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NEW 📀 Louie Louie - The Kingsmen {DES Stereo} 1963
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2021
- 1963-64......#2 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #1 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #1 Canada
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"Louie Louie" is a rhythm and blues song written and composed by American musician Richard Berry in 1955, recorded in 1956, and released in 1957. It is best known for the 1963 hit version by the Kingsmen and has become a standard in pop and rock. The song is based on the tune "El Loco Cha Cha" popularized by bandleader René Touzet and is an example of Afro-Cuban influence on American popular music.
"Louie Louie" tells, in simple verse-chorus form, the first-person story of a Jamaican sailor returning to the island to see his lover.
A significant error on the Kingsmen version occurs just after the lead guitar break. As the group was going by the Wailers version, which has a brief restatement of the riff twice over before the lead vocalist comes back in, it would be expected that Ely would do the same. Ely, however, missed his mark, coming in two bars too soon, before the restatement of the riff. He realized his mistake and stopped the verse short, but the band did not realize that he had done so. As a quick fix, drummer Lynn Easton covered the pause with a drum fill. The error "imbued the Kingsmen recording with a touching humility and humanity" and is now so well known that multiple versions by other groups duplicate it.
First released in May 1963, the single was initially issued by the small Jerden label, before being picked up by the larger Wand Records in October 1963. Herb Alpert and A&M Records passed on the distribution opportunity, deeming it "too long" and "out of tune".
Sales of the Kingsmen record were initially so low (reportedly 600) that the group considered disbanding. Things changed when Boston's biggest DJ, Arnie Ginsburg, was given the record by a pitchman. Amused by its slapdash sound, he played it on his program as "The Worst Record of the Week". Despite the slam, listener response was swift and positive.
By the end of October, it was listed in Billboard as a regional breakout and a "bubbling under" entry for the national chart. Meanwhile, the Raiders version, with far stronger promotion, was becoming a hit in California and was also listed as "bubbling under" one week after the Kingsmen debuted on the chart. For a few weeks, the two singles appeared destined to battle each other, but demand for the Kingsmen single, backed by national promotion from Wand, acquired momentum and by the end of 1963, Columbia Records had stopped promoting the Raiders version.
It entered the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for December 7, and peaked at No. 2 the following week, a spot which it held for six non-consecutive weeks; it would remain in the top 10 throughout December 1963 and January 1964 before dropping off in early February. In total, the Kingsmen's version spent 16 weeks on the Hot 100, selling a million copies by April 1964. "Dominique" by the Singing Nun and "There! I've Said It Again" by Bobby Vinton prevented the single from reaching No. 1 (although Marsh asserts that it "far outsold" the other records, but was denied Billboard's top spot due to lack of "proper decorum".) "Louie Louie" did reach No. 1 on the Cash Box and Music Vendor/Record World pop charts, as well as No. 1 on the Cash Box R&B chart. It was the last No. 1 on Cash Box before Beatlemania hit the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand". The Kingsmen version quickly became a standard at teen parties in the U.S. during the 1960s and, reaching No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart, was the preferred tune for a popular British dance called "The Shake". The first album, The Kingsmen In Person, peaked at No. 20 in 1964 and remained on the charts for over two years (131 weeks total) until 1966.
Due to the lyrics controversy and supported by the band's heavy touring schedule, the single continued to sell throughout 1965 and briefly reappeared on the charts in 1966, reaching No. 65 in Cash Box, No. 76 in Record World, No. 97 in Billboard and cracking the Top 40 in the Washington market. Total sales estimates for the single range from 10 million to over 12 million with cover versions accounting for another 300 million. In July 2023, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified the song silver for sales and streaming figures exceeding 200,000 units.
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My Aunt had this 45 when I was a little girl and I always asked her to play it. One day her poodle ate it. Sad day for music.
Excellent restoration!
Keep 'em coming.
If anyone ever listened to Richard Berry,the original writer,and singer of this:song.His lyrics are very understandable.It is sung with a Jamaican style , there are no foul or dirty words!!!!
I love it!!!
