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Or How a Black Man from South Africa Was Screwed Out of Several Million Dollars

“A-wimowack, a-wimoweh A-wimowack, a-wimoweh…”

Everybody knows that hook from the song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” The song was a staple of the folk music circuit of the late 50s and early 60s. In 1962, it went to #1 in the U.S. when the Tokens recorded a more rock-oriented version. Robert John took it to #3 in 1972, and the British ensemble Tight Fit had a #1 hit in the UK in 1982. It was featured in the Disney movie The Lion King and even played a prominent part in an episode of the popular sitcom Friends.

Few know who really wrote the song or the long journey it made to become the classic we know today.

The song was written in the 1920s by a South African man named Solomon Linda and recorded by his musical group, the Evening Birds. Linda’s original version was titled “Mbube,” and the lyrics were entirely in the Zulu language. The original recording was successful in South Africa and made its way to England via South African immigrants moving to the UK.

In 1949, the song was brought to the attention of folk music legend Pete Seeger. He sang it with his original group, the Weavers, for about a year. The group then recorded a version, renaming the song “Wimoweh.” That was a misspelling by Seeger of the original chant “Uyimbube,” which means “you are a lion.” As Seeger did not know the name of the composer, the record was credited as “Traditional.” And that’s where the trouble started.

Many folk acts, including the Kingston Trio, soon covered the Weavers' version. So many that two RCA records producers, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, decided to record a pop music version of the song as the B-side of a single by the early doo-wop group the Tokens.

They hired lyricist George David Weiss to come up with some English words to go with the African chanting. It was Weiss who wrote the “In the jungle, the mighty jungle…” lyrics we all know so well. For an extra kick, Weiss got the producers to use soprano Anita Darian to add an extra high level of warbling before, during, and after the record’s saxophone break. As the composer, Hugo and Luigi listed an Albert Stanton (more about him coming up).

The A-side of the Tokens record (“Tina”) was quickly forgotten as the B-Side, finally titled “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” roared up the charts in a matter of weeks.

It turned out that “Albert Stanton” was simply a pseudonym used by Pete Seeger’s music publishers when they wanted to claim royalties for songs that were in the public domain.

Of course, Solomon Linda’s tune was NOT in the public domain. Lawsuits flew across the ocean. The American company that was earning millions in publishing royalties claimed that South African copyrights were not valid in the United States.

Music experts have estimated that the song has earned more than $15 million in royalties. Solomon Linda saw none of it.

His estate, however, kept up the lawsuits after his death. Eventually, the Richmond Organization (owners of that music publishing company) began to pay the Solomon Linda estate $3,000 a year.

In 2006, the estate and the Richmond Organization reached a final settlement, with the Richmond Organization agreeing to place all future earnings of the song into a trust.

Finally, the lion can sleep peacefully tonight.

Two big shows!

Every film fan agrees that Tony Curtis did a marvelous job imitating Cary Grant when his character was pretending to be a millionaire in the classic film comedy Some Like It Hot.

What most don't know is that Curtis had to be dubbed when he was in drag pretending to be female saxophone player Josephine. That's right. Curtis' attempts to sound like a woman sounded pretty bad. So director Billy Wilder called in veteran Hollywood voice artist Paul Frees.

If the name is not familiar, you most assuredly have heard Frees' voice. He provided the voice for literally hundreds of cartoons characters including Boris Badenov, Ludwig Von Drake, and Inspector Fenwick as well as both John Lennon and George Harrison in those Saturday morning Beatles cartoons. To this day, you can also hear Frees as your "ghost host" in the Haunted Mansion and as several of the pirates in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" attractions at the Walt Disney theme parks.

So the next time you watch Some Like It Hot, try and imagine that it's really Boris Badenov in drag!

Okay, we all know sugar is bad, but it tastes so darn good! We can cut down our intake of sugar (and still enjoy the occasional treats) by following a few simple tips:

Whole Fruit vs. Fruit Juice: Fruit juice can have as much sugar as several pieces of whole fruit, but none of the fiber that slows absorption. Eat the whole fruit and skip the juice.

The Best Fruits: Those are the ones that release their sugar into our systems more slowly. These include apples, berries and grapefruit.

Chocolate: Every chocoholic knows there are actual health benefits in chocolate. And the darker the chocolate, the more cocoa (the health-giving stuff) and the less sugar (the not-so-healthy stuff).

Avoid White: Not only is cane sugar white, but foods like white bread, white rice and white pasta are metabolized in your body just like sugar. Health experts say you should substitute whole gains and skip the white.

Do you ever receive an email claiming to be from FedEx, UPS, DHL, Amazon or some other business involved in shipping that’s notifying you that a shipment is coming your way – when you know you never ordered anything?

Beware. Courier cons are on the rise. Bogus shipping confirmations contain links that once clicked deliver malware to your computer!

Experts always recommend that you never click on links in these types of emails. Instead, go to the bona fide website of the business that claims to be contacting you and check it out from there.

From his second album and his first real hit single, "Fire & Rain" remains one of James Taylor's most requested and popular tunes.

Written in 1968 but released in 1970, the song is actually all about some personal struggles in Taylor's life. The Susan in the lyrics is Taylor's close friend Susann Schnerr. She committed suicide. The news was initially kept from Taylor by friends who thought it was distract him from his career.

The second verse about his "body aching" refers to Taylor's heroin addiction. And most people have heard that the line about "flying machines in pieces on the ground" is about Taylor's early group the Flying Machine that broke up due to internal dischord.

Taylor has said he was surprised that such a personal song would not only become a hit single but touched so many people. But it's credited with helping fuel a craze for singer-songwriters that would also help propel the careers of artists such as Billy Joel and Taylor's future wife, Carly Simon.

Have you been keeping up with all your vaccinations?

Experts estimate that nearly 66% of Baby Boomers over 65 have not yet had their shingles vaccine. More than 40% haven't had a tetanus booster in the last decade.

Hey, we're not indestructible. In fact, our age bracket is one where shingles, the flu or other viruses can have serious consequences.

Do yourself a favor. Consult with your doctor about getting your flu shots annually, a tetanus booster every 10 years and by all means, make sure you've had your shingles vaccine (even if you've already had a shingles outbreak).