<P> Weiss also brought in soprano Anita Darian to reprise Yma Sumac's version, before, during and after the saxophone solo . "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was issued by RCA in 1961, and it rocketed to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 . Weiss' Abilene Music Inc., was the publisher of this arrangement, and listed "Albert Stanton" (a pseudonym for Al Brackman, the business partner of Pete Seeger's music publisher, Howie Richmond), as one of the song's writers or arrangers . </P> <P> Social historian Ronald D. Cohen writes, "Howie Richmond copyrighted many songs originally in the public domain (sic) but now slightly revised to satisfy Decca and also to reap profits ." Canadian writer Mark Steyn, on the other hand, attributes the invention of the pseudonym "Paul Campbell" to Pete Seeger . Howie Richmond's claim of author's copyright could secure both the songwriter's royalties and his company's publishing share of the song's earnings . </P> <P> Although Linda was listed as a performer on the record itself, the Weavers thought he had recorded a traditional Zulu song . Their managers, publisher, and their attorneys knew otherwise because they had been contacted by--and had reached an agreement with--Eric Gallo of Gallo Records in South Africa . The Americans maintained, however, that South African copyrights were not valid because South Africa was not a signatory to U.S. copyright law . In the 1950s, after Linda's authorship was made clear, Seeger sent Linda $1000 . Seeger also instructed TRO / Folkways to henceforth pay his share of authors' earnings to Linda . The folksinger apparently trusted his publisher's word of honor and either saw no need, or was unable to make sure these instructions were carried out . </P> <P> In 2000, South African journalist Rian Malan wrote a feature article for Rolling Stone magazine in which he recounted Linda's story and estimated that the song had earned $15 million for its use in the Disney movie The Lion King alone . The piece prompted filmmaker François Verster to create the Emmy - winning documentary A Lion's Trail, that told Linda's story while incidentally exposing the workings of the multi-million dollar corporate music publishing industry . </P>

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