The Pale Faced Indian
First recording and first release by Marvin Rainwater (December 9, 1959 / January 1960)
- Written by
- John D. Loudermilk
- Composition date
- 1959
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-071.205.548-5 BMI, ISWC
- Comments
- Written by Loudermilk in 1959 and recorded by (Cherokee Indian) Marvin Rainwater, entitled "The Pale Faced Indian". Loudermilk later reshuffled some lyrics and released it in the mid 1960s as "The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian", which was shortened later to "Indian Reservation" by Don Fardon scoring a worldwide hit.
- Licensing
- Request a synchronization license