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The Raiders' "Indian Reservation" entered the Billboard Hot 100 on April 10, 1971. On July 24, it reached the top spot for a single week. On July 24, it reached the top spot for a single week. "Indian Reservation" spent a total of 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The Raiders achieved their greatest success with their cover of John D. Loudermilk's "Indian Reservation", which was brought to the band by Columbia A&R man Jack Gold. [26] Revere worked to promote the single and "Indian Reservation" peaked at No. 1 for one week in July 1971.
The album contains nine cover songs and was recorded primarily with singer Mark Lindsay and session musicians. Lindsay was backed by members of The Wrecking Crew on the "Indian Reservation" single and initially considered releasing the song as a solo recording. No other members of the Raiders contributed to the track.
The band's popularity began to wane during the late 1960s, but in 1971 they released their first U.S. number one single, "Indian Reservation", a song written by John D. Loudermilk. [2] However, the band did not duplicate the song's success with any subsequent singles, and by 1975 Columbia Records abandoned the group.
I Had a Dream (Paul Revere & the Raiders song) Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) J. Just Like Me (Paul Revere & the Raiders song) K.
It was intended to be a solo recording for Lindsay, but for marketing purposes, the decision was made to release the song under the simple band name of "Raiders" with just Lindsay & Revere appearing on the track along with L.A. session players from the Wrecking Crew, and the song was retitled with a subtitle, "Indian Reservation (The Lament of ...
A well-known story surrounding one of Loudermilk's songs is that, when he was asked by the Viva!NashVegas radio show about the origins of the Raiders' hit song "Indian Reservation", he fabricated the story that he wrote the song after his car was snowed in by a blizzard and he was taken in by Cherokee Indians.
The narrator describes himself as a rebellious American Indian character, "Half Cherokee and Choctaw". He describes, among other things, his pursuit of a Chippewa lover. The song contains a sample of John D. Loudermilk's song "Indian Reservation", [1] which is sung as shouting at the end ("Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe! / So proud to live, so ...