The History Of The Song Louie Louie.[Video]

This song had city, state, school and even church  leaders fussing and fuming nationwide. They didn't like our music and were overjoyed when the F.B. I. was called in to investigate the songs lyrics. Sorry Mr. Hoover...nice try..

It’s easy to hear why Flip Records took a chance on Richard Berry’s version of “You Are My Sunshine” in 1957. The song’s caramel, barber-shop introduction melts compellingly into charismatic, frolicking doo-wop. But the disc needed a second track, and Berry — already a Los Angeles R&B journeyman at 22 — provided his own composition: a calypso ditty with a catchy bassline, the song of a Jamaican sailor yearning for his girl, complaining to a confidant named “Louie.” He’s upset, so naturally he says the name twice.

 

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