The quintessential party song of the 60's celebrates its 60th anniversary this year! The Kingsmen's Dick Peterson joined us along with Mark Stanger from theLouie Louie Committee Committee to share the ...
As probably should be expected, the Louie Louie Committee Committee’s guiding purpose seems easier to appreciate than fully understand. The compulsion to host a madcap array of Portland-area acts ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — On Saturday, musicians are attempting a historic feat in honor of the 60th anniversary of The Kingsmen’s hit song “Louie Louie.” The song was originally by Richard Berry, but ...
In 1963, The Kingsmen made one of the greatest rock n’ roll recordings of all time in Portland, Oregon. The original “Louie Louie” was a calypso-style song, but today it transcends genre – a theory ...
RASCOE: And even fewer people know the history of a West Coast dance hit that became a party anthem, with an FBI investigation and a Supreme Court case along the way. Here's Deena Prichep. DEENA ...
"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 ...
In 1973 Richard Berry’s Caribbean sea shanty, completely rewritten and renamed “Brother Louie,” was the one hit of the one-hit wonders, the Stories. It was not about a guy longing to see his girl; it ...
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There's a lot of talk about censorship and the stifling of free speech and expression these days. This, however, is nothing ...