It’s time for part 2 of the recycled cool versions of LOUIE LOUIE shared by our friend Clay Stabler originally over at the Facebook LOUIE LOUIE PARTY group as part of a…
Category: Richard Berry
RIP: Dorothy Berry, high school sweetheart + first wife of Richard
I’m saddened to report that Dorothy Berry (Dorothy Ann Durr), high school sweetheart and first wife of Richard Berry, passed away on Friday, December 20th. She suffered with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…
Update on KFJC 60th Anniversary
Last Sunday, October 20th, KFJC Radio held an Open House as part of their 60th Anniversary celebration. As many of you probably know, KFJC Radio was the place where the legendary “Maximum…
Memories of KFJC Maximum LOUIE LOUIE
Today is a special anniversary for the KFJC Maximum LOUIE LOUIE marathon event that began at 6 pm (PDT) on Friday, August 19th of 1983 in Los Altos Hills, California. For 63…
LOUIE’s in the House – a Richard Berry remix revisited
Here’s a tasty little gem for Friday the 12th…. Three years ago, I stumbled over an inspired remix of Richard Berry‘s original LOUIE LOUIE recording. Blue Johnson aka Bangkok Blue did a…
Thinkin’ ’bout Abilene, Texas
Today in the flow of my digital news feed*, I read the news about some good things in Abilene, Texas… City of Abilene becomes first city in Texas to house all homeless…
RIP: Anthony Randall, lost son of Johnny Flamingo
A few days ago, I received some very sad news from my friend Joe Macoll… Hello Eric, it breaks my heart to tell you Anthony Randall has died after a battle with…
At Last! (the Etta James song that Richard Berry recorded 6 years earlier)
I just learned that today is the 16th anniversary of the moment in time when Etta James was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame April 18, 2003 in…
LOUIE on TV – part 3 (mid-80s- 1990)
For part 3 of the “LOUIE on TV” posts, the focus will be on some vintage television shows from the mid-1980s to 1990. Let’s give it to ’em…. right now! Moonlighting (ABC) …
RIP: The Last of Richard Berry’s Pharaohs
Sometimes these blog posts take a bit longer than usual to assemble. This was one of those posts. It appears that all of the members of Richard Berry‘s Pharaohs have passed away….