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Artist: Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds Label:   Gallotone Country: South Africa Catalogue: GB.829 Date: 1939 Format: 10" Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns, 1 Wants Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds	Mbube	Solomon Linda	Rate
B	Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds	Ngi Hambile	Solomon Linda	Rate

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In 1933 Solomon Linda began singing with a group of friends called The Evening Birds. In 1939 they recorded a few tracks for Gallo Records when Linda improvised the first 15 notes of a song called "Mbube". The success of this song led to the conception of a whole new genre, characterized by a loud and powerful cappella four part harmony, accompanied by dancing. The song was later made internationally famous, by The Weavers as "Wimoweh" in 1948 and later as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens in 1961. Mbube is a precursor to the more currently popular African choral genres of "mbaqanga" and "iscathamiya". Ladysmith Black Mambazo (1990's to 2016) sing in the "iscathamiya" style

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