This week, as part of the ongoing LOUIE of the Week series, it’s time to highlight a never-before heard recording of LOUIE LOUIE. In the early-mid 1980s, right around the time when…
Category: Jack Ely
Follow-up on Jack Ely & Courtmen at Ontario Armory
Jack Ely sent out a message to his friends after his big show at the Ontario Armory. He gave me permission to recycle these words, so here’s his report: As most of…
Eight more days ’til Courtmen show
For those of you that would like an opportunity to see the guy that sang LOUIE LOUIE with the Kingsmen, you’ve got a chance next weekend. Jack Ely, who left the band…
Jack Ely to perform with the Courtmen in August
Last week, AP posted a story about Jack Ely, and the challenges of getting properly compensated for singing on the hit record with the Kingsmen. I just found the official AP video…
The A.P. story on Jack Ely, Louie Louie, and money from music
My sister Ann, who shares a birthday with Jack Ely, was the first one to send me this story as shared by the Baltimore Sun: Singers tell Congress: Money (That’s What I…
The Performance Rights Act
Sometime within the next week or so, there will be a new LOUIE LOUIE story from Associated Press, highlighting Jack Ely‘s testimony for the United States Senate. Jack is pushing for better…
Random Comments on the Music Biz
There’s a few comments I thought I’d share from some folks that know something about the music business. First, my friend Jack Ely, former singer of the Kingsmen, voice of the world’s…
California Games – LOUIE of the Week
This week, I’m necessarily sharing a version of LOUIE LOUIE that doesn’t necessarily excite me or entertain me. On the other hand, this week’s LOUIE of the Week doesn’t look like a…
Top 10 LOUIEs of the Year – Best of 2008
It’s late Wednesday afternoon, and I’m still swimming through a lot of stuff I really thought I would have finished weeks ago. I have projects I really hoped to wrap up by…
Jack Ely & Courtmen in Las Vegas 2008 – LOUIE of the Month
I’ve written about this year’s reunion of Jack Ely & the Courtmen at the The Sand Dollar Blues Room in Las Vegas back in October. The Courtmen was the band that Jack…