Perhaps best known for singing baritone in the band's 1961 hit song, Philip Margo also worked as a music producer and television writer throughout his career Philip Margo, a member of the band The ...

Just about every song that makes it to #1 takes a long, strange journey to get there. But perhaps none of those journeys are longer or stranger than that of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” “The Lion Sleeps ...

Mitch Margo, who rose to fame with the 1961 hit song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," died at his California home, The Los Angeles Times reported. He was 70. Family members said Margo died Nov. 24 in Studio ...

The Tokens’ Philip Margo has died at 79, as The New York Times reports. Margo’s biggest claim to fame was singing on his band’s version of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” which eventually hit #1 on the ...

His baritone contributed to the 1961 hit “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” which became one of the most recognizable American pop songs ever. By Neil Genzlinger Philip Margo, a member of the close-harmony ...

The post R.I.P. Philip Margo, Singer of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” Dead at 79 appeared first on Consequence. Philip Margo, longtime member of The Tokens — the doo-wop vocal group most famous for “The ...