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Originally Posted by chiliD
I don't doubt the Kinks recorded "Louie, Louie"  , just about everybody has at some point, but the DEFINITIVE version is the original by The Kingsmen.  |
good call. that is the definitive version. my favorite. but not the original.
richard berry wrote it and did it first, then another band - can't remember their name, somebody & the wailers (obviously not bob marley). ... i think another group released a version, and then the kingsmen and paul revere and the raiders recorded it again in 63 almost simultaneously, but the kingsmen version won out on the chart. i recall seeing a kinks version of louie louie on a discography for a various artists compilation, but i've never heard it (to my knowledge).
the kingsmen version was released on 2 different labels.. one was a regional, pacific northwest label, "jerden". that particular 45 goes for big time bucks if you're lucky enough to find it.. ultra mega rare.