokens
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Don't Worry BabyThe Tokens
Both Sides Now
2:48
He's in TownThe Tokens
I Hear Trumpets Blow
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Come Go with MeThe Tokens and Mitch Margo
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