What's the Connection

[greybeard]

Here we go:

Dinah Washington
Ella Fitzgerald
Joe Cocker

They have all recorded the song cry me a river?

[boxboy]

Nicely done, greybeard.

[greybeard]

So, here's the next 3:

Pat Benatar
John Barry
Kingston Trio

[Musenfreund]

Time for a hint?

[Violet S]

They all did Wedding songs?

[Violet S]

Cooee Greybeard?
Hopefully he's just busy with Christmas shopping or something like that.

[greybeard]

Sorry, folks, I've been doing 12-14 hours a day trying to get a house renovated by Christmas, so our tenants can move in on Jan 1.

Clue:

The song by the Kingston Trio has at least 3 titles - there is the original title, one, which is a very well known version (coincidentally the title used by the KT) and one, which is complete and utter nonsense, but supposedly a translation of the original title.

2nd clue the original title was in a non-mainstream language (e.g. German, French, etc.)

[Musenfreund]

Not by any chance "the Lion sleeps tonight" a weem o weh, etc.?

[greybeard]

Not by any chance "the Lion sleeps tonight" a weem o weh, etc.?

I don't think that Pat Benatar or John Barry have recorded The Lion Sleeps Tonight, but you're getting warm

[Musenfreund]

The best I seem able to come up with is that they've all done songs with lions in them.

[greybeard]

The best I seem able to come up with is that they've all done songs with lions in them.

That's good enough (and perfectly correct), take it away.