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To: Varda
I vote "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" ....

The old commie Pete Seeger actually owned the rights to that song. He made a lot of money from it.

206 posted on 09/25/2024 6:15:39 PM PDT by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Rummyfan

I read that the rights had been fraudulently lifted from it’s African author. Apparently he or his heirs also sued Disney for lifting the song for a movie. I hope the family took them all to the cleaners.


233 posted on 09/25/2024 6:53:05 PM PDT by Varda
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To: Rummyfan
The old commie Pete Seeger actually owned the rights to that song ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight"). He made a lot of money from it.

Here's Pete & his comrades performing it.

Wimoweh--Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra, vocal by the Weavers (1952)

247 posted on 09/25/2024 8:08:21 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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