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Hank Medress. Henry " Hank " Medress (November 19, 1938 – June 18, 2007) was an American singer and record producer, best known for his taking part in the American band The Tokens . Biography. Medress was born in Brooklyn, New York City, where he attended "Abraham Lincoln" High School.
Hank Medress, a founding member of the 1960s doo-wop group the Tokens, whose biggest hit was “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 68. The cause was lung...
Jun 25, 2007 · New York singer and music producer Hank Medress, best known as the voice behind The Lion Sleeps Tonight by doo-wop group The Tokens, has died. Medress, who was 68, died June 18 at his Manhattan...
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Jun 24, 2007 · Hank Medress. Dave Laing. Sun 24 Jun 2007 19.09 EDT. The founder of the Tokens and producer of Tie a Yellow Ribbon. In 1961, the New York vocal group the Tokens sold more than a million copies...
Hank Medress, whose vocals with the doo wop group the Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single The Lion Sleeps Tonight to the top of the charts and who produced hits with other groups,...
Jun 25, 2007 · NEW YORK – Hank Medress, whose vocals with the doo wop group the Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single " The Lion Sleeps Tonight " to the top of the charts and who produced hits with...
Former band member Hank Medress died of lung cancer on June 18, 2007, at his Manhattan home, aged 68. John "Jay" Traynor died of liver cancer on January 2, 2014, at a hospital in Tampa, Florida , aged 70.
