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History. The band was formed in 1955 at Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, New York, and was known first as the Linc-Tones, [1] a name inspired by the school's name. [2] The original members were Neil Sedaka, Hank Medress, Eddie Rabkin, and Cynthia Zolotin; however, Rabkin was replaced in 1956 by Jay Siegel.
Eddie Rabkin went off to college and was replaced by Jay Siegel, also from Lincoln High School. After Sedaka departed in early 1958 to pursue a highly successful solo career, Medress and Siegel formed a new foursome, Darrell and the Oxfords, with Warren Schwartz and Fred Kalkstein. They had an East Coast hit with the Roulette single "Picture in Your Wallet" (featuring Siegel's instantly ...
The group was formed in 1955 at Brooklyn's Abraham Lincoln High School, and was known first as The Linc-Tones. Originally featuring members Neil Sedaka, Hank Medress, Eddie Rabkin, and Cynthia Zolotin, Rabkin was replaced by Jay Siegel in 1956, and the band recorded its first single, "While I Dream" that same year. In 1957 Sedaka and Zolotin ...
Eddie Rabkin. Cynthia Zolotin. Mitch Margo. Joe Venneri. Brute Force. Jay Traynor. Philip Margo. The Tokens were an American male doo-wop -style vocal group and record production company group from Brooklyn, New York. They are known best for their 1961 single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".
Cynthia Zolotin, Eddie Rabkin and classical piano prodigy Sedaka decided The Tokens sounded better as a name; Rabkin left the following year and was replaced by Siegel.
The Tokens—best known for their chart-topping 1961 single, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”—were formed in 1955 at Brooklyn’s Abraham Lincoln High School and were known first as The Linc-Tones. The group’s original members were Neil Sedaka, Hank Medress, Eddie Rabkin, and Cynthia Zolotin; Rabkin was replaced by Jay Siegel in 1956.
The group was formed at Lincoln High School in Brooklyn in 1955 and known as the Linc-Tones. Original members were Neil Sedaka, Hank Medress, Eddie Rabkin and Cynthia Zolitin. In 1956 Jay Siegel was brought in to replace Rabkin and the group recorded its first song for the Melba label.
