Gaar, Gillian G. (2015). "1966 The Ceremony Is About to Begin". The Doors: The Illustrated History. Voyageur Press. p.17. ISBN 978-1627887052. Louie Louie was written and recorded by the musician Richard Berry in 1955. While Berry performed with a few bands in the 1950s, he’s best known for this hit single. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research. p.328.

Murray, Samuel (2022). "The Kingsmen, 'Louie Louie' (1963)". In Sarah Hill (ed.). One-Hit Wonders: An Oblique History of Popular Music. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1501368424. The LOUIE system is generally available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, with the exception of Sunday mornings from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. Grateful Dead Live at Family Dog at the Great Highway on 1969-09-07". Archive.org. April 23, 2004 . Retrieved September 12, 2021. Hamlin, Andrew (July 16, 2021). "Mr. Jimbo Metastasizing, or, You Can't Aways Death What You Want: Griel Marcus on the Doors". Seattle Star . Retrieved October 31, 2021. Although similar to the original, the version on Rhino's 1983 The Best of Louie, Louie compilation [9] is actually a note-for-note re-recording created because licensing could not be obtained for Berry's 1957 version. [10] Cover versions [ edit] [ ]Other versions by R&B artists included Bobby Jay and the Hawks in 1964, Ike & Tina Turner ("a sultry, little known rendition"), [150] the Tams, and Nat & John in 1968, Wilbert Harrison in 1969, the Topics in 1970, and Barry White in 1981. [148] The Angels (1964) [ edit ] Christgau, Robert (February 5, 1985). "The Village Voice: Christgau's Consumer Guide". robertchristgau.com . Retrieved June 21, 2023. John Stamos and David Coulier, on Full House S7E3 (September 28, 1993) with Dylan & Blake Tuomy-Wilhoit. [319] The Kingsmen's studio version was recorded in one take. They also recorded the "B" side of the release, an original instrumental by the group called "Haunted Castle". Entered chart November 9, 1963, and remained for 16 weeks; peaked in February 1964. Dave Marsh asserts that "Louie Louie" "far outsold" the No. 1 record " Dominique", but that "proper decorum" was a factor in keeping it from Billboard's top spot. [100]

While the title of the song is often rendered with a comma ("Louie, Louie"), in 1988 Berry told Esquire magazine that the correct title of the song was "Louie Louie", with no comma. [8] Zageris, Larissa (October 31, 2022). "Television: Uncle Jesse's Best Episodes of Full House Ranked". Looper.com . Retrieved October 15, 2023. In 2011, KFJC celebrated International Louie Louie Day with a reprise of its 1983 event, featuring multiple "Louie Louie" versions, new music by Richard Berry and appearances by musicians, DJs, and celebrities with "Louie Louie" connections. [414] In April 2015, Orme Radio broadcast the First Italian Louie Louie Marathon, playing 279 versions in 24 hours. [415] In 2023, the city of Portland hosted a 24-hour live marathon to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Kingsmen version. [416] Use in movies [ edit ] Reynolds, Simon (2006). "Living for the Future: Cabaret Voltaire, the Human League, and the Sheffield Scene". Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. London: Penguin Publishing Group. p.92. ISBN 978-0143036722. Palao, Alec (1993). "Syndicate of Sound - "Louie Louie" ". Cream Puff War. No.2. Santa Clara, CA: Palao-Cost.Spera, Keith (December 10, 2019). "Allman Brothers family album: local photographer traces band's early years in new book". Times-Picayune. Connolly, Dave (September 12, 2017). "[Review] Stanley Clarke/George Duke: The Clarke/Duke Project (1981)". Progrography.com. Pink Floyd, in an earlier incarnation as The Pink Floyd Sound, regularly included psychedelic versions with "wild improvised interludes" [198] and "echo-laced discordant jams" [199] in their setlists in the mid-60s. [200] [201] In 1997 The First Louie Louie Spanish Compilation was released by Louie Records featuring 11 versions by the Flaming Sideburns, the Navahodads, Luxury Liner, and others. [337]

The Grateful Dead covered the song live a few times in the 1980s with Brent Mydland on vocals. [38] Buddy Buddy". Ode to Oklahoma basketball star Buddy Hield written and recorded by Eric Kiper in 2015. [369]His original compositions " Plastic People" and "Ruthie-Ruthie" (from You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1) were set to the melody of "Louie Louie" and included "Music by Richard Berry" credits. [180] Zappa said that he fired guitarist Alice Stuart from the Mothers of Invention because she couldn't play "Louie Louie", although this comment was obviously intended as a joke. [181] Although not commercially released, an example of the song's influence was the 2000 performance by the Dover High School Band joined on saxophone by Bill Clinton (who played in a jazz trio named the Kingsmen at Hot Springs High School, and at whose 1964 graduation dance the actual Kingsmen performed). [423] [424] Washington State song [ edit ] Bruce Springsteen Releasing 'The Legendary 1979 'No Nukes' Concerts' ". Vermilion County First. September 23, 2021 . Retrieved September 29, 2021. The National Association of Broadcasters also investigated and deemed it "unintelligible to the average listener", but that "[t]he phonetic qualities of this recording are such that a listener possessing the 'phony' lyrics could imagine them to be genuine." [380] Neither the FCC nor the NAB took any further action. The Purple Helmets ( The Stranglers), on their 1988 album Ride Again [148] and in multiple 1988 and 1989 live shows. [308]