Biography
The Tokens were an American doo-wop band and record production company group from Brooklyn, New York City. The group had four top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, all in the 1960s, their biggest being the chart-topping 1961 hit single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", which borrowed heavily from the 1939 song "Mbube" by South African singer Solomon Linda. They are also known for having Neil Sedaka as an original member, before he pursued a solo career.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Hallucinations: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vaults
2004
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
1973
Tuneweaving
1973
Come And Get It (The Best Of Apple Records)
2010
Come To The Sunshine: Soft Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vaults
2004
Greatest Hits
1979
Both Sides Now
1970
Knock Three Times / Home
1970
Candida
1970
State Of The Union (The American Dream In Crisis 1967 - 1973)
2018
All Punk Rods! (A Devils Dozen Of Deluxe Drag Punk!)
1998
Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
1973
Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me / Poem For My Little Lady
1972
20 Fantastic Hits By The Original Artists
1972
20 Fantastic Hits By The Original Artists Volume Two
1972
Candida / Look At...
1970
My Mammy
1967
I Got Rhythm
1967
Goodnight My Love
1966
It's A Happening World
1967
Psycle
1967
Credited work
969 releases · 146 albums · active 1963–2020
- Production · 876
- Performance · 316
- Other credits · 22
Studios: Olmsted Sound Studios · Century Sound Studios · A&R Studios · Broadway Recording Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Dawn (5)
- The Happenings
- Various
- The Chiffons
- Brute Force (2)
- Mac Davis
- Dusk (10)
- Majic Ship