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16 May 21 - 11:21 AM (#4106238) Subject: Wimoweh - Miriam Makeba From: Jerry Rasmussen Wimoweh -Miriam Makeba Before the Tokens, even before the Weavers, or Jimmy Dorsey, Wimoweh was. Here is the song in all its glory sung by the masterful Miriam Makeba. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6AAtKmx6Qk |
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16 May 21 - 02:08 PM (#4106253) Subject: RE: Wimoweh - Miriam Makeba From: GUEST,# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrrQT4WkbNE ' "Mbube" (Zulu for "lion") was written in the 1920s by Solomon Linda, a South African Zulu singer, who later worked for the Gallo Record Company in Johannesburg as a cleaner and record packer. ' It sure has been around. |
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16 May 21 - 02:17 PM (#4106254) Subject: RE: Wimoweh - Miriam Makeba From: GUEST,# That quote was from the YouTube page. The date is out to lunch by about 20 years. There's a good Wikipedia article about Solomon Linda and the info there looks good. |
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16 May 21 - 02:32 PM (#4106257) Subject: RE: Wimoweh - Miriam Makeba From: Jerry Rasmussen Thanks for the info. Guest. |