THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT TO PLAY:Left click the PLAY arrow in the bottom left hand corner. Now, left click it again THE MEANING OF This is a 9 minute video. Please give about 30 seconds to load. TO PLAY: Left click the large centre arrow and then left click the PLAY arrow in the bottom left hand corner. SUNCHYME LET YOUR LOVE FLOW Starting in the late 1970s, the Bellamy Brothers found success in country music as well, charting twenty Number One singles and more than fifty hits overall on the country charts. To date, they have released more than forty albums. The video is of a performance they gave in Hamburg in 1976.
The song was written by South African Solomon Linda in 1939 but he received no royalties from the song and died a pauper. This version was recorded by an American group - The Tokens - in 1961 and it was number 1 in the hit parade for three weeks. The younger generation have probably heard the song as featured in Walt Disney's 'The Lion King'.
Further info at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Linda
AMERICAN PIE
Don McLean's "American Pie" was released in 1971. The song quickly reached number 1 in the US and number 2 in the UK and climbed back into the British top ten when it was re-released in 1991. What are the lyrics about? Play the video to find out. Further info at:
http://www.don-mclean.com/americanpie.asp
Dario G is the name of a dance music trio from Cheshire. The act was named after the manager of Crewe Alexandra, Dario Gradi. Its founder members are Paul Spencer, Scott Rosser and Stephen Spencer (the Spencers are not related). This track hit number 2 in the hit parade in 1997. It sounds 'African' and the video is 'African' but the tune is based on a 1985
hit by The Dream Academy - 'Life In A Northern Town'.
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The Bellamy Brothers are an American country music duo composed of brothers David Milton Bellamy (born September 16, 1950) and Homer Howard Bellamy (born February 2, 1946) both from Darby, Florida. The duo had considerable musical success in the 1970s and 1980s, starting with the release of their hit "Let Your Love Flow" , written by one of Neil Diamond's 'roadies' in 1976. It became a Number One single on the USA's Billboard Hot 100.