Today, we share a special song featuring two very important LOUIEs of the 20th Century – Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan! https://youtu.be/IDMMeDOj2wc The song is “Life is So Peculiar,” recorded by two…
Category: Record Collecting
RIP: David Bowie (aka Davie Jones) – LOUIE of the Week
Once upon a time in 1964, a 17 year old teenager named David Robert Jones began his musical recording career with a band called Davie Jones with the King Bees. Their initial…
The Strangers – “Crab Louie” – LOUIE (Mutant) of the Week
My friend Hawkeye Jose Scott shared this week’s LOUIE… At long last, my cousin’s novelty 45 from 1959 is now available! The Strangers – Crab Louie (Christy 107) This is certainly an…
RIP: Kim Fowley, co-producer of Richard Berry post-LOUIE songs
Kim Fowley, the legendary Hollywood huckster, eccentric music producer, singer-songwriter, Svengali music biz mastermind, and author of the autobiography “Lord of Garbage,” has died at the age of 75 years old. Kim…
Happy 75th for Little Bill Engelhart- LOUIE of the Week
Today marks the 75th birthday for one of the first performers to ever cover Richard Berry‘s immortal LOUIE LOUIE. Happy Birthday to Bill Engelhart – aka Little Bill of Little Bill &…
RIP: Joe Bihari, co-founder of Modern Records
Joe Bihari, the last surviving member of the Bihari brothers, recently passed away on November 28th at the age of 88 years old. Richard Berry, Howlin’ Wolf, BB King, Etta James, John…
ZZ Top and the LOUIE connection
Some tasty treats from the TWO LOUIES archives, courtesy of publisher Buck Munger! ZZ Top meets the Kingsmen! From left to right: Lynn Easton, Billy Gibbons, Jack Ely and Mike Mitchell.
Lulu’s Marble – LOUIE of the Week
This week, the LOUIE spotlight is pointed at Lulu’s Marble, a band from Japan that existed between 1994-1999. Nippop.com provided an excellent overview of the band: Lulu’s Marble was one of a…
Rue ’66 “Roller Girl” – LOUIE of the Week
This week, we point the LOUIE spotlight at what my fellow LOUIE enthusiasts in the LLAMAS community refer to as a “LOUIE Mutant” or a “LOUIE Clone” – a song that isn’t…