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This performance is the source of most of the 2003 live album How the West Was Won, but "Louie Louie" was omitted from the official release.
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On October 25, 1978, a pre-recording of the band playing this song was broadcast on the BBC show Top of the Pops. The song is released with "Tear Ya Down" and appears later on the CD re-issues of Overkill and The Best Of Motörhead compilation. The reverse cover carries the dog Latin motto " NIL ILLEGITIMUM CARBORUNDUM", which is humorously said to mean "Don't let the bastards grind you down". It was released as a 7" vinyl single and reached number 68 on the UK Singles Chart. It was a relatively faithful cover of the song, with "Fast" Eddie Clarke's guitar emulating the Hohner Pianet electric piano riff. " Louie Louie" was Motörhead's first single for Bronze Records in 1978. 1969 - Wilbert Harrison, Julie London, Willie Mitchell.ġ970s Motörhead version "Louie Louie" 1967 - Eddie Cano, Floyd Cramer, David McCallum, Mothers of Invention, Neighb'rhood Childr'n, Mongo Santamaria, Swingin' Medallions. 1966 - Barry Allen, Beau Brummels, Ray Brown & the Whispers, Ace Cannon, Challengers, Jack Eely (Ely) & the Courtmen, Pete Fountain, Fugitives, Gurus, Sandy Nelson, Sir Arthur (Ian Whitcomb). 1965 - Byrds, Pink Finks, Ventures, Travis Wammack.
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It underwent psychedelic treatment courtesy of the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band in 1966 on their debut album Volume One and Friar Tuck on his 1967 album Friar Tuck And His Psychedelic Guitar.Their 1966 hit single " Wild Thing" also uses a very similar chord progression. Prototype English punk/garage band the Troggs recorded a version of "Louie Louie" in 1966.The Spanish pop group Los Corbs did another cover of the song in 1966 also in Spanish.Jan & Dean released the song on their album Command Performance in 1965.The American folk group the Sandpipers did a cover of the song in 1966 in Spanish with a slower tempo that peaked at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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The band recorded "Louie Louie" on Octoand it was released in November on the " Kinksize Session" EP, but still the chords were not quite right. Ray Davies has stated that he wrote the Kinks' first hit, " You Really Got Me" (1964) while trying to work out the chords of "Louie Louie".The Beach Boys for their 1964 album Shut Down Volume 2.American soul singer Otis Redding for his 1964 debut album Pain in My Heart.The Kingsmen "Louie Louie"Īfter the Kingsmen and Raiders versions, several other bands recorded the song: Roberts was killed in an automobile accident in 1967. Released on the band's own label, Etiquette, in early 1961, it became a hit locally and was then reissued and promoted by Liberty Records in Los Angeles, but it failed to chart. The arrangement, devised by Roberts with the band, included Roberts' ad-lib "Let's give it to 'em, RIGHT NOW!!". Known for his dynamic onstage performances, Roberts added "Louie Louie" to the band's set and, in 1960 recorded the track with the Wailers as his backing band. In 1959, Roberts left the Bluenotes and began singing with another local band, the Wailers (often known as the Fabulous Wailers, who had had a hit record with the instrumental "Tall Cool One"). Among the songs he began performing as an occasional guest singer with a local band, the Bluenotes, in 1958 were "Louie Louie", which he had heard on Berry's obscure original single, and Bobby Day's " Rockin' Robin", which gave him his stage name. Robin Roberts developed an interest in rock'n'roll and rhythm and blues records as a high school student in Tacoma, Washington.