Search results
Finally establishing its most famous name and line-up, the group became known as the Tokens in 1960 after recruiting the 13-year-old multi-instrumentalist and first tenor Mitch Margo and his baritone brother Philip "Phil" Margo.
The Tokens. If you hang around long enough, you can grow your own band. Phil Margo. The Lion Lives On. Throughout the sixties THE TOKENS wrote, produced and recorded some of music's most well known songs.
Philip Frederick Margo (April 1, 1942 – November 13, 2021) was an American musician and author who was a longtime member of The Tokens, along with his brother Mitch. They are best known for their hit recording of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" which rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained there for three weeks in 1961.
The Tokens fue una agrupación estadounidense de doo-wop originaria de Brooklyn, Nueva York y fundada en 1955. Son reconocidos principalmente por su exitoso sencillo de 1961 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", [1] [2] una versión de la canción del compositor africano Solomon Linda. [3]
Though having their roots in Doo-Wopp the Tokens expanded their musical horizons with successful releases spanning four decades including Intercourse in 1968, Cross Country in 1973, Re-Doo-Wopp in 1988 and Esta Noche El Leon Baila in 1996.
17 de nov. de 2021 · Philip Margo, a member of the close-harmony group the Tokens, which earned enduring pop-music fame with the No. 1 hit “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” in 1961, died on Saturday in a hospital in Los...
Escuche a The Tokens de forma ilimitada o compre los álbumes en Hi-Res 24-Bit para una calidad sonora sin igual. Suscripción desde 12,49€/mes.
