Instead, when Running Bear and Little White Dove drown together in a river, Preston sings that “they’ll always be together in that happy hunting ground” like it’s a cute ending.

The story of Running Bear and Little White Dove, complete with war whoops, was a No 1 record in both Britain and America. John Preston Courville was born into a Cajun French and German family in ...

Johnny Preston, who had a No. 1 hit with the song "Running Bear" in 1960, died in Beaumont, Tex., on Friday (Mar. 4). He was 71. By Associated Press Johnny Preston, who had a No. 1 hit with the ...