Thanka so very much!! Our old eyes /ears
need all the help we can get!
My friend brought this song to music appreciation class in our Catholic school in 1964. About half way thru the nun pulled it off the turntable and broke it over her knee. It doesn’t get anymore rock and roll than that.
I guess she wouldn't have liked the Sex Pistols I suppose either....
And the Beatles mortified them.
Thats awesome. I love the image that left with me.
@@leemagrish3432 MY GRANDFATHER SED THE WERE COMIES..THEN I STARTED DRUMS AND ROCK AND ROLD...
The nun was right
On trial for "Obscenity" in a state court the trial judge's ruling stated, "At any volume, speed or direction I find these lyrics totally incomprehensible!" End of trial.
Drummer yells the f-word around 0:55
@@RepublicansAreDeplorable 0:59 exactly
I've sometimes quoted that as "...no matter what SPEED it is played on" 😃 (the FBI did try playing it at different rpm rates to look for hidden messages in the mix...)😁
@@RepublicansAreDeplorable it's 54 sec on the original track.
That is so funny! But any way you listen to it, Louie Louie is boss.
There are not many songs that could claim to define rock and roll. Maybe 10. Louie Louie is one of them.
I've heard this song hundreds of times since 1963 and I'll be damned if I can't understand a word he sings beyond Louie Louie.
Never stopped me from liking it though...
J. Edgar Hoover had an investigation on whether the song was dirty, whether the unintelligible nature of the lyrics was hiding secret smut.
@@vermontbred HAHA... That very thought would have excited the old sleazebag!
Rock on! 😎
You can see the lyrics on here,the youtube has everythang
Just looked up the lyrics. Still doesn't make any sense
Still feels edgy 61 years later. One of favourite tunes from the 60s.
ouie, Louie, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Fine little girl she waits for me
Me catch the ship for cross the sea
I sail the ship all alone
I never think me make it home
Louie, Louie, oh, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Three nights and days me sail the sea
Me think of girl constantly
On the ship I dream she there
I smell the rose in her hair
Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Me see Jamaica moon above
It won't be long, me see my love
Me take her in my arms and then
I tell her I never leave again
Louie, Louie, oh, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, me gotta go
I say, me gotta go
I say, me gotta go
Thanks, always loved the song but couldn't understand the words, made it hard to sing along
Lyrics at last....
Thanks mate!
The way he refers to himself - and the grammar in general - made figuring out the lyrics even harder! 😵💫
Missed out the “lyric” f**k shouted by the drummer at 1.00 😆😆😆
The song, including its lyrics, was originally done in a fake Jamaican dialect/accent by the original writer Richard Berry. Berry later sold his publishing and copyright ownership of the song for $750 to the owner of his record label Max Feirtag in 1957 in order to raise money for his wewedding. This still ranks to this day as one of the worst business decisions of all time.
Sounds just as good now as it did in '63!
what's the meaning? It's supposed to be provocative.
which is to say, wonderful
It's the same recording! 👌
I was there with all my friends 🎶🎊🏈⚾🏄🚴🌅🏃
I was there in '63 -----18 years old leather jacket on and rocking my socks off! Now 78 and this gem brings back wonderful memories of my teen years
what a fantastic story like a beautiful dream...
I think it's one of the greatest tunes ever recorded. It's just magical. This and Del Shannons "runaway".
Rock n Roll, pure and simple.
You remember tv showing neil Armstrong landing on moon?
@@luke9361 Yep also remember seeing Yuri Gagarin Russian first man to orbit the Earth on B&W TV 1965?
@@luke9361 yes, from an another old guy in Toronto Canada. They showed it on giant screens in City Hall Square
I'm 73 and I can still play the solo. Some things never leave.
This is a great song I loved it when I was a child and I'm loving it at 70❤
This is the first song every garage band learned back in the day.
So true. Followed closely by Gloria by Them.
Check!
Summertime blues seems to be another one
And please don't forget "Hang on Sloopy"
Yes, it's the archetypal garage rock classic.
Back when I was a school boy the lyrics were a great topic of discussion and debate. A true 60’s garage band classic.
