{"id":13438,"date":"2023-04-06T20:51:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T03:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=13438"},"modified":"2023-06-19T14:27:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T21:27:01","slug":"twas-60-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=13438","title":{"rendered":"Twas 60 years ago today….."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today is the 60th anniversary of the recording of the song LOUIE LOUIE by the Kingsmen<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

On April 6, 1963, five teenaged musicians, known collectively as The Kingsmen, recorded LOUIE LOUIE and two other songs at Northwestern Inc. Motion Pictures & Recording Studios at 411 SW 13th Avenue in Portland, Oregon. The session was produced by Ken Chase<\/strong> (aka Mike Korgan<\/strong>), a local disc jockey on AM radio station KISN who also owned The Chase, a teen nightclub where the Kingsmen were the house band. The engineer for the session was the studio owner, Robert Lindahl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to members of the band and those in attendance, the session lasted no more than an hour, and cost the Kingsmen either $36 or $50, depending on who you talked to. <\/p>\n

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The actual recording was a source of contention, as the producer and the engineer each had opposing ideas how to record this music, and the end result was a unique blend of music unlike anything else.<\/p>\n

When the Kingsmen first heard the recording, they thought it sounded awful, and vocalist\/guitarist Jack Ely<\/strong>, along with bassist Bob Nordby<\/strong>, would leave the Kingsmen a few months after that session, as they didn’t think the band would have much of a future. It didn’t help that drummer\/leader Lynn Easton also registered the trademark for the Kingsmen under his name, as opposed to a group-owned entity that the band agreed upon.<\/p>\n

A few days after the Kingsmen recorded that song, Paul Revere and the Raiders<\/strong> would record their version of LOUIE LOUIE in the same studio with the same engineer.<\/p>\n

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Last week, Mark Lindsay<\/strong>, original vocalist of Revere & Raiders, devoted his Underground Garage\/SiriusXM radio show<\/a> that celebrated the 60th anniversary of these two Portland recordings of Richard Berry<\/strong>\u2019s garage rock anthem. I believe you might still be able to hear this special show exclusively at The Underground Garage on SiriusXM channel 21.<\/p>\n

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…. and we also have that International LOUIE LOUIE Day happening on Tuesday, April 11th!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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