This 1963 chaotic garage-rock classic sparked national outrage after listeners became convinced the lyrics were obscene.

Forty-six years ago today, a group of teenagers gathered in a Portland, Oregon, studio to record a ridiculously simple anthem that would go on to become one of the most influential – and most ...

Jack Ely, the singer famous for his enthusiastic (if largely incomprehensible) vocal performance in the early-1960s rock hit “Louie Louie,” died Tuesday in Oregon. He was 71. Ely’s death was confirmed ...

RASCOE: "Louie Louie," recorded by the Kingsmen. Almost everybody knows it, but almost nobody can understand the words. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LOUIE LOUIE") THE KINGSMEN: (Singing, inaudible). RASCOE: ...

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 ...

Jack Ely, the former singer of the Kingsmen and the most famous voice behind the garage-rock hit “Louie Louie,” has died in his home in Richmond, Oregon. The singer’s son, Sean, confirmed his father’s ...

The singer saw his hit covered at least 1,700 times. By The Associated Press Jack Ely - H 2015 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — When he stood on his toes, leaned his head back and began to incoherently shout ...

WASHINGTON — It’s been called the ultimate party song, so it’s hard to imagine it was once the subject of an FBI investigation. Jack Ely, who died Tuesday at the age of 71, got “quite a kick” out of ...

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 ...