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Louie Louie. " Louie Louie " is a rhythm and blues song written and composed by American musician Richard Berry in 1955, recorded in 1956, and released in 1957. It is best known for the 1963 hit version by the Kingsmen and has become a standard in pop and rock.
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The production “values” (or near complete lack thereof) of the Kingsmen’s record were such that lead singer Jack Ely’s vocal came out rather muddied and garbled. This led to millions of kids across the country to somehow read “dirty” lyrics into the recording. Fifty years later the prestigious New Yorker magazine addressed this record with an artic...
Here are the lyrics to “Louie Louie” as Richard Berry recorded in 1956. Both sides of the record (Flip 254 and 321) are credited to Richard Berry and The Pharaohs. For this record, the Pharaohs were one of several vocal groups that Berry was working with, At the time the record was made, the group consisted of the following members (listed alphabet...
While Jack Ely’s crazed vocal gets almost all of the attention, the Kingsmen were a group that played their own instruments and sang. At the time the record was made, the group consisted of the following members (listed alphabetically): Lynn Easton, drums Jack Ely, rhythm guitar Don Gallucci, keyboards Mike Mitchel, lead guitar Bob Nordby, bass gui...
Reader Jim Miller posted a comment (which you can read in its brief entirety below), in which he reminded me that many people heard part of the second verse as “Every night at ten, I laid her again. I fucked that girl all kinds of ways.” According to the New Yorkerarticle (above), others heard that same line as being, “At night at ten, I lay her ag...
Although Berry’s record reputedly got some playing time and some sources claim it sold more than 100,000 copies, it did not reach any of the national best-selling surveys. But despite all the brouhaha surrounding the Kingsmen’s record, Louie Louie was a huge hit! It spent two weeks at #1 on the Cash Boxin January 1964. Louie Louie was the last char...
In their entry on Louie Louie, the contributors to Wikipedia state, “Total sales estimates for the single range from 10,000,000 to over 12,000,000 with cover versions accounting for another 300,000,000.” As the source for the first figure, they list the liner notes by Peter Blecha for the Rhino Records compilation The Best Of Louie Louiefrom 1983. ...
Learn the history and lyrics of Louie Louie, a rock & roll classic that was banned by the FBI for its alleged obscenity. See how Richard Berry's 1956 version differs from the Kingsmen's 1963 hit.
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Oct 31, 2023 · "Louie Louie," recorded by the Kingsmen, began climbing the pop charts 60 years ago. It's a song almost everybody can recognize, but almost nobody understands the words to. And even fewer people ...
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The “Louie Louie” saga actually began in 1957 when its author, Los Angeles-based R&B singer Richard Berry, toured dancehalls in the Pacific Northwest. Sales of the record swelled in the wake of Berry’s tour and several early local R&B talents including the Dave Lewis Combo, the Gallahads, and the Thunderbirds, adopted it and established ...
download. “Louie Louie,” recorded by the Kingsmen, began climbing the pop charts 60 years ago. It’s a song almost everybody can recognize, but almost nobody understands the words to. And even fewer people know the story of the song’s evolution – how it went from West Coast dance hit, to party anthem, with an FBI investigation and ...
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