- "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.
- But the record doesn’t open with the verse, it opens with the chorus: “Louie Louie, me gotta go.” The rest is part of rock & roll history.
- In 1963, a rock group named the Kingsmen recorded the song “Louie, Louie.” The popularity of the song and difficulty in discerning the lyrics led some...
- Jack Ely would later insist that as a 19-year-old singing “Louie Louie” in one take in a Portland, Ore., studio in 1963, he had followed the original lyrics faithfully.
- There's a fine little girl she's waitin for me But I'm as bent as Dostoevsky I think about the meaning of my life again And I have to sing Louie Louie again.
- On a multitude of levels, “Louie Louie” has embedded itself deep within our collective consciousness and become a permanent element of our culture.
- The singer brags of his "fine little girl" to the Louie of the title, presumably a bartender. A version by The Kingsmen recorded in 1963 is the best-known recording.
- * On May 8th, 1966 the Kingmen's originally version of "Louie Louie" re-entered the Top 100 at #99; the following week it peaked at #97 and fell off the chart.
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