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Month: August 2010

Meet Bob Wayne, of Rhino’s Best of LOUIE LOUIE and Big Daddy

Posted on August 31, 2010

This week, I’d like to introduce the world to someone that was closely involved with the 1983 Rhino record known as THE BEST OF LOUIE LOUIE, a release that was one of…

The Copy Cats – LOUIE of the Week

Posted on August 31, 2010

This week, the LOUIE spotlight is on The Copy Cats, a band from Germany. Here they are performing live at Angi’s Birthday Bash, Dreikönigskeller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The Copy Cats began…

The sad story of the Singing Nun, whose song stopped LOUIE from #1 spot

Posted on August 26, 2010

Back in 1963, LOUIE LOUIE by the Kingsmen was very close to becoming a #1 Billboard hit. There was one song that stopped LOUIE LOUIE from reaching that special destination. “Dominique” by…

RIP: Dave McElhatton, San Francisco news anchor

Posted on August 24, 2010

On Monday, we lost Dave McElhatton, a news anchorman for KPIX Channel 5, the San Francisco CBS affiliate. I never met the man, but I’d heard a lot of stories about about…

Mark Lindsay and a couple of Monkees- LOUIE of the Week

Posted on August 23, 2010

Hey, hey… it’s two of the Monkees backing up Mark Lindsay without any other Raiders! Live from Sacramento, California at some kind of private party that I missed on August 4, 2010,…

The Underdogs of 1988- LOUIE of the Week

Posted on August 17, 2010

This week’s LOUIE comes from Australia. Here’s the Underdogs doing a LOUIE LOUIE-Wild Thing medley sometime in 1988. The Underdogs are Adam Warnock, John Cunningham, Don Mclean, and Julian Ardas.

Ian Lloyd & Mary Wilson- LOUIE of the Week

Posted on August 9, 2010

This week’s LOUIE isn’t Richard Berry‘s classic melody, but the song “Brother Louie,” which is often mistaken for LOUIE LOUIE. Originally written by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson of the group Hot…

RIP: Mitch Miller, the Anti-LOUIE

Posted on August 2, 2010

Mitch Miller, the man who popularized sing-along performances before the invention of karaoke, has passed away at the age of 99 years old. He was was an American musician, singer, conductor, record…

The Shockwaves 1999 beach performance – LOUIE of the Week

Posted on August 2, 2010

Today, the second day of August, we’re going to celebrate the birthday of Joe Kelly, one of the two original guitarists of the Shockwaves, a Bay Area surf band that became active…

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