Flashback Friday!This was written by an R&B singer named Richard Berry in 1955. With his group The Pharaohs, he was also the first to record the song; it got some airplay in some cities in the Western US when it was released in 1957. Various garage bands heard it and started covering the song until it became a phenomenon with the Kingsmen's 1963 version. While much of the song's notoriety comes from the indecipherable lyrics, in Berry's original version words are quite clear: The song is about a sailor who spends three days traveling to Jamaica to see his girl.
Richard BERRY "Louie Louie" (1957)Louie, Louie : The Story Behind the Song & The FBI Investigation (The Kingsmen)
A 1960's band called The Kingsmen recorded the most famous version of the well known song called "Louie, Louie." The lyrics were famously hard to understand, which led to an FBI investigation
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie