RUNNINGBEAR

Running Bear

"Running Bear" is a song written by J. P. Richardson sung most famously by Johnny Preston in 1959. Preston first sang the song in 1959 with background vocals by Richardson and George Jones, who did the "Indian chanting" of "UGO UGO" during the three verses, as well as the "Indian war cries". It was #1 for three weeks in January 1960 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The song also reached #1 in the UK in 1960. Coincidentally, "Running Bear" was immediately preceded in the Hot 100 #1 position by Marty Robbins' "El Paso", another song in which the protagonist dies.

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