On Monday, October 17th, we lost Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, owner of Vulcan Inc., the Seattle Seahawks, the Portland Trailblazers, Stratolaunch Systems and founder of Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, as…
Category: Richard Berry
Celebrating M. Dung and Richard Berry – LOUIE of the Week
Today is a special celebration for two friends that are deeply missed. We lost Richard Berry in 1989, and Mike Slavko, aka “M. Dung” in 2017. Today, Mike Slavko is getting inducted…
LOUIE road trip (August 2018- part 3) (w/ LOUIE of Week)
Sunday, August 26th was one extremely busy day for yours truly! Months ago, I made big plans to visit Southern California. I already made plans to attend the Animal House Toga Party…
Extension, LOUISiana – birthplace of Richard Berry
One of the more obscure facts is that Richard Berry, creator of the song LOUIE LOUIE, was born in state of LOUISiana, in a town known as Extension. As I searched to…
RIP: Chuck Rubin, helped Richard Berry reclaim his rights
Chuck Rubin, the man who helped songwriter Richard Berry reclaim his copyright and publishing rights for the song LOUIE LOUIE, passed away last month. Here’s Chuck’s official Legacy obituary, which was shared…
Blast from past – Richard & Dorothy Berry in 1962 Cash Box / non-LOUIE of Week
In course of my research for this project, I’ve uncovered some interesting things connected to the LOUIE LOUIE universe. Here’s an example of one of those things. This is a page of…
The long-lost recordings of Richard Berry
Here’s a little news clipping I found in a 1957 issue of Cash Box magazine. Apparently, when Richard Berry toured the West Coast in Washington and Oregon with Bobby Blue Bland and…
Happy International LOUIE LOUIE Day! (Richard Berry birthday!)
Today is International LOUIE LOUIE Day! Here’s some images to help celebrate this very special event, which would have been Richard Berry‘s 82nd birthday today! For more details about the origins of…
Incredible LOUIE Birthday Coincidences!
It blows my mind to think about how the man who wrote LOUIE LOUIE and the man who sang the most famous version of LOUIE LOUIE both became fathers for the very…
RIP: Keely Smith, jazz and pop vocalist
My friend David Richoux relayed the sad news of the passing of Keely Smith.. “Only half Louie related, but another obit…” Jim Harrington shared an overview of Keely’s career in the San…