[333], In January 1964, Indiana governor Matthew E. Welsh, acting on multiple complaint letters, determined the lyrics to be pornographic because his "ears tingled" when he listened to the record. [54] Lewis, "the singularly most significant figure on the Pacific Northwest's nascent rhythm & blues scene in the 1950s and 1960s",[55] released a three chord clone, "David's Mood - Part 2", that was a regional hit in 1963. The Who also covered the 1964 Lindsay-Revere sequel "Louie Go Home" in 1965 as "Lubie (Come Back Home)". "[268], The track was released on White's 1981 Beware! [28][29], Just prior to the song's release, Berry sold his portion of the publishing and songwriting rights for "Louie Louie" and four other songs for $750 to Max Feirtag, the head of Flip Records, to raise cash for his upcoming wedding. Who sang Louie Louie song? Released on regional Jerden label in April 1963. The origins of "Louie Louie" That version from the Kingsmen a '60s beat/garage-rock band from Portland, Oregon sold millions and millions of copies. The inclusion of the Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" is a bit of an anachronism in that the film takes place on a trip from Detroit to Florida during the summer of 1963. [81][87], First released in May 1963, the single was initially issued by the small Jerden label, before being picked up by the larger Wand Records in October 1963. I suppose it was my bid for immortality, one of those great bolts of inspiration. Kids Menu. A 12" EP (Cypress Records V-74500) was released with four tracks: "Louie Rap", "Louie Vocal Attack", "Louie Louie House Mix", and "Louie DePalma Mix" (all "featuring Maestro Fresh Wes" and "produced by Young MC"). 1) were set to the melody of "Louie Louie" and included Richard Berry co-writer credits. "[201], Pop later wrote a new version with political and satirical verses instead of obscenities that was released on American Caesar in 1993. From the 2018 soundtrack album for Springsteen on Broadway (spoken intro to "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"):[229]. [365] In April 2015 Orme Radio broadcast the First Italian Louie Louie Marathon, playing 279 versions in 24 hours. Who played louie DePalma on taxi? The Kingsmen version was used in television commercials for Spaced Invaders (1990), but did not appear in the movie. [59], Female solo artist versions in the 1960s included Maddalena in 1967, titled "Lui Lui", as a single (RCA Italiana 3413), Tina Turner in 1968, released in 1989 on The Best of Louie Louie, Volume 2, and "a sexiest-of-all version by smokey-voiced diva Julie London"[141] released as a single (Liberty 56085) and included on her 1969 album Yummy, Yummy, Yummy. [138], With a version on their 1964 album A Halo to You, the Angels were the first girl group to cover "Louie Louie". [18] The nearly unintelligible (and innocuous) lyrics were widely misinterpreted, and the song was banned by radio stations. "[43] "Radio Dave" Milberg on the Rare & Scratchy Rock 'n Roll podcast noted, "As long as there's rock and roll, there will be more remakes of 'Louie Louie' and more songs about its title character; and that's how it should be. A crowd of 4,000, estimated by press reports, convened at the state capitol that day for speeches, singalongs, and performances by the Wailers, the Kingsmen, and Paul Revere & the Raiders. We played that record over and over. [366], Various versions of "Louie Louie" have appeared in the films listed below.[367]. Continued touring, line-up changes, and occasional reunions resulted in multiple recorded live versions with various lead singers Keith Morris, Dez Cadena, Henry Rollins, Ron Reyes, and Mike Vallely. Metallic KO (1976) featured a provocative version with impromptu obscene lyrics from the last performance of Iggy and the Stooges in 1974 at the Michigan Palace in Detroit where, according to Lester Bangs, "you can actually hear hurled beer bottles breaking on guitar strings". hey! [380], Picking up on this initially prankish effort, Whatcom County Councilman Craig Cole introduced Resolution No. [352] Marsh noted that the lyrics controversy "reflected the country's infantile sexuality" and "ensured the song's eternal perpetuation"; he also included multiple versions of the supposed "dirty lyrics". Then he placed Ely in the middle of his fellow musicians, all in an effort to create a better "live feel" for the recording. Supported by a "back-breaking" touring schedule, the "high-octane" version reached No. The 1983 compilation The Best of Louie, Louie featured a Russian version by Red Square,[33] and in 1997 an entire album of Spanish covers, The First Louie Louie Spanish Compilation, was released with versions by the Flaming Sideburns, the Navahodads, Los DelTonos, and eight others. Talmy wanted the successful sounds of the Kinks' 1964 hits "You Really Got Me", "All Day and All of the Night", and "Till the End of the Day" to be copied by the Who. Dave Marsh in 1993 called their version "the last great "Louie Louie" to date".