The song “Louie Louie,” which turns 60 years this year, may not be as popular today if not for the FBI’s obsession with it during the 1960s. The Tampa Tribune recalls the bureau’s countless hours ...

Still in the midst of the Vietnam War, folk singer Barry McGuire’s song “Eve of Destruction” was banned on radio for what some believe depicted a sullied humanity: You’re old enough to kill but not ...

The song “Louie Louie,” was an obsession of the FBI’s in the 1960s. In trying to determine whether the song violated the Federal Interstate Transportation Obscene Matter statues, the FBI spent two ...

In the mid-1950s, rock 'n' roll music was widely condemned as a public nuisance and threat to public safety, and the junk science of the day claimed that teens were "addicted" to the music. Police ...

As probably should be expected, the Louie Louie Committee Committee’s guiding purpose seems easier to appreciate than fully understand. The compulsion to host a madcap array of Portland-area acts ...