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Re: the singer is Johnny Preston ...
by Manipura (glaucous)
6/26/2023, 4:19 PM
in reply to a message by RoxStar
It was written by JP Richardson aka The Big Bopper. Apparently, he also wrote "The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor" and "White Lightning"...I've never heard of him.Wikipedia says, The inspiration for the song came from Richardson's childhood memory of the Sabine River [in 1930s Texas], where he heard stories about Indian tribes.

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