Just about every song that makes it to #1 takes a long, strange journey to get there. But perhaps none of those journeys are longer or stranger than that of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” “The Lion Sleeps ...

The Tokens’ Philip Margo has died at 79, as The New York Times reports. Margo’s biggest claim to fame was singing on his band’s version of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” which eventually hit #1 on the ...

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 Saturday in a hospital in Los Angeles. He ...

Perhaps best known for singing baritone in the band's 1961 hit song, Philip Margo also worked as a music producer and television writer throughout his career Philip Margo, a member of the band The ...

His baritone contributed to the 1961 hit “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” which became one of the most recognizable American pop songs ever. By Neil Genzlinger Philip Margo, a member of the close-harmony ...