{"id":1039,"date":"2009-05-04T11:52:36","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T18:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2009-08-19T14:08:52","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T21:08:52","slug":"the-ap-story-on-jack-ely-louie-louie-and-money-from-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=1039","title":{"rendered":"The A.P. story on Jack Ely, Louie Louie, and money from music"},"content":{"rendered":"

My sister Ann, who shares a birthday with Jack Ely<\/strong>, was the first one to send me this story as shared by the Baltimore Sun<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Singers tell Congress: Money (That’s What I Want)<\/strong>
\nBy Ryan Nakashima | The Associated Press
\nMay 4, 2009
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\nJack Ely, the singer whose 1963 version of “Louie Louie” still makes the rounds on oldies radio, lives with his wife in a mobile home on a horse ranch in Oregon. Ely says they share $30,000 a year from her teacher’s pension and his Social Security checks. They are paying down a mortgage.
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\nSo sometimes it bothers Ely, 65, when he hears his voice singing “Louie Louie” on the radio or in sports arenas, knowing he’s not getting paid.
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\n“It gets played twice a day by every oldies radio station everywhere in the world. And I get nothing,” said Ely, who recorded the song with The Kingsmen before getting drafted by the Army and leaving the band. “I got one check for $5,000. That’s all I ever saw from the sale of ‘Louie Louie.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full story by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One little quibble. I’m mentioned in the article as “a student who helped organize the (KFJC marathon)” <\/em>is somewhat misleading. I tried to point out that others (Stretch Riedle, Phil Dirt & Doc Pelzel<\/strong>) actually organized this event. I merely supported their efforts, and wound up being the only one to bring a video camera to the big show.<\/p>\n

There will be an Associated Press video of this story, but in the meantime, I’ll share a video that I shot of Jack with one of his horses.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE<\/strong>: As I don’t see my name in the newspapers very often, I thought it’d be interesting to see what other papers carried this story. I didn’t see it in my regular paper – the San Jose Mercury, but here’s some others that did. The comments at different newspaper URLs are often entertaining…<\/p>\n

USA Today<\/a>
\n Fort Worth Star Telegram<\/a> (an abbrieviated version, but includes a photo of Jack Ely)
\nCorvallis Gazette Times<\/a>– another photo of Jack
\nSalt Lake Tribune<\/a>
\nBismarck Tribune<\/a>
\nForbes.com<\/a>
\nBoston Globe<\/a>
\nChicago Sun-Times<\/a>
\nSeattle Times<\/a>
\nMSNBC.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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