Innuendo for sex ( Louisiana French).
I think most people were sure of two of the words ... the rest is anybody's guess .
The FBI actually investigated the song (its lyrics). For real.
@@ericalexander5890 Louie, Louie and "Hang on Sloopy " were it at the time Ha ! I believe they did #1.."Windy" by the Association .The lyrics are about getting a blow job , " Who's creeping out from under the stairway , smiling at everybody she sees ,who's reaching out to capture a moment ,.... who's bending down to give me a rainbow " ( rainbow was slang for blowjob ),everyone knows it's Windy .Censors slipped , but we were still a pretty innocent society then , not like now. have a good one .
Congress determined the lyrics were undecipherable at any speed 😂.
Hell Yeah!!!!!!!! Great Oldie!!!!!!!!! Takes me way Back!!!!!!!!!! Great Memories!!!!!!!!!!! I'm 71 Still Rock n Roll!!!!!!!!!!!!
At the ripe, old age of 71, I still love this song. It rocks out loud. We dug it all the way.
CLASS OF '69 STILL RULES!
Just turned 78 and I agreed with you.
Yes it does 🎸👍😊
I am only 69 but me too.
Still digging it at 72.
Yeah, man😮!
THEY ARE NOT IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. PROTEST!
The song that inspired me to play drums. To this day, this song never sounds dated.
My friend's son is named Louis. He had several strokes and when we would go over to visit his mom, I would say hi to him, but he would never respond. Then one day I walked in and started singing Louis, Louis, he made an effort to smile as big as he was able to! Go Louie! ☺
Almost completely unintelligible lyrics! Love it!
ua-cam.com/video/9udxbvHiqGw/v-deo.html
Trust me they were fully intelligible -- memorized by every teenager in america - for all time!
It`s hard to imagine just how influential this song has been over the past 60 years.
It launched thousands of garage bands in the early 1960s.
68 grad, 74 yrs old, still listening to this song, love dancing to it when chance presents itself
Born in '68, love this tune!
Keep on dancing!
Class of’68 too!
Crestview class of 69
class of 64@@artszabo1015
I am an old man now, 82, However, in 1963 I was a college student at the University of Rochester in Upstate New York. Back then you could drink when you were 18. This tune was a favorite at beer blasts held in the student union. Get drunk and dance your ass off...lol. Great stress reliever. Maybe I'll have it played at my funeral.
Awesome my friend ❤ stay forever young xxx
I just missed the 18 y.o. cutoff, but my husband made it being born in 1965.
Animal House
i always forget americans can't drink until they're 21. land of the free huh? haha
@mj.l
Free enough to go to war and be a shooter of people, but not do a shooter of alcohol.
After all this time, still the ultimate party song.
I’d say Mony Mony was its equal for party music…
Thanks for all the fun over generations😎
The Professor of Rock has a great documentary on this song. Well worth watching
I used to think.. I can't dance..Then I see these folks "Dancing" and I realize ..Just act like you have your finger in a live light socket.you'll be fine..Not to worry. 😆
One of the coolest songs ever written!❤
The DRUMS rule in this recording!!!! Love it, so great, fantastic beat and best anthem to rock and roll forever ♾️ 🥐🪨 🪘 💝💝💝💝
Course the guy who played the drums on the tune is the guy faking the vocals in the video. Lead singer split and drummer took over as lead in the band shortly after Louie Louie was recorded.
Yeah and nobody ever covers them properly. These drums are fire!
Just about every group that played at the high school dances in the late '60s covered the famous Louie Louie. Definitely a get up and dance kind of tune.
Absolutely timeless. This song could be covered today by almost ANY band and just KILL!
" Louie Louie " is a national treasure. If you were a teen in the 60's and didn't know this song, you must of been dead. Also, the FBI went nuts investigating this song for so-called " dirty " lyrics.
