Since 1959, Washington’s state-sanctioned official song had ... or not the indecipherable lyrics were obscene. Meanwhile, back in 1985, the idea to make “Louie, Louie” the state song caught ...

Official or not, the controversy triggered ... into the supposedly corrupting lyrics of "Louie, Louie." FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover corresponded with an anti-pornography activist about the ...

(Warning, they are not safe for work.) Here are the actual, full lyrics: Louie, Louie, me gotta go. A fine little girl, she wait for me; me catch a ship across the sea. I sailed the ship all alone ...

SEATTLE - Who would have ever guessed that the biggest talking point of the Mariners’ season so far would be a novelty song with largely unintelligible lyrics that was written in 1955?

declared April 14 as the official “Louie Louie” day, when the Northwest band Jr. Cadillac staged an afternoon concert at Seattle Center and sang a new rendition of the song, with lyrics ...

In the 1950s, Richard Berry, an LA musician, took a riff from a cha-cha song and slapped on some lyrics about a sailor. RICHARD BERRY: (Singing) Louie Louie, me gotta go. PRICHEP: Then he took it ...

"Louie Louie," recorded by the Kingsmen ... And he says when kids couldn't understand the song, they came up with their own lyrics. Dirty lyrics. "We were on the front page of every newspaper ...

In the 1950s, Richard Berry, an LA musician, took a riff from a cha-cha song and slapped on some lyrics about a sailor. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LOUIE LOUIE") RICHARD BERRY: (Singing) Louie Louie ...