Richard Berry "LOUIE LOUIE" 1989 in Mt. View, CA

[lidiabrust]

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[Bigmoma2010]

The original & best.

Great to finally see the original artist perform this legendary song

Think of the contribution this song has made to live music since 1957

[peacehaerted]

he died on my birthday and at the same time too

[thedarkportal1]

lol wow i played this n 8th grade and now in 9thgrade band =O i love this song =] i almost memorized it.

[weldhawk1]

Thanks for posting this great footage!

[PyritePete]

This is the guy who wrote the surf/garage band from Oregon it's first gigantic hit. He helped to carry Jamaican rhythm the whole U.S. years previous to the drenching waves of Reggie music in the seventies.

[maindrag]

I don't get it. I still don't know what he is saying in louie but i listen and look it up all the time. Everyone has didfferent words.

[naughtmoses]

Richard didn't cover this. He =wrote= it. It's paid his bills for a half century.

[strandwolf]

@naughtmoses A story I heard years ago is that Johnny Otis got wind of the Northwest teen rock groups such as The Kingsmen and The Sonics were performing the tune to enthusiastic dancers and bought the song from Berry for $3000, thus garnering all future royalties. Perhaps he only bought the publishing, or maybe the whole yarn is without any merit. I'm sure the Louie scholars can step forward and clear up this issue.

[eplouie]

@strandwolf Johnny did NOT purchase the LOUIE LOUIE publishing rights.  From 1957-early 90's, it was owned by Limax Music.

[strandwolf]

@eplouie Thanks; I assume that Limax was connected to Berry. At any rate I didn't intend to spread false rumors, so stand corrected. I didn't dream up that tale...someone mentioned it at a record swap or I read it in a music mag perhaps...been carrying that junk around since the 1970s.

[naughtmoses]

@strandwolf I expect eplouie's data is correct, though Johnny may have bought into some =performance= (rather than =publishing=) right. The latter was a fairly new idea in the early '60s. Johnny's rep was "square deal" with almost everyone I ever talked to, at least well into the '70s, and his radio presence in 'Frisco suggested likewise. The Sonics made some dough for whoever had the publishing rights to "Have Love..," that's for sure.

[strandwolf]

@naughtmoses Thank you for responding.

[Angelica21600]

our school band is playin this. (im the bass clarinet player.)

[triso666]

Great stuff! Have they ever found out who the "mystery yodeler" was?

[eplouie]

The Mystery Yodeler is still mysterious....

[talouko]

California Games' Theme!

[johnarthurknight]

Suzy Creamcheese!

[darklordojeda]

I live in sunnyvale, good to see local stuff on here.

[scifi1996]

thats some good stuff there!

[raweggs08]

in 1967 Richard Berry was the house band at the Century Room in Inglewood, CA. When he played Louie Louie everyone was up dancing. It was a great time!

[cheruba3l]

for me, this is the best one

[slugpellet63]

Everyone did a cover of this - best song ever!

[UniQuorn]

Mötorhead did a cover of this, right?

[basuioy]

right

[lamper2]

its weird that even richard berry had been influenced by the kingsmen version! his original record is WAY DIFFERENT than this.

[gunsanddrugs]

yeah i have some slow piano demos! real fuckin nice too!

[EricElviss]

Awesome Rock''N Show 5* TCB..

[pleasedontask]

cool this is in mt. view?

[eplouie]

This was in Mountain View at a club that no longer exists- near El Camino Real and Highway 85, next to what is now the Comic Collector Shop.

[eplouie]

Richard Berry is not related to Chuck Berry, other than being a rock & roll god.

[chefluke52]

and same last name

[thechristophershow]

I love the part in the movie Coup De Ville when the three brothers argue about this song.

[christiaan81music]

Great!!

[motordude67]

awesome! this is great!

[coldshot55551]

5 Stars all the way BAYBEE me gotta go!

[xarisafari]

whats happens to the guirar ? louie never was from texas,but peace to the rest in vains!

greetings from sillywalk germany

Richard Bluenote Esperanza

ever had it by the bayou

flying fish against the streams of nothin'!!!!

yamy yamy wild wood wammy

[burkov]

that yodeler was not me.

[tjbugs1]

Man did that look like some fun or what!

[papertigerlove00]

that drummer man hah.

[GeorgeGuilmet]

Great performance! I saw Richard Berry perform Louie Louie live in a Topanga Canyon bar in the hills above Los Angeles in the mid-1970's. This was special since I grew up in Seattle watching the Wailers, Kingsmen, and Paul Revere and the Raiders perform versions of his song. My lead guitar player, Gus Molvik, from my 1960's and 70's band, The Brave New World, was playing with him at the time.

[JJMMWGDuPree]

The guitar player didn't play THE 'Louie Louie' guitar solo!

We live on a sick planet....

[coldshot55551]

The Kingsmen did that, and me come to think of it. Well it's artist's privlidge. Also it's kinda unprofessional when your the author of a Great song, you don't copy someone elses well know lead solo.

[JJMMWGDuPree]

Maybe, but he's playing the Kingsmen's version of the song, and I thought everybody played that solo! I know I sure did, we even played the false start after the solo. It's tradition!

[coldshot55551]

I memorized that lead solo note for note. then I learned it playing two strings at a time for each note, for a fuller sound. But I was coping the Kingsman version. Richard Berry wrote the orig. no need for him to copy anything.

[eplouie]

If you want to hear who the Kingsmen actually copied, check out the guitar solo of Rich Dangel on the 1961 recording of Rockin' Robin Roberts with the Wailers. That was the version of LOUIE LOUIE that inspired a lot of people, including the Kingsmen.

Richard Berry had fun performing. This was not his regular band, and he didn't even play guitar, so don't blame him for the guitar solo, OK?

[Fingersoap]

Yes, better than the Kingsmen. But why Richard Berry have imitated the Kingsmen. He's original  versio is the best. 'cause original is always original.

This versio is good too.

[macmusick]

I first heard Louie Louie performed by the Wailers in Tacoma at the armory in I think 1960. Barry is a great performer. Tnx Eric. Love the yakety sax. Mac from Durango

[WorldChallenge]

Better than the Kingsmen.

[rocktehcasbah]

Well it was made by Richard berry in 1955.

[gremlin05]

great singing by the yodeler

[serafina09]

Très bon son !!

Vive Richard Berry Xd

[BloodBird1]

Believe it or not, I actually enjoy the original louie louie more than the Kingsmen version, It's interesting though they he sang the Kingsmen version instead of his own lol.

[RKFS]

Agreed.

[krysba88]

Damn now that's what I call music

[mancole96]

HEY! I'm just learning this on the clarinet!

[Ponchodebcan]

This is great, awesome! Many Thanks!

[KnuckleDuster101]

I am just learning this on trumpet now for band

[eplouie]

Here's a little bit of trivia, on the day this video was posted to YouTube, it was announced that YouTube would be sold to Google. Google is based in Mountain View, and as far as I know, this was Richard Berry's only club appearance in that town. This nightclub no longer exists.

[joegameking]

is the way go now mutha fuckers

[mikeen912]

I just learned how to play this song on the guitar today with lokking at any music notes

[davervd420]

Dons

[jdxuw1]

i luv this song me and my girlfriend can listen to this for forever thanx

[CossiFanTutti]

AWESOME! Where was I when this was happening live? I should have been there. I use to be a Cocktail Server at the J J's on Steven Creek Blvd in San Ho.Thank you so much for posting this. Richard Berry was the man!