You can read the declassified FBI investigation file online, I read a bunch of it one bored Saturday. I found it fascinating and pretty funny to read these memos and reports from probably long-dead FBI agents who were seriously investigating this "obscene" song. There are copies of letters that "Mr and Mrs Concerned American" sent in to the agency urging them to investigate this terrible, filthy song before it corrupts the nation's youth 😂. A particular highlight are various documents containing what some of these concerned citizens, and what some FBI staff, thought they could make out the "obscene" lyrics to be!
Such a cool song. They rocked this performance. Especially the drummer.
this song is not as simple as it sounds to play must get the feel E chord is a miner
The funny thing is that this is all playback, and the guy seen singing here, Lynn Easton, is lip-synching to the vocals of the original singer, Jack Ely, whom he had driven out of the band! 😃
So many weird things about The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie". One of them was that it was banned because they couldn't understand what he was saying and thought the song was dirty! Two other odd things about the recording that I've noticed was that the singer comes in a bar too soon after the solo and then stops after the first word. Also it's one of the only recordings that the vocals are not clear. This gives it a unique charm to the song. It was the most covered song, even though it was a struggle to figure out what the lyrics were!
I have listened to that song Many many times in my life and have NEVER understood the lyrics..So I searched for them & listened to this video and finally at 69 years old can Finally say I Know know what he was singing.
Better late than never, bro!
The FBI failed to decipher the lyrics too. :)
I'm 71 so of course danced to this song from the beginning. We had all the ( bad ) lyrics from the garage bands , loved this song. But had never seen the Kingsmen perform until right now. Never dreamed they were so COOL.
60 years gone and it's still so good!
I was 9 years old when this was on all the Hit Parade Radios, I'm 70 today, the people here are most likely 85 years Young today.
It never gets old.
Greatest tune 🤩
That song was the mainstay of every garage band and club band for a number of years in the early 60's. Very popular to dance to. Although you could not understand a word he said it was rumored to be obcene. Singers just mumbled through.. It was great.
Probably one of the best ever....we will struggle to have that melody again.
I was born in 64... I love this song ...❤❤❤
Hey that's my grandmother dancing !
The drummer is nailing it!!😀
thats Lynn Easton who became lead singer after originalsinger jack Ely left the band, Lynn is out front on this video singing
Lol he’s really hitting them drums 😂
@@recordguy4321 That's Jack Ely singing in this video.
@@williamgilmore4287 it's Lynn Easton on vocals on the video, I saw Jack Ely in 66 with his own band called The Courtman .They were on Bang records and cut Louie Louie 66 , flip side David's Mood. Jack left and so did Don Galluci of Little Don and the Goodtimes
@@recordguy4321 oh, I thought it was Jack Ely? Thanks for pointing it out. I knew the original band broke up soon after the song had become a major hit though,
People knew how to party back then, love that drumming!
This song Takes me way Back!!!!!!!!! Great Era!!!!!!! Want to go Back!!!!!!!!!! Great Video!!!!!!!!! I'm 70!! Still Rock n Roll!!!!!!!!! Till ☠️💀☠️!!!!!
I was about 10 years old, song came out. My older brother/sister play it and I fell in love with rock n roll.
I heard this song in 1993 at a basketball game. I listen to it to this day.👏👌
Those three chords were everywhere in the sixties.
Class of 84 here. This was 3 years before I was born. In my youth, this version was played heavily in all the bars in New Orleans. Even the dance clubs would spin it from time to time.
One if ten or si songs you had to play if had a garage band back in the day.......along with G L O R I A ..Satisfaction, Wipeout, and a few others.....
That guitar solo is so garage. Brilliant.
Not only did we listened to it, we danced our asses off to it, as well!
great hit at this time and I notice that young people were very élégant in the 60
It's the feel-good hit o' this endless summer
It gets the kids out of control
Singin' along to that star spangled bummer
Hail, hail, rock 'n' roll - Todd Snider
Real music and maybe the greatest song ever
All bands played this song back in the day
This was very sophisticated on its time😊✅👍
Our National Anthem !!!!
One of the worlds best ever songs!
Today's kids don't know what good music is
My parents told me the same thing back in 1968.. ; )
Oh, stop. You know those kids' parents were saying the exact same thing about this song.