[275]. ", "The Tall Cool Tale of Paul Revere & the Raiders: A Conversation with Mark Lindsay and Paul Revere", "Paul Revere five great songs from one of America's 60s rock legends", The Best of Louie Louie, Vol. 46 on the UK Top 100. "[339], The following month an outraged parent wrote to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy alleging that the lyrics of "Louie Louie" were obscene, saying, "The lyrics are so filthy that I can-not [sic] enclose them in this letter. The title was written and sung by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson of the group Hot Chocolate, and was a No. "), Martin Short, Young MC, and others. Described as a major influence on punk and garage music worldwide,[159] the group's characteristic hard-edged, fuzz-drenched sound and "abrasive, all-out approach"[160] "took the Northwest garage sound to its most primitive extreme"[161] and made their "Louie Louie" version ahead of its time. The 12" EP, titled Louie Louie, included "Original Mix", "Da Digglar Mix", "Wiseguys Remix", and "Touch's Bonus Beats". The paper printed the lyrics in full, resolving the issue, and resulting in booking the Kingsmen for the fall homecoming entertainment. The John Belushi version is on the soundtrack album. The bureau's. [49] Local R&B groups like Ron Holden and the Playboys and the Dave Lewis Combo popularized "Louie Louie", rearranging Berry's version and performing it at live shows and "battle of the bands" events.[50][51]. Am Dm Knowing what's wrong from what's right. [138], Otis Redding's "spunky free-associating"[36] version was released on his 1964 album Pain in My Heart. Throughout the majority of The Kingsmen's existence, the late Jack Ely was not the band's lead singer. Entered chart October 15, 1988, for three weeks. "[354], The lyrics controversy resurfaced briefly in 2005 when the superintendent of the school system in Benton Harbor, Michigan, refused to let a marching band play the song in a local parade; she later relented.[355][356]. Me gotta go." "Fine little girl waits for me. 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Members of the Wailers, Kingsmen, Raiders, Sonics and other groups with "Louie Louie" associations regularly made appearances. [92] "Dominique" by the Singing Nun and "There! Brothers, you know what I mean. I never think I'll make it home. They were founded in Oldham, in September 1966 by bassist/vocalist Les Holroyd (b. Louie often calls his oldest brother Huey "nerd". [138][213][214] Her cover version has been described as tapping "directly into the primal, urchin-like spirit of rock's renaissance".[215]. and earn IQ. Among the songs he began performing as an occasional guest singer with a local band, the Bluenotes, in 1958 were "Louie Louie", which he had "rescued from oblivion"[7] after hearing Berry's obscure original single, and Bobby Day's "Rockin' Robin", which gave him his stage name. Commemorations of International Louie Louie Day have included newspaper articles,[398] magazine stories,[399][400] and radio programs with discussions of the song's history and playlists of multiple "Louie Louie" versions. Louie Louie: Rockin Robin Roberts: March 1961: Louie Louie: Paul Revere and The Raiders: April 1963: Louie Louie: The Kingsmen [US1] May 1963: Louie Louie: I. Kadez: November 1963: Louie Louie: The Wailers [US] December 1963: Louie Louie: Otis Redding: February 1964: Louie Louie: The Surfaris [US1] February 1964: Louie Louie: The Beach Boys . Presents Frat Party (VHS, recorded 1965, released 1991), 60s Dance Party (1982), California Cooler Presents Cooler Hits (recorded 1986, released 1987),[112] The Louie Louie Collection (as the Mystery Band, 1994), Red, White & Rock (2002), Garage Sale (recorded 2002, released 2003), and My Music: '60s Pop, Rock & Soul (DVD, 2011). Toots Hibbert also performed it solo and with other acts, most notably the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Dave Matthews Band.