Running Bear Song

The big bopper and sung most famously by johnny preston in 1959.
Running bear song. He formed a rock and roll band called the shades before recording his no. Of cajun ancestry preston sang in high school choral contests throughout the state of texas. In this song running bear is a young indian who falls in love with a girl from the rival tribe across the river. The first of five uk chart singles for johnny preston all in 1960.
Now their hands touched and their lips met the swirling river it. Here is the famous classic song running bear with beautiful storyboard video. The song was composed by jp big bopper r. He s best known for his international number one hit in 1960 running bear.
Charted in feb 1960 in the uk peaked at 1. Running bear is a song written by jiles perry richardson a k a. 1 hit single running bear the song was written in 1958 by j. Running bear loved little white dove with a love as big as the sky yes running bear loved little white dove with a love that couldn t die.
The 1959 recording featured background vocals by richardson george jones and the session s producer bill hall who provided the indian chanting of uga uga during the three verses as well as the indian war cries at the start and end of the record.