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…

Black Proof – LOUIE of the Week

Posted on July 28, 2010

I don’t really know anything about this band, other than they’re from Croatia, but here’s Black Proof doing LOUIE LOUIE!

Los Blue Jeans- LOUIE of the Week

Posted on July 20, 2010

This week’s LOUIE is is a special performance by Los Blue Jeans of Spain celebrating three years of Rock & Roll with this rockin’ version!

Shadows of Eternity- LOUIE of the Week

Posted on July 13, 2010

This week, we point the LOUIE of the Week spotlight at Shadows of Eternity, a band from Poland that acknowledges both Richard Berry and Motorhead as the direct inspirations behind their cover…

A New Yorker moment

Posted on July 8, 2010

One of the recent issues of the New Yorker magazine had this cartoon… In case you didn’t catch it, this cartoon references the 1988 movie “The Naked Gun: From the Files of…