Here is a live look at Rocky & The Rollers warming up the Big 18 Piece Band for Tonights Legends of Doo Wop and Rock Meet Big Band Performance at 5 & 8pm. Vito Picone and The Elegants, Jay Siegel and The Tokens and The Capris are in the house! We cannot wait to see you all at The Savannah Center Tonight! | The Villages Entertainment

On this date in 1961, THE TOKENS released the single THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT, a song with a fascinating and complex history spanning continents and decades (Oct 17, 1961) This doo-wop adaptation of a Zulu hunting song would go on to become a global phenomenon, topping the Billboard charts and sparking a legacy of covers, controversy, and eventual legal battles. The journey of this melody began in 1939 when Solomon Linda, a Zulu singer working as a cleaner for Gallo Record Company in Johannesburg