Yes they do. They love old music
😂cranky stupid old fool on every thread 😂
In a matter of months, bands like this would be turned on their heads... and the entire Music world was not far behind. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!
my husband and I were born in the 90s and were just jamming to this tonight. what a bop
I don't understand a word...
But the tune is absolutely catchy..
I did understand the "ok now lets give it to them right now.."😁😁😁
When life was good.
good moving during the guitar solo
4/9/89, Louisville, Kentucky. The good ol' Grateful Dead opened the second set of their concert at Freedom Hall that night with "Louie, Louie". I know because I was there. One of the best moments at one of the 50 GD concerts I attended. Grateful Dead, one of the best "cover" bands anywhere any time. The crowd went a little wild too.
My ringtone 🎵🎶👍
On "The Lloyd Thaxton Show," our favorite after-school program of the mid-1960s.
I popped my rock in roll cherry on this song way back in 1966 at the tender age of 10 when an unknown band set up the local park pavilion. it literally changed my life i was hooked 😊
Born in '62. First song that I remember getting hooked on was Petula Clark's "Downtown". The next one that grabbed me was the Archie's "Sugar Sugar".
Nah
My mom bought me a Silvertone guitar from Sears when I was 13-I played Louie Louie till I drove her crazy-
Some of those guitars are worth big bucks these days
Simplicity takes it to greatness.
That was a really good live performance . I loved that song even though I was a kid when it came out
Definitely not a live performance
Um, how do I break this to you....
Can you say "Lip Sync?"
Too young to have been around back when this gem came out. However, the first time I heard it, I was hooked. Even with the lyrics being hard to decipher, it just has such a great hook.
This song is fire. R.i.p. John Belushi.
Wow ! This and " Hang on Sloopy " were all we needed for our 7th and 8th grade recreation on Thursday nights !
One of my favorites when I was little.
Im 73 now and this was the first song I wanted to learn when I began to play the electic guitar, last month!
These are the originals and Nothing beats the ORIGINAL version who created this great tune!!
I could be wrong but I think this song was written by other artists in the late 50s but whoever wrote it, no version could beat this one. That drumming is a mover.
the Original was written and performed by Richard Berry in 1955 - and 3 other people covered it before Kingsmen in 1963 - but - this is the definitive version! :)
Oh, okay, I remember this song mainly from the movie, ANIMAL HOUSE. THANKS FOR THE INFO!
Written by Richard Berry, almost two different songs. I like both versions, Richards’s voice is deep and smooth. The Kingsmen version is the most well known.
@@shokizm1 Richard Berry original from 1957: ua-cam.com/video/z-2CKsaq5r8/v-deo.html
Love the crazy drum fills.
This is spectacular, for 1963 even unbelievable
Lived in Cocoa Beah, FL when this song was popular - I absolutely loved it. I would be hanging out at The Roost, playing pool, and some adult would put money in the juke box and play this song - LOVED IT...!!! Best music generation - in my opinion.
I spent countless hours spinning the 45 rpm. when the tune hit 93 KHJ on Los Angeles radios. My needle was ground to dust trying to figure the lyrics. When I finally saved enough money for a Sears stereo system which had a headphone jack I thought now I'll get the words but still struggled! One summer's day, I hear live music pumping out of a garage and I'm a moth to a flame. There's Paul Revere & The Raiders rehearsing and they're playing this song and they just vamped over garbled word salad. I never met any musician in 59 years that knew the words until they were put on the internet.
Did you know the lyrics? Who cares eh? It's just a great friggin' groove that never leaves your head.
The Kingsmen and Paul Revere & the Raiders were local rivals, and they both did this song at area gigs long before it was recorded. Somehow the inferior version got out first and became the standard.
A garage classic.... instantly recognisable from the first bar!
Johnny B.Goode, I saw her standing there, Satisfaction and Louie Louie . Rock n Roll !
Lyrics
Louie Louie (oh, no), said me gotta go (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah).
I said, Louie Louie (oh, baby), I said baby, we gotta go.
A fine little girl, she waits for me.
