My friend Theo de Grood of The LOUIE LOUIE Pages sent a message to the LOUIE Yahoo group that was too good to not share on this LOUIE blog… Yesterday I bought…
Category: Old Versions
Jr. Cadillac- Live at Evergreen Ballroom 1974- LOUIE of the Week
This week, the LOUIE of the Week award goes out to Jr. Cadillac for their very rare recording of LOUIE LOUIE captured live in 1974 at the Evergreen Ballroom, with Jimmy Manolides…
The Suburban Kids – LOUIE of the Week
This week’s LOUIE of the Week has a lot of different things going for it. FIrst, it’s a rare version of the song, which performed live at KFJC Open Mike show, then…
Mystery LOUIE #377 “Louie Had a Little Lamb?” – LOUIE of the Week
Earlier this year, thanks to the help of my friends in cyberspace, I was able to deduce the identity of a MYSTERY LOUIE from the infamous KFJC “Maximum LOUIE LOUIE” marathon. Mystery…
RIP: Marcel J. Chouinard, one of earliest singers to perform LOUIE on TV
I just learned that Marcel J Chouinard has passed away on Monday, October 12th. In 1964, Marcel performed LOUIE LOUIE with The Nocturnals on a Canadian TV show known as “Let’s Go.”…
The Bangles in 1984- LOUIE of the Week
Here’s one I misssed the first time around – it’s The Bangles doing a sloppy version of LOUIE LOUIE as part of the I.R.S. Cutting Edge TV show on MTV sometime in…
More on Iggy Pop & the continuing LOUIE LOUIE connection
This week, I had about three people tell me about the use of Iggy Pop‘s “LOUIE LOUIE” in the new Michael Moore movie, “Capitalism: A Love Story.” In today’s Detroit Metro Times,…
Laundry Works All-Stars (1980’s) – LOUIE of the week
Here’s a YouTube video clip that I’m really surprised I didn’t see until recently. Back in the mid-late 80’s, there was a pretty vibrant music scene in San Jose, California. There were…
Update on Franklin High
In a previous posting, I mentioned a 1966 recording of LOUIE LOUIE by the Franklin High School Choir Orchestra and Stage Band. At the time I wrote it, I wasn’t sure where…
Tex & Horseheads – LOUIE of the Week
It’s time for another rare LOUIE from the E.P. archives! In the early-mid 1980’s, I was just getting started in the video biz. The LOUIE project began with the help of a…