The group deliver an impassioned, overtly political vocal performance as they rail against the intolerant anti-libertarian political environment they perceive, vowing to free the soul of man”ĥ. “It was written by Lee Hays (co-founder of the Weavers with Pete Seeger) and Walter Lowenfels, the latter a poet, journalist and civil rights and labor activist, and recorded by the Weavers comprising Pete Seeger (banjo and vocal), Lee Hays (piano and vocal), Fred Hellerman (guitar and vocal) and Ronnie Gilbert (vocal). Wasn’t That a Time (Wasn’t That a Time, 1949
WIMOWEH 1955 TRIAL
Nicholas Arena in New York City at a testimonial dinner for the hierarchy of the Communist Party of the United States, on trial at the time accused of advocating the overthrow of the United States government.”Ħ.
It was first performed in public by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays on 3 June 1949 at the St. “The song was written in support of the progressive movement and the Progressive Party in the United States, which campaigned for desegregation, extension of the welfare system, foundation of a national health insurance system, and the development of social justice. The Hammer Song (The Weavers at Carnegie Hall, 1957) “”So Long” by Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers is good, mid to up tempo jolly pop with a 1950s Western musical vibe, featuring male and female chorus backing vocals and an individual female singer alternating with Jenkins, the woman’s vocal outdoing Jenkins.”ħ. They renamed the song “Wimoweh” which was a mishearing of the original song’s chorus of “Uyimbube” in Zulu.” The song then enjoyed a revival in the 1950s and 1960s in particular, after Alan Lomax brought the Linda recording to the attention of Pete Seeger of The Weavers, with the song cut by many artists after The Weavers recorded it on 25 October 1951. English lyrics were subsequently written by George Weiss. “”Wimoweh”, also known as “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, was originally recorded in 1939 by Solomon Linda’s Original Evening Birds, which outstanding record features on my list for that year Solomon Linda, who was a South African Zulu singer, wrote the song in the 1920s, with lyrics written in Zulu. Unfortunately, the Weaver’s 50’s-style lily-white vocal harmonies sound cringe-inducingly corny and dated today.” Midnight Special (Midnight Special, 1952)
Marc Brierley - Welcome to the Citadel (1968).The Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band - The Mystic As.The Gosdin Brothers - Sounds of Goodbye (1968).Stained Glass - Crazy Horse Roads (1969).Paul Revere and The Raiders - Revolution! (1967).The Flower Pot Men - Let's Go to San Francisco (1967).Trippy, loopy, and totally of its time, classic doo wop this is not great, however, it is. But everything on here works in a very organic manner: all of the songs follow a neat continuum and could easily be termed as a humanistic song cycle, each one surrounded by late-'60s Beatlesque production values, right down to the massively compressed drum sounds and omnipresent tape saturation. No wonder Warner didn't know what to make of it previous attempts by other doo woppers at updating their sound produced some of the most laughable examples that the genre has to offer. What we also have here is a White doo wop group delivering an album that falls somewhere between Pet Sounds and Sgt. To fill a contractual obligation, a few hundred copies were pressed up - in a slightly altered form - and the album pretty much remained an interesting catalog sighting before its CD-era reissue. But what we have here is the great lost Tokens album, recorded in 1968 and promptly turned down by Warner Bros. The Tokens are generally thought of as the vocal group who brought their "Lion Sleeps Tonight" hit to yet another generation through the success of The Lion King.
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