Ari Margo is Mitch Margo

Mitch Margo

Mitch Margo is an American singer and songwriter who was a professional recording artist by the age of 14. He was, and still is a member of The Tokens, best known for their hit recording of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" which rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained there for 3 weeks in 1961...

's younger son, who performs with his Father in the oldies band, "The Tokens

The Tokens

The Tokens are an American male doo-wop-style vocal group from Brooklyn, New York. They are known best for their chart-scoring 1961 single, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" .-Career:...

" who were made famous by their 1961 recording of The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

"The Lion Sleeps Tonight", also known as "Wimoweh" and originally as "Mbube", is a song recorded by Solomon Linda and his group The Evening Birds for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939. It was covered internationally by many 1950s pop and folk revival artists, including The Weavers,...

 (Ari's name

Ari (name)

- Albanian :'Ari' is a male first name that means "lion" or at times used for the meaning of "gold".-Finno-Ugric languages:"Ari" is thought to be a Finno-Ugric-specific form of Adrian.-Finnish:'Ari' is a somewhat common Norse and Finnish name...

 is derived from the Hebrew word meaning "Lion"; see Animal names as first names in Hebrew

Animal names as first names in Hebrew

The Hebrew Language has many given names which are animal names, some of which are derived from the Bible, while others are more modern.-Biblical names:Many characters in the Bible have animal names, most of them of smaller animals and herbivores...

). Ari reluctantly was forced into joining the choir by his mother in 6th grade but ended up enjoying it so much that he stayed with the choral program until he graduated high school. In 1998, he found himself performing in front of millions of people over that summer with The Tokens

The Tokens

The Tokens are an American male doo-wop-style vocal group from Brooklyn, New York. They are known best for their chart-scoring 1961 single, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" .-Career:...

 as they performed The National Anthem

The Star-Spangled Banner

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships...

 at all 30 Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

stadiums (of which Ari participated in 14).