JOHANNESBURG –The U.S. publishing house responsible for “Wimoweh,” the Weavers’ hit that inspired “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” has agreed to pay future royalties to the family of the late South African ...

NEW YORK — When Pete Seeger was recording songs like “Wimoweh” with the Weavers folk quartet in the 1950s, he didn’t give much thought to the fact the people who originally created the music generally ...

Pete Seeger didn't like singing by himself. It wasn't just that he contributed his tenor (and banjo picking) to two seminal folk groups — the Almanac Singers (with Woody Guthrie) and The Weavers — or ...