In 1963, when the song "Louie, Louie" by the garage rock band also called The Kingsmen became famous, the group elected to bill themselves as The Statler Brothers. Despite the name, only two members of the group (Don and Harold Reid) are actual brothers and none has the surname of ...
Originally performing gospel music at local churches, the group billed themselves as The Four Star Quartet, and later The Kingsmen. In 1963, when the song "Louie, Louie" by the garage rock band also called The Kingsmen became famous, the group elected to bill themselves as The Statler ...
One of the characteristics of the Kingsmen's 1963 hit "Louie Louie" is its garage rock sound—with distorted vocals that have created so much confusion over the years, the issue was taken up by the feds. Anow-debunked rumorstated that the song was full of concealed obscenities that could o...
War II. “The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les and his band,” Day said. “I loved Les very much, I am going to miss his phone calls.” Brown’s career included a close association with Bob Hope. In 1950, he joined Hope for the first of 18...
Okay, The Kingsmen put out “Louie Louie” (a cover of the 1955 R&B singer Richard Berry) a couple weeks after The Beatles released their first single, but they weren’t THE BEATLES — the band that changed everything — yet. All of it had an impact on the English-born rebel who ...
Richard Berry released "Louie Louie" in 1957, but it gained only a bit of fame on the West Coast. That's how the Portland, Ore.-based Kingsmen heard it, and they recorded it in 1963. Even though the song is a sweet and simple tale about a Jamaican sailor returning home to see his...
'Louie Louie' by The Kingsmen - Misheard: "Louie, Louie, grab her way down low" - Correct: "Louie, Louie, me gotta go" One of the characteristics of the Kingsmen's 1963 hit "Louie Louie" is its garage rock sound—with distorted vocals that have created so much confusion over the yea...
the blessed lunatic behind the Beach Boys’ most memorable tunes, he is an obsessive studio craftsman who tries to turn each number he records into a pristine gem. And like the Kingsmen, the dopey garage band that earned a kind of immortality thanks to one of the simplest ditties ever commi...
Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man; a rousing ‘69 song with a driving beat and lyrics that were full of energy showed what Seger was capable of. But it wasn’t until ‘76’s “Night Moves” with the Silver Bullet Band that the energy, song-writing and pure Rock ‘n’ Roll and unforget-able ...
Currently, theBadSeeds play cover music by The Kinks, The Doors, The Animals, Wilson Pickett, The Rolling Stones, The Kingsmen, ZZ Top, Jonny Lang, Jimi Hendrix and many more. The Bad Seeds Rehearsal – 2008The Parlor in McGregor Texas Ronnie Mahan – vocals, Allan Jansen – guitar, Mike...