Solomon Linda
Biography
Solomon Popoli Linda (1909 – 8 September 1962), also known as Solomon Ntsele, was a South African musician, singer, and performer. He composed "Mbube", a defining South African song that revamped the isicathamiya genre and spawned a distinct genre of choral music. "Mbube" would evolve into "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" when it was reimagined by the Tokens in 1961.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Miriam Makeba
1960
Who Let The Dogs Out
2000
The Rock 'N' Roll Era 1961
1987
Assassinator
1983
Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits
1967
The Weavers At Carnegie Hall
1957
The Essential Pete Seeger
2005
Spike & Co.: Do It A Cappella (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1990
Precious Friend
1982
1982... With A Bullet
1982
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
1972
Kinda Folksy
1962
Ride Captain Ride / The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) (Mbube)
Credited work
557 releases · 133 albums · active 1956–2025
- Performance · 566
- Other credits · 16
Studios: Webster Hall · Battery Studios, London · Poplar Creek Music Theatre · Pineknob Music Theatre
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Miriam Makeba
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- The Spinners
- Pete Seeger
- Tight Fit
- Baha Men
- The Weavers