Me catch the ship across the sea.
Me sailed that ship all alone.
Me never think how I’ll make it home
Louie Louie (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) I said we gotta go (oh, no).
Said Louie Louie (oh, baby), said we gotta go.
*
Three nights and days I sailed the sea.
Me think of girl (oh) constantly.
On that ship, I dream she there.
I smell the rose in her hair.
Louie Louie (oh, no) said we gotta go (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah).
Louie Louie (oh, baby) said we gotta go.
(Okay, let’s give it to them right now!)
**
Me see Jamaica, the moon above.
It won’t be long me see me love.
Me take her in my arms and then,
I tell her I’ll never leave again.
Louie Louie (oh, no), said we gotta go (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah).
Said Louie Louie (oh, baby), said we gotta go.
I said we gotta go now.
Let’s hustle on out of here.
Let’s go!
Lyrics don't look obscene to me. But, that's the FBI for you!
When I was kid playing in garage bands the worst insult you could give another guitarist was, "Hey man. You can't even play Louie Louie on one string."
The guy actually singing here is Don Galucci, not Lynn Easton the guy you see. Half the guys you see here were NOT on the record. Don Gallucci, who was the keyboards & singer quit the band just after this was recorded in somebody's garage. His mom made him quit. He was way underage, & still in school. He went on to form his own band a couple of years later that had good success in the PNW called Don & The Goodtimes! The original song, written & performed first by Richard Berry, is a calypso Bellafonte kind of thing. A Northwest band, the biggest, most successful band on the PNW scene was The Wailers. They gave it the R & R treatment. In fact, the Kingsmen ripped The Wailers off, even down to every note of the guitar solo! Mike Mitchell, the guitar player you see here, went to Wailers shows many times to get it down. Rich Dangel, The Wailers guitar player at the time wrote the solo. It wasn't long until a zillion bands had their own versions. Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Sonics, The Counts, everybody was playing SOME version of it, whether they recorded it or not.. Richard Berry wrote the song in the late fifties, so it had been around a while even in '63. The Kingsmen got the National credit, & had a few other National releases that did moderately well. The Jolly Green Giant was one. A cover of The Olympics, Big Boy Pete with new lyrics. There was a big dance scene in the Northwest. Good bands, lots of skating rinks & school gyms turned into dance halls. I know because I was part of it. Moderate success with several bands.
A song no one would understands today. TY. I don't think I understood it then,but hey I don't
It’s right there, red and white, clear as crystal
First song almost every garage been learned and played.
Along with, ‘Gloria’ by, Them.
Wish I lived back then :/
This song never fails to lighten my mood.!
We were so damn cool back then... hell the one's still left are cool. 😊
Great tune - and love how the drummer covers with that fill for the vocalist at 2.05 when he comes in too early!
And its the drummer you hear shout a curse when he dropped a stick, once you hear it, you cant unhear it lol
Yeah, I really like that part, which I later found out was a mistake . Great song, can't be covered. .right up there with Keep on Dancing and 96 Tears
This is not a live version. Jack Ely actually sang lead on this song not Lynn Eastman who is in this video. He and another member
left the group after the original recording before the song took off. All the mistakes here are from the original recorded version that
theyare lip syncing too. A later court case stopped Lynn from lip syncing to Jack's vocals.
@@jaycahow4667and the drummer is clearly not make the same fills throughout if you watch and listen
I first heard the Kinks cover this song and they did a good job and this orig8nal really rocks out. Unbelievable
The riff for "You Really Got Me" is clearly inspired by the main keyboard riff here.
Wow! I remember this song very well. Just looked it up and it was written in 1955 and a hit with this American group in 1963. If you’d asked me to guess I would have said 1970 and that it was a British group! But there were some great songs written in America in the 1950s which we British don’t always appreciate.
The first 45 I ever bought and still have it. Me and all my buddies swore he was saying the F word at the 1:07 mark. The quintessential r&r song.
Thank you
Kingsmen, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Chancellors…. All got the dancers to the floor in the 60’s! Great times!!
A great song my parents grew up listening to!