Saturday was a great day to see old friends, and meet new ones. It was a cozy event, but as someone described it…. “we had clouds, not crowds!” Unfortunately, right in the…
Category: Kingsmen
It’s LOUIE LOUIE time!
Today is the first day of LOUIE FEST in Spanaway, Washington, and I’m very excited! This morning, the LOUIE REPORT roadshow is based 112 miles from the LOUIE at a very nice…
More paper , more shiny discs..
There’s a few new things a LOUIE collector will want to pick up as they can… The first item is the latest UGLY THINGS magazine. Don Gallucci, the original keyboardist for the…
BBC Radio show on LOUIE LOUIE
BBC Radio 2 will be broadcasting a program about LOUIE LOUIE and the F.B.I. Steve Van Zandt of Little Steven’s Underground Garage and The Sopranos will be narrating this thing. This one…
Hawaiian Kingsmen
Things have been super-busy at the headquarters. I’ve barely been able to do much editing on the documentary this past month, much less add anything new to the LOUIE REPORT blog. I…
Another Jack Ely YouTube clip
Do you remember how I once mentioned that Jack Ely, original vocalist for the Kingsmen‘s LOUIE LOUIE was scheduled to perform a show in North Carolina last November for the Carolina Beach…
ULTRA-RARE KingsMen film clip!
Here’s a very obscure film clip of the KingsMen performing “The Hut Sut Song” many years before “LOUIE LOUIE” became a big hit song. I love the opening of this clip –…
Who is Dennis Mitchell, and what does he have to do with LOUIE LOUIE?
You may have heard of Dennis Mitchell. As it turns out, there’s actually more than one. The most popular Dennis Mitchell is not a real person, but a comic strip character. He’s…
Happy International LOUIE LOUIE Day!
Wednesday, April 11 is INTERNATIONAL LOUIE LOUIE DAY! As Richard Berry’s original version of the song was released in the week of April 13, 1957, this week also marks the 50th Anniversary…
Special LOUIE-Grams for month of April!
This month, there’s going to be a lot of great activity in the LOUIE LOUIE universe. Anticipation is building for Wednesday, April 11- INTERNATIONAL LOUIE LOUIE DAY! Over at LouieLouie.net central, we’re…