Today is August 19th – an important date in the LOUIE Universe!
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The First and Long-Lost LOUIE LOUIE plaque of Portland?
Last month, I was shocked when I stumbled upon a certain LOUIE LOUIE plaque being sold on eBay. The Kingsmen Louie Louie cast bronze dedication plaque Vintage 14 inch x 20 inch…
RIP: Roy Ross / Pete Dixon of KFJC Radio
Last week, we lost another fine human – KFJC disc jockey Pete Dixon aka Roy Ross. As the KFJC 89.7 FM Facebook page points out… We are heartbroken by the passing of…
LOUIE LOUIE in Rap Music
This week, we’re going to take a look at how LOUIE LOUIE has been utilized in rap music. Werner Von Wallenrod is a serious hip hop enthusiast that created a series of…
Countdown to LOUIE Day 2020 – 4 days to go
International LOUIE LOUIE Day – April 11th is coming soon! Here’s some more tasty ones shared by our friend Clay Stabler at the LOUIE LOUIE Party over at Facebook. A version I…
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…
Happy International LOUIE LOUIE Day 2019!
Today is International LOUIE LOUIE Day! It’s also the day when Richard Berry would have celebrated his 84th if he was still with us! Today in the LOUIE LOUIE Party community page…
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…
Fifty-four years ago yesterday….
My friend Clay found a wonderful little article in the Portland Orbit that celebrates LOUIE LOUIE as “THE greatest moment in rock-and-roll.” As this article points out, April 6, 1963 was the…