I’m stealing this penguin graphic from my pal Andy Martello. You see, Andy’s got this fetish thing for penguins and LOUIE LOUIE, so his friend GolfWidow created a little graphic for him….
Louie Road
Once upon a time, LOUIE LOUIE was written by Richard Berry in Los Angeles, California. Actually, to be precise, it was written at the Harmony Park Ballroom in Anaheim in 1955, a…
F.C.C. Indecency Ruling Round-up
Back in the days when the F.B.I. investigated LOUIE LOUIE, Richard Berry was told by government agents that he could go to jail for writing an obscene song. Around the same time,…
More LOUIE LOUIE videos online
In a previous post, I mentioned that YouTube.com had quite a few different videoclips of LOUIE LOUIE performances. Recently, YouTube.com has been getting a lot of attention, thanks to a very cool…
Frank Zappa – “Do you want Grace Slick to sing LOUIE LOUIE?”
“Do you want Grace Slick to sing LOUIE LOUIE? Would that be the ultimate get-off for a Fillmore East audience or what?” Damn, I loved hearing that phrase spoken by Frank Zappa…
My thanks!
THIS HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH LOUIE LOUIE, but I’d like to thank everyone for all their kind wishes on my special day. Some of my wishes didn’t come true, but…
What About March 9th?
What do Mark Lindsay, Mickey Spillane, David Pogue, Robin Trower, Amerigo Vespucci, Vyacheslav Molotov, and yours truly have in common? A common anniversary of existence- March 9th. If anybody out there in…
Archival LOUIE clips found at YouTube.com
YouTube.com is a very interesting website. People get the opportunity to share video clips with the world. It’s a wild mix of home movies, commercials, documentaries, music videos, and oddball shorts that…
Sheik of Araby
This posting has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with LOUIE LOUIE, but as I’ve mentioned other great songs that were covered by multiple musicians, I felt I should acknowledge the special “Sheik of…
LOUIE Radio tonight- Sunday Feb 26th
Tonight on the Allan Handelman’s “Rock Talk” radio show, there will be a big chunk of the show dedicated to the subject of LOUIE LOUIE. Dick Peterson the Kingsmen, will be discussing…