The Kingsmen's enduring recording of the song turns 60 this year, and remains a classic, in part because of its dramatic history.
Left to right: Norm Sundholm, Lynn Easton, Dick Peterson, Mike Mitchell, and Barry Curtis of the touring version of the rock and roll band"The Kingsmen" perform onstage in 1964.Left to right: Norm Sundholm, Lynn Easton, Dick Peterson, Mike Mitchell, and Barry Curtis of the touring version of the rock and roll band"The Kingsmen" perform onstage in 1964."Louie Louie," recorded by the Kingsmen, began climbing the pop charts 60 years ago.
recorded by other bands. But this was the one that took the song from regional dance standard to a national phenomenon – even though it's not the best recording. It turned out having words nobody could understand would prove surprisingly important. Dick Peterson joined the band in 1963, stepping in after the original drummer was drafted. And he says when kids couldn't understand the song, they came up with their own lyrics.
Peterson says the controversy is part of what kept it on the charts."The kids thought we got away with murder. And from then on we were able to go on television shows – we went onmarching band standard
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