[210]. The music video, directed by Scott Kalvert, was a parody of Animal House with food fights, dancing girls, and togas. s eye Lord up above Oowee Louie pie Mama Satan sat down on . However, it was he who sang "Louie Louie". "[407] It regularly drew crowds in excess of 50,000, but was ultimately cancelled due to excessive rowdiness. The tune went on to be covered by the Beach Boys, the Grateful Dead. [140], A Minnesota girl group, the Shaggs, released a version as a 1965 single (Concert 1-78-65), and Honey Ltd. covered the song on a 1968 album and as a single (LHI 1216); however, the distinction of first girl group participation on a version of "Louie Louie" would go to the Shalimars, an Olympia girl group who provided overdubbed backing vocals in 1960 for a recording by Little Bill (Englehardt) released as a single in 1961 (Topaz 1305). Early foreign language versions included:[318], In 1966 the Sandpipers, a US group, released a slower tempo Spanish language version that reached No. Live 1960s versions were released on bootlegs The Kinks in Germany (1965), Kinky Paris (1965), Live in San Francisco (1969), Kriminal Kinks (1972), and The Kinks at the BBC (2012). This 1963 hit version of "Louie Louie", by beat/garage rock band The Kingsmen from Portland, Oregon, reached the #2 spot on the Billboard chart. Louie Louie Louie Louis Louie Louis Louie Loueye Louie Louie Louie Louis Louie Louie you're gonna die. Stories cover [ edit] His son Sean Ely said the musician died at home in Redmond, Oregon, after a long . As this song has been covered innumerable times (reliable sources speak of 1500 versions, but I guess there are more), I do not aim for completeness, but rather I try to list original, unusual versions that show how one simple song can be adapted to a variety of genres . [22] The tune was written originally as "Amarren Al Loco" ("Tie Up the Madman") by Cuban bandleader Rosendo Ruiz Jr. (also known as Rosendo Ruiz Quevedo), but became best known in the "El Loco Cha Cha" arrangement by Ren Touzet which included a ten-note "1-2-3 12 1-2-3 12" tumbao or rhythmic pattern. Chorus: "Louie, Louie, oh no. 11 out of the 1001 greatest singles ever made, describing it as "the most profound and sublime expression of rock and roll's ability to create something from nothing". Louie Louie, me gotta go. A separate version by Belushi played during the credits and was included on the soundtrack album. By the end of October, it was listed in Billboard as a regional breakout and a "bubbling under" entry for the national chart. The song's combination of narration and singing within a storytelling structure elicited a variety of critic's reactions ranging from "appealing"[264] and "imaginative adaptation"[261] to "probably the funkiest version of 'Louie Louie' ever recorded". 7 on the UK singles chart. Later versions appeared on Sinderella (1980) and Live at Easy Street (2016). I've no idea to this day why I sang 'Louie Louie,' the ultimate garage anthem from the 60s. [52] As a leader of the "dirty but cool" Seattle R&B sound,[53] he would often substitute mumbled, "somewhat pornographic" lyrics in live performances. Louie's phone number is 555-0123. [136] As a result, Pete Townshend penned "I Can't Explain", "a desperate copy of The Kinks",[357] released in March 1965. 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[114][115], When Jack Ely died on April 28, 2015, his son reported that "my father would say, 'We were initially just going to record the song as an instrumental, and at the last minute I decided I'd sing it. Recording Industry Association of America, One for My Baby (And One More for the Road), You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. Am Dm There he stood in the night. 20 in 1964 and remained on the charts for over two years (131 weeks total) until 1966. 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The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" While Jack Ely's crazed vocal gets almost all of the attention, the Kingsmen were a group that played their own instruments and sang. Two rival editionsone featuring lead singer Jack Ely, the other with Lynn Easton who held the rights to the band's namewere competing for live audiences across the country. "Louie Louie" remains the "unofficial state rock song". [56], Robin Roberts developed an interest in rock 'n' roll and rhythm and blues records as a high school student in Tacoma, Washington. [70] The night before their recording session, the band played a 90-minute version of the song during a gig at a local teen club. 97 in Billboard[99][100] and cracking the Top 40 in the Washington market. The quick success of "Louie Louie" faltered, however, due to lack of support from Columbia and its A&R man Mitch Miller,[127] a former bandleader (Sing Along With Mitch) with "retrogressive taste"[128] who disliked the "musical illiteracy" of rock and roll. Released as a single on the band's own label, Etiquette, in early 1961, it became a huge hit locally, charting at No. I'm gonna do this song that this black guy wrote. It was released in November on the Kinksize Session EP and on two 1965 US-only albums, Kinks-Size and Kinkdom. " 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. Latin American jazz/rock innovator Carlos Santana compared Tito Puente's 1962 "Oye Como Va" to "Louie Louie" saying, " how close the feel was to 'Louie Louie' and some Latin jazz tunes" [163] and " this is a song like 'Louie Louie' or 'Guantanamera'. 