HISTORY OF POP AND ROCK MUSIC - part 338 torrent

PART 338



PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS - Indian Reservation (1971)




\"Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)\" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk. It was first recorded in 1959 by Marvin Rainwater and released as \"The Pale Faced Indian\". Rainwater\'s MGM release stayed unnoticed. The first hit version was a 1968 cover by Don Fardon, a former member of The Sorrows, that reached #20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the UK Singles Chart.
In 1971 the Raiders recorded the song. It was released on the Columbia Records label and became #1 on the U.S. chart on July 24. The RIAA gold certification followed on 30 June 1971, for selling over a million copies.The song refers to the forcible removal and relocation of Cherokee people from southeastern states of the United States to territories west of the Mississippi River. This removal in the 1830s is often referred to as the \"Trail of Tears\". It followed the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This action was part of a larger United States policy of Indian removal.