Featuring standup comedy selections and live versions of songs such as Running Bear and When A Child Is Born, this title was out-of-print for more than a decade before being re-released in CD format in 2008.
The Big Bopper's hit "Chantilly Lace" was released in 1958, whilst Johnny Preston's "Running Bear", James O'Gwynn's "Talk to Me Lonesome Heart" and Eddie Noack's "Have Blues Will Travel" / "The Price of Love" followed in 1959.
The CD reissue has added tracks: "Running Bear" and "White Christmas", both B-sides of their "At The Edge" single; plus a further part of a Jake Burns interview with Alan Parker recorded in 2001.
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In 1971, Jonathan King produced his own version, adding ooga chuka jungle chants similar to, but not exactly the same as, Johnny Preston's "Running Bear".
He was also a member of the group Running Bear and Goldstein which recorded the original song "Rings", popularized by Lobo and Cymarron.