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Fun Facts:
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In 1961, Barry Mann recorded "Who Put the Bomp," a song he wrote with his wife Cynthia Weil. Mann is more well-known as a composer for films, having written the music for songs such as "Somewhere Out There."
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"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was derived from a song called "Mbube" (Zulu for "lion") which was written and recorded by Solomon Linda and The Evening Birds in 1939. In The Tokens' 1961 version, the chorus "Wimoweh" is a mishearing of the original song's lyric "uyimbube" (meaning "you're a lion").
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"In the Still of the Nite" was recorded by The Five Satins in the basement of a church in their hometown of New Haven, Connecticut while Fred Parris was on leave from the Army.
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"Monster Mash" is arguably the most successful novelty song of all time. On October 20, 1962, the original release hit #1 in the U.S. The song re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 on August 29, 1970, peaking at #91, and then again on May 5, 1972, when it went all the way to #10. Besides 4 Ever Young, other artists who have covered "Monster Mash" include The Beach Boys, The Misfits, Mannheim Steamroller, and Sha-Na-Na.
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