1 - Review, "The Mystics - Terry Kath's first rock band", "Pat Metheny, a 20-time Grammy-winner, looks forward and back with new band Side-Eye: 'Music is the carrot', "Bullseye: Todd Rundgren on the song that changed his life", "RIP: Don Baskin of Syndicate of Sound (w/ rare LOUIE recording)", "Loud Harmonic Transcendence - The Honey Ltd. Story", "Honey Ltd. [227], In the film, the Deltas were clearly aping the Kingsmen version complete with slurred dirty lyrics, but the setting was 1962, a year before the Kingsmen recording. [219] A version with his group Puerile was included on the 1978 album John the Postman's Puerile. A duo of "jazz rock fusioneers",[261] bassist Stanley Clarke and keyboardist George Duke, included a "killer version"[262] "funk cover"[263] on The Clarke/Duke Project, a 1981 album of eight original compositions and one cover. Louie's mom was originally going to name him Rebel. [208] Another author, writing about the song's use in a scene in This Is England noted, "A black Jamaican band's cover of a black American song, made famous by a white American band, seems an appropriate signifier of the racial harmony that [director Shane] Meadows seeks to evoke ."[209], The group performed the song frequently in concert and a live version appeared on the 1998 various artists album Reggae Live Sessions Volume 2. It is best known for the 1963 hit version by the Kingsmen and has become a standard in pop and rock. For the American singer, see, Second Wand release with "Lead vocal by Jack Ely" text, Original version by Richard Berry and the Pharaohs, Rockin' Robin Roberts and the Wailers (1961), Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (1967), Entered chart November 9, 1963, and remained for 16 weeks; peaked in February 1964. 2 - Various Artists, "Ray Davies & the Kast Off Kinks LOUIE of the Week", "Meet the unsung Muscle Shoals guitarist who's also a snake hunter", Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore , Vol. [272], In White's arrangement, "Louie Louie" emerges as an up-tempo Latin groove, driven by timbales and congas and punctuated by brilliant trumpet riffs, while White supplements the chorus with the plaintive interpolation "Comin' home, Jamaaaica!" Herb Alpert and A&M Records passed on the distribution opportunity,[88] deeming it "too long" and "out of tune". Although Richard Berry released his original version of the song in 1957, and the song had been popular with local bands in the Northwest following Rockin' Robin Roberts' 1961 single, the mythical Faber College was based on Dartmouth College in the Northeast U.S., so the use of "Louie Louie" was an anachronism.[227]. Sales estimates ranged from 40,000[31] to 130,000 copies. Dave Marsh called it "the best of the era" and noted that he "rearranged it to suit his style" by adding a full horn section and "garbles the lyrics so completely that it seems likely he made up the verses on the spot" as he "sang a story that made sense in his life" (including making Louie a female). "[44], The Kingsmen version in particular has been cited as the "rosetta stone" of garage rock,[36] the defining "ur-text" of punk rock,[45][46] and "the original grunge classic". [131], Robert Lindahl, president and chief engineer of NWI and sound engineer on both the Kingsmen and Raiders recordings, stated that the Raiders version was not known for "garbled lyrics" or an amateurish recording technique, but, as one author noted, their "more competent but uptight take on the song" was less exciting than the Kingsmen's version.[132]. No strangers to controversy themselves, the band pummel the song with their trademark pre-Henry Rollins era guitar sludge, while singer Dez Cadena spits out his nihilistic rewording of the most misunderstood lyrics in rock history."[256]. In an interview with the paper, the then-teen girl admitted to liking the song when she first heard it. He re-recorded "Louie Louie" in 1976 and again in 1980, and these versions appear on multiple 60s hit compilations credited to "Jack Ely (formerly of the Kingsmen)" or "re-recordings by the original artists". Summary of "Louie Louie" rankings and recognition in major publications and surveys. A D Em D A D Em D Louie Louie, oh baby, we gotta go. (1965), Paul Revere Rides Again! 