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The song was the group's only Hot 100 number-one hit and their only Hot 100 top 20 song after they changed their name (see Paul Revere and The Raiders). The song was covered by Roots Reggae and dub artists in the 1970s : in 1972, Sioux Records released two versions of the song, by Jackie Rowland and another by Funky Brown, and later, in 1977 ...
The success of "Let Me!" allowed Paul Revere and the Raiders to tour Europe with the Beach Boys in the summer of 1969 (they also recorded two songs for the long running German music program Beat-Club). The band also performed a specially written song and appeared in a television commercial for Pontiac's new GTO-branded muscle car, "The Judge".
The album is best known for the title track, which reached No. 1 in the U.S. on July 24, becoming the first and only number-one hit of (Paul Revere &) the Raiders. [2] In Canada, the song peaked at No. 2 for four weeks. The single spent a total of 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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 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. [2]
In 1968, Allison joined Paul Revere & the Raiders as their bassist. Keith played on their albums Something Happening (1968), Hard ‘N’ Heavy (1969), Alias Pink Puzz (1969), Collage (1970), Indian Reservation (which included the song " Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) ", which would become the group's first ...
The singers performed at the event March 10 with Osage songwriter Scott George, who wrote best original song nominee “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People).” The nomination marked the first time an ...
After Chapman left the area, Lindsay saw the other band members and a new member, Paul Revere Dick, playing at a local I.O.O.F. Hall. He persuaded the band to allow him to sing a few songs with them. The next day, he was working at McClure Bakery in Caldwell, Idaho, when Paul Revere came in to buy supplies for a hamburger restaurant that he ...