For some inexplicable reason, this was reissued two and one-half years after its original run to #2 in late '63/early '64. This time around, it didn't do nearly as well. Big deal. It gives me a reason to pull out a classic of rock. Urban legend says the Kingsmen recorded it in a cramped Portland, Oregon radio station production studio over a single microphone dangling from the ceiling. (Paul Revere and the Raiders used the same facility to record their version the next day.) Lead singer Jack Ely had to tilt his head back and shout to be heard...plus he was wearing braces, and copious amounts of adult beverages were supposedly being consumed. That explains the garbled lyrics. There's a glaring mistake after the guitar solo where Jack came back in too soon and stopped himself. Some would say the whole record was a glaring mistake. So what!!
Kingsmen - Louie Louie
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