![]() When it is all done, you can click the download button to download your voice over as an mp3 file. Set back and wait for a few seconds while our AI algorithm does its text to speech magic to convert your text into an awesome voice over. ![]() The song is dedicated to ‘ Cecil‘ (the Zimbabwe lion that was killed by an American dentist), and according to Dereck Joubert “Beau has offered that all the money raised by his venture will be donated to the Big Cats Initiative“. Just type some text, select the language, the voice and the speech style and emotion, then hit the Play button. We agreed to help “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” project, and a short film, cut by our editor Candice Odgers, helpd give the song another life, placing it in context with footage of lions. It was the number one record in 36 countries. Speaking in a documentary about the new version, The Tokens’ lead singer Jay Siegel says: When the record first came out in 1961 it was one of the most unusual records to ever be released. The gorgeous wildlife footage comes courtesy of Dereck and Beverly Joubert (who recently appeared on Ellen) and their National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative. The song, which had its roots in South Africa, was made famous in 1961 after The Tokens performed it in America. The song was originally titled ‘Mbube’ (meaning lion in isiZulu), and was written and recorded back in the 1930s by Solomon Linda from Ladysmith, South Africa.Īmerican lyricist George David Weiss wrote the words for the English version and The Tokens made it famous as “Wimoweh” or “The Lions Sleeps Tonight”.ĭavidson said his new version respects what The Tokens did but “refreshes” it, and is over the moon that The Tokens made the trip down to Nashville from New York to be a part of the record. A live version of the song played over the credits. tour, which culminated in the disastrous Altamont Free Concert, took its name from the song. “It’s as different now as it was when it came out in 1961!” says Siegel. Directed by award-winning filmmaker François Verster, A Lions Trail traces the music back to its original source, telling the story of how the Zulu song 'Mbube' was transcribed by American folk singer Pete Seeger into 'Wimoweh,' finally gaining international recognition as 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight. The 1970 documentary film, Gimme Shelter, which was directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, and which chronicled the final weeks of the Stones’ 1969 U.S.
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