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<h1>Running Bear</h1><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/Running_Bear_Johnny_Preston_single_cover.JPG" alt="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/Running_Bear_Johnny_Preston_single_cover.JPG"></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Running Bear</strong>" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_tragedy_song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">teenage tragedy song</a> written by Jiles Perry Richardson (a.k.a. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bopper" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Big Bopper</a>) and sung most famously by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Preston" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Johnny Preston</a> in 1959.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_Bear#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> The 1959 recording featured background vocals by Richardson, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jones" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">George Jones</a>, and the session's producer Bill Hall, who provided the "Indian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">chanting</a>" of "uga-uga" during the three verses, as well as the "Indian war cries" at the start and end of the record. It was No. 1 for three weeks in January 1960 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard Hot 100</em></a> in the United States. The song also reached No. 1 in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Singles Chart</a> and New Zealand<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_Bear#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> in 1960.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_Bear#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> Coincidentally, "Running Bear" was immediately preceded in the Hot 100 No. 1 position by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Robbins" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marty Robbins</a>' "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paso_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">El Paso</a>", another song in which the protagonist dies. <em>Billboard</em> ranked "Running Bear" as the No. 4 song of 1960.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_Bear#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a></p><p>Richardson was a friend of Preston and offered "Running Bear" to him after hearing him perform in a club. Preston recorded the song at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SugarHill_Recording_Studios" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gold Star Studios</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Houston</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Texas</a>, several months after Richardson's death in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the plane crash</a> that also killed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buddy Holly</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Valens" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ritchie Valens</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_Bear#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> Preston was signed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mercury Records</a>, and "Running Bear" was released in August 1959.</p><h2>"Running Bear" was used in the 1994 movie <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Simple_Twist_of_Fate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>A Simple Twist of Fate</em></a>, which stars <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Martin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Steve Martin</a> as Michael McCann, a fine furniture maker in rural Virginia, who adopts a little girl named Mathilda. There is a scene about midway through the movie where he plays "Running Bear" on the record player, and he and Mathilda are dancing to the song. The song appears on the soundtrack of 1975's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Mama" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Crazy Mama</em></a>, and, as performed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Gelato" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ray Gelato</a>, is featured in the London night-club scene in the film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandal_(1989_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Scandal</em></a>, based on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profumo_affair" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Profumo affair</a>.</h2><h2><br></h2><h2>Plot</h2><p>The song tells the story of Running Bear, a "young <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indian</a> brave", and Little White Dove, an "Indian maid". The two are in love but are separated by two factors:</p><ul><li>Their tribes' hatred of each other: their respective tribes are at war. ("<em>Their tribes fought with each other / So their love could never be</em>.")</li><li>A raging river: a physical separation but also as a metaphor for their cultural separation.</li></ul><p>The two, longing to be together, despite the obstacles and the risks posed by the river, dive into the raging river to unite. After sharing a passionate kiss, they are pulled down by the swift current and drown. The lyrics describe their fate: "<em>Now they'll always be together / In their </em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_hunting_ground" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>happy hunting ground</em></a>."</p><h2><br></h2><h2><br></h2><p><br></p>