jiles perry richardson sang background on the 1959 song with lyrics on the banks of the river.
jiles perry richardson sang background on the 1959 song with lyrics on the banks of the river.
who sang background on the 1959 song with lyrics on the banks of the river?
jiles perry richardson
the song's lyrics are inspired by henry longfellow's "hiawatha" poem from 1855. the poem tells the legend of a native american warrior hiawatha and his lover minnehaha. the lyrics also refer to running bear and his lover little white dove, two characters from the 1959 song "running bear" written by jiles perry richardson.









































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after "paradise", lawrence was featured on the debut album of rapper mase, "harlem world" which had multi-platinum success. along with her brother kyra lawrence she wrote and sang background on jennifer lopez's debut album "on the 6". she also wrote and sang background for mariah carey’s group allure. charli baltimore recruited lawrence to be on her debut album "cold as ice" on the song "pull the alarm". the album was never released. lawrence also was at the helm of the album from lisa “left eye” lopes' group blaque. in 1999 hinda hicks covered lawrence’s "truly" from her debut album "one might say", and released it as a single from her album "hinda".
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