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One of the great highlights of my trek to the Pacific Northwest was a chance to visit with singer Marcel Chouinard<\/strong> in Canada. During the early 1960’s, Marcel was one of earliest performers to perform LOUIE LOUIE on television. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation<\/strong> had a regional musical television show entitled “Let’s Go<\/strong><\/a>” and Marcel performed this song on this show, backed by The Nocturnals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In the Vancouver, British Columbia region, Marcel Chouinard had a fairly successful career performing music with his band Sound Unlimited<\/strong>. He discussed his career in a recent email:<\/p>\n I don’t want to disappoint you, but I don’t have any other recordings at all, except for the 3 shows I did for CBC. I had my own local band and sang in the Vancouver area for a few years. I do not have any original material, I did not write any songs.<\/p>\n I was approached by a gentleman from “Teenagers of the Pacific” agency (who was handling Paul Revere<\/strong> and Englebert Humberdick<\/strong> at the time to come to Hawaii. Also an agent from RCA-Canada. At that time, my drummer got killed in an auto accident going home from the club one night. Then our Organ player got killed 6 months later in an accident, so we (the band) decided to just pack it in.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n When THE MEANING OF LOUIE documentary is finally released, the world will learn more about Marcel Chouinard. <\/p>\n To be continued…..<\/p>\n