NEW YORK - Hank Medress, whose vocals with the doo wop group the Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to the top of the charts and who produced hits with other groups, has died of lung cancer. He was 68.
Medress died Monday at his Manhattan home, relatives said.
The Lion Takes A Dirt Nap
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When the Tokens played at the Clay center, they had some problems with some of the wireless microphones. Now I know what "A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh" means.
"Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now?"
[ba-dum-bum]
"Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now?"
[ba-dum-bum]
"Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work."