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Biographer Johnny Rogan noted no "Louie Louie" influence, writing that Davies adapted an earlier piano riff to the jazz blues style of Mose Allison, and that he was further influenced by seeing Chuck Berry and Gerry Mulligan in Jazz on a Summer's Day, a 1958 film about the Newport Jazz Festival. Rogan also cited brother Dave Davies' distorted ...
Oct 8, 2018 · In 1957 he released “Louie Louie”, based on the music of “El Loco Cha Cha” by René Touzet, with lyrics strongly influenced by Chuck Berry’s “Havana Moon”. Like the latter, “Louie Louie” had...
Oct 31, 2023 · According to music writer Peter Blecha, author of Stomp and Shout: R&B and the Origins of Northwest Rock and Roll, the song found popularity in the L.A. area first. But then Berry took it on tour...
Oct 22, 2023 · This year is the 60th anniversary of the Kingsmen's recording, "Louie Louie." The song has a surprising backstory. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Sixty years ago, a song began climbing the pop charts ...
Aug 25, 2007 · 1955 – Richard Berry, a 21-year-old R&B singer from Los Angeles, writes a calypso sea chantey about a lover’s lament as told to a bartender named Louie Louie. He uses Afro-Cuban rhythms from René Touzet’s “El Loco Cha Cha”,” and story lines from Chuck Berry’s “Havana Moon” and Johnny Mercer’s “One For My Baby (And One ...
Aug 2, 1993 · The Rilleras later told Berry that the song was "El Loco Cha Cha" by Rene Touzet. Berry took Touzet's Latin rhythm and fused it with lyrics from an idea inspired by Chuck Berry's "Havana...
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Oct 31, 2023 · According to music writer Peter Blecha, author of Stomp and Shout: R&B and the Origins of Northwest Rock and Roll, the song found popularity in the L.A. area first. But then Berry took it on tour...
