"Running Bear" was one of the genre's biggest hits, reaching No. 1 twice, first for Johnny Preston in 1959, then for Sonny James a decade later.
Wayne Cochran's "Last Kiss" and the Shangri-Las' "Leader of the Pack" became two of the trend's biggest hits, and "Running Bear" was right there alongside them.
With their tribes keeping them apart and a river blocking their path, the two lovers make one last attempt to be together. They jump into the water and swim toward each other, but they never make it across.
Preston's original recording didn't come out until August 1959, with George Jones on backing vocals. The song hit a snag after the Big Bopper died in the same plane crash that killed Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, which left copyright questions to sort out.
A decade later, James showed the song still had life left in it. He took his own version to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1969, where it also stuck around for three weeks.
Jones took a crack at the song as well, but his version never found the same success as Preston's or James'.
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