Love That Louie: The Louie Louie Files CD


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Love That Louie: The Louie Louie Files album for sale was released Jul 27, 2002 on the Ace (Label) label. The "Louie Louie" saga is about as interesting as any song's journey through the rock & roll folk process. Love That Louie: The Louie Louie Files songs Its arrangement evolved several times via several cover versions between the time author Richard Berry did the first one in 1957 and the Kingsmen had a number two hit with it in 1963. Love That Louie: The Louie Louie Files album for sale Since then it's been covered innumerable times, of course. This disc presents no less than 15 versions of the tune, as well as three pre-Berry songs that influenced the first "Louie Louie," four basic "Louie Louie" rewrites, and two "sequels" to "Louie Louie." That's 24 tracks in all, chronologically spanning Johnny Mercer's 1951 recording of "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" (a lyrical inspiration for the Berry composition) to Toots & the Maytals' 1972 reggae interpretation. Love That Louie: The Louie Louie Files CD music contains a single disc. ...See Full Description

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This is really great if you want to hear the history and the progression of this song from obscure recording to cultural icon.
By R Wood (Austin, TX)

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A Must for Louie Louie Lovers
For anyone who considers "Louie Louie" to be an iconic song in the history of rock, this album is essential. It offers the history of Louie Louie from its first manifestation as a song with a calypso-beat down to its most recent, a reggae-influenced version.
By floreal17 (Philadelphia, PA USA)

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