NPR

How the universally recognized song "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen came to be

RASCOE: And even fewer people know the history of a West Coast dance hit that became a party anthem, with an FBI investigation and a Supreme Court case along the way. Here's Deena Prichep. DEENA ...
NPR

'Louie Louie': The story behind the song everyone knows but no one understands

"Louie Louie," recorded by the Kingsmen, began climbing the pop charts 60 years ago. It's a song almost everybody can recognize, but almost nobody understands the words to. And even fewer people know ...
Willamette Week

The Kingsmen Are Playing a 24-Hour Marathon of America’s (PDX-Bred) Party Anthem “Louie Louie”

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 ...
Oregonian

Kingsmen guitarist Mike Mitchell, who made ‘Louie Louie’ a breakout hit, was playing guitar days before he died in Oregon

John Belushi and his drunken frat brothers belt out “Louie Louie” in “Animal House.” The Clash and Iggy Pop have recorded the song. Bruce Springsteen plays it in concert. International ‘Louie Louie’ ...