Louie Louie

I believe this is my first record.   Probably purchased at Scotti's Records  in Summit, NJ.   The store is still there.  Check their website.  I haven't been there since the late 60's.  I have no idea what they're like now, but please support them because of all the joy they brought me as a child.   I bought 'More of the Monkees' there.  The first record I got day of release.

Louie Louie  record was controversial at the time because some thought the lyrics were obscene.   It's just that the pudgy blonde frat boy in the band couldn't quite master the Jamaican dialect.   One needs only to reference the original by Richard Berry or hear versions by The Kinks or Paul Revere and the Raiders to be set straight.  If you'd like to hear an actual obscene version, take a listen to any one of the live recordings of the song by Iggy Pop.

Th Kingsmen had one one other hit.  Jolly Green Giant.  Have no idea where they are now.  Perhaps they're playing frat reunion parties.

Website:  Scottie's Records