Here’s the first thing you will notice about Johnny Preston’s “Running Bear”: Johnny Preston’s “Running Bear” is racist as a motherfucker. Now: Johnny Preston probably didn’t think ...

Johnny Preston, 71, who had a No. 1 pop single in 1960 with “Running Bear,” died Friday at a hospital in Beaumont, Texas, his son Scott told the Associated Press. The elder Preston had bypass ...

Early in 1960, the two genres combined for Johnny Preston's "Running Bear", the story of the doomed romance of two Red Indians (as they were then known) from rival tribes. The story of Running ...

“My husband, Johnny, made his directorial debut creating a special Mother’s Day video for me. I was so moved and love it so much that I wanted to share it with all of you,” Preston ...

Singer Johnny Preston, whose “Running Bear” was a No. 1 U.S. hit in 1959, died March 4 in Beaumont, Texas. He was 71. Preston had undergone heart bypass surgery late last year and had suffered ...

UPDATE: Visitation for Johnny Preston is today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Levingston Funeral Home, 5601 39th St. in Groves. Funeral services are tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Park Central Church of Christ ...

Here’s the first thing you will notice about Johnny Preston’s “Running Bear”: Johnny Preston’s “Running Bear” is racist as a motherfucker. Now: Johnny Preston probably didn’t think ...

Singer Johnny Preston, whose “Running Bear” was a No. 1 U.S. hit in 1959, died March 4 in Beaumont, Texas. He was 71. Preston had undergone heart bypass surgery late last year and had suffered ...

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 ...