{"id":262,"date":"2007-05-25T17:22:57","date_gmt":"2007-05-26T00:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=262"},"modified":"2017-05-15T22:07:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T05:07:09","slug":"a-very-rare-kingsmen-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"ULTRA-RARE KingsMen film clip!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here’s a very obscure film clip of the KingsMen <\/strong>performing “The Hut Sut Song” many years before “LOUIE LOUIE” became a big hit song. <\/p>\n

I love the opening of this clip – a newspaper with the headline “Song Becomes National Disease!<\/em><\/strong>”<\/p>\n

Just like all of the other film clips of the Kingsmen<\/strong>, this does not feature Jack Ely<\/strong>, the original LOUIE LOUIE vocalist. Nor does it feature Mike Mitchell<\/strong>, Lynn Easton<\/strong>, Dick Peterson<\/strong>, Don Gallucci<\/strong>, Barry Curtis<\/strong> or any other member of the band from Portland that transformed LOUIE LOUIE into the massive musical icon it is today. <\/p>\n

This particular band named the KingsMen<\/strong> (or the Kings Men Quartet<\/strong>) was formed in 1929 to record some music for “soundies,” the precursor to what we now call “music videos.” Led by Ken Darby<\/strong>, this group<\/a> recorded well into the 1940’s, collaborating with a wide variety of musicians such as Bing Crosby<\/strong>, Frank Sinatra<\/strong>, Paul Whiteman<\/strong>, and Hopalong Cassidy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A tip of the hat to Mark Evanier<\/strong><\/a> for reminding me of this very cool clip.<\/p>\n

UPDATED ADDITION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I found some more interesting things about the Kings Men Quartet<\/strong>, including an article about singing cowboys<\/a>, the IMDB entry on the King’s Men<\/a>, an MP3 collection of Kings Men radio shows<\/a>, and the Answers.com page on Ken Darby<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s a photo of this particular KingsMen group:<\/p>\n

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