The group evolved from performances at weddings to choir competitions. They were all Linda's friends from Pomeroy. The members of the group were Solomon Linda (soprano), Gilbert Madondo (alto), Boy Sibiya (tenor), with Gideon Mkhize, Samuel Mlangeni, and Owen Sikhakhane as basses. Linda found employment at Johannesburg's Carlton Hotel and started a new group that retained the Evening Birds name. He worked in the Mayi Mayi Furniture Shop on Small Street and sang in a choir known as the Evening Birds, managed by his uncles, Solomon and Amon Madondo, and which disbanded in 1933. In 1931, Linda, like many other young African men at that time, left his homestead to find menial work in Johannesburg, by then a sprawling gold-mining town with a great demand for cheap labour.
He attended the Gordon Memorial mission school, where he learned about Western musical culture, hymns, and participated in choir contests. Solomon Popoli Linda was born near Pomeroy, on the labor reserve Msinga, Umzinyathi District Municipality in Ladysmith in Natal, where he was familiar with the traditions of amahubo and izingoma zomshado (wedding songs) music. Solomon Popoli Linda (1909 – 8 September 1962), also known as Solomon Ntsele ("Linda" was his clan name), was a South African musician, singer and composer best known as the composer of the song "Mbube", which later became the pop music success " The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and gave its name to the Mbube style of isicathamiya a cappella later popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Linda".Īnd even though Solomon Linda is now being credited as a writer in The Lion King remake and on the soundtrack, the settlement deal prohibits the Linda family from making any further claims against Abilene or the three Americans credited as composers of ‘ The Lion Sleeps Tonight’. This is the version that's been repeated down through the years by various folk artistsand vocal groups… Except for Miriam Makeba who in 1960 recorded the same song again as " Mbube", and with the writing credit given back to "J. 'The Weavers' credited the song as "Traditional", with arrangement by "Paul Campbell", later found out to be a pseudonym used by 'the Weavers' in order to claim royalties. This was the version that contained the chorus chanting "Wimoweh" and Linda's improvised melodic line. Later on 'The Weavers' recorded an adapted version and called it " Wimoweh", which is a mishearing of the original song's chorus of " Uyimbube", Zulu: You are a lion. Performing with a musical ensemble the 'Evening Birds' in Johannesburg, Linda and his fellow musicians recorded a number of songs, including " Mbube", which incorporated a call-response pattern common among many Sub-Saharan African ethnic groups, including the Zulu. The name of the song was " Mbube" which is Zulu for "lion"
The song we know as " The Lion Sleeps Tonight" or as " Wimoweh" was was written in the 1920s by Solomon Linda a South African singer of Zulu origin. Performance notes: " Wimoweh" is a mishearing of the original song's chorus of " Uyimbube"… Zulu for, ' You are a lion'. Meter, Time Signature, Tempo : 4/4 rhythmic shuffle, swing the eighths Optional percussion: a creative music teacher will want to add some instruments to this selection Voicing: unison/2 part with piano accompaniment Education Value: rhythmic work without too much note movement Published by : Alfred - 31248 sound track available Source : Classic pop Lyrics and music by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore
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