1 hit in the U.S. later the same year, but with the parental roles reversed. Their anonymity remained in place, so no one would ever know exactly who was behind the banning of Louie Louie. [268] Not all reaction was positive, however, as CD Review dismissed it as "blasphemy" and "disco-fied". Ten years after the controversial and extremely popular Louie Louie by the Kingsmen (and many others), another "Louie Louie" song, also with a then controversial subject. [135], Surf music icons the Beach Boys released their version on the 1964 album Shut Down Volume 2 with lead vocals shared by Carl Wilson and Mike Love. A D Em D A D Em D I said, Lou..ie Lou. 1 hit "Guantanamera", the Sandpipers, with producer Tommy LiPuma and arranger Nick DeCaro, "cleverly revived"[153] the same soft rock, smooth ballad, Spanish language approach with a "quiet, yet majestic",[36] "sweet interpretation"[154] of "Louie Louie", reaching No. Bruce Springsteen has had a long association with "Louie Louie", playing it at multiple concerts and guest appearances, and commenting often on its significance. Aye-yi-yi, I said. It is best known for the 1963 hit version by the Kingsmen and has become a standard in pop and rock. The Seattle Times annually bestows its Louie Awards upon "those who - through conscious act, rotten luck or slip of the tongue - stretch the limits of imagination or tolerance or taste in the Great Northwest."[413]. But the most famous version, the one everyone thinks of, was recorded by the Kingsmen in 1963 and put out by Wand Records. Two days later, a Seattle event commemorated the occasion with the premiere performance of a new, Washington-centric version of the song written by composer Berry. Em Dm Am Louie, Louie, you're gonna cry. The band was best known for the hit 1963 song Louie Louie which is the first-person story of a Jamaican sailor.. 10 Great Versions Of Louie Louie Following the death of Kingsmen vocalist Jack Ely, whose vocal turned Richard Berry's song into a rock'n'roll phenomenon, MOJO presents our favourite versions. And, thanks to Toots soulmans disregard for verbal meaning, the words are, if anything, even harder to discern than in the Kingsmen's version. "Louie Louie" tells, in simple versechorus form, the first-person story of a Jamaican sailor returning to the island to see his lover. 68 on the UK Singles Chart.[225]. 76 in Record World, No. 's, 1967), Mario Allison (De Fiesta, 1967), and Rey Davila (On His Own, 1971). We gotta go Ay ay ay ay ay Louie-o Lou-ay Oh, baby We gotta . The Kingsmen's lead vocalist, Jack Ely, based his version on the recording by Rockin' Robin Roberts with the Fabulous Wailers, but unintentionally reintroduced Berrys original stop-time rhythm as he showed the other members how to play it with a 123, 12, 123 beat instead of the 1234, 12, 1234 beat on the Wailers record. [71] They also recorded "Jamaica Farewell" and what became the B-side of the release, an original "surf instrumental"[72] by Ely and keyboardist Don Gallucci called "Haunted Castle". followed by a sax intro similar to the Rockin' Robin Roberts version (guitar in later releases). 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 Who sang i want to be like you from jungle book? The song was banned on many radio stations and in many places in the United States, including Indiana, where a ban was requested by Governor Matthew Welsh. [89], Sales of the Kingsmen record were initially so low (reportedly 600) that the group considered disbanding. This is a song that when you play it, people are going to get up and dance, and that's it. [69], The session was produced by Ken Chase, a local disc jockey on the AM rock station 91 KISN who also owned the teen nightclub where the Kingsmen were the house band. [205], A BBC reviewer said, "The goofy garage anthem becomes both fiery sermon and dance-til-you-drop marathon. Crowd noise overdubs added to simulate live version. "[336] In response, Max Feirtag of publisher Limax Music offered $1,000 to "anyone finding anything suggestive in the lyrics",[337] and Broadcasting magazine published the actual lyrics as provided by Limax. [359][360], In the early 1980s KALX in Berkeley and KFJC in Los Altos Hills engaged in a "Louie Louie" marathon battle with each station increasing the number of versions played. "[234] Steven Van Zandt remembered it as the record that changed his life saying, "That's where it all started. The year 1988 also saw multiple rap and hip hop releases with "Louie Louie" sampling (see Use in sampling section below). Although not commercially released, an example of the song's influence was the 2000 performance by the Dover High School Band joined on saxophone by Bill Clinton (who played in a jazz trio named the Kingsmen at Hot Springs High School, and at whose 1964 graduation dance the actual Kingsmen performed). [p] The Kingsmen version also appeared on More American Graffiti (1975) and Good Morning Vietnam (1987) compilations, but was not used in either movie. There is no love without one plus one equaling three. The Just Dance video game also featured this version performed by a dancing Iggy Pop avatar.[204]. [204], "Louie Louie" has long been a popular downloadable ringtone, starting with early MIDI versions, then audio track excerpts, and then full audio tracks.
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