PORTLAND, Ore. — When he stood on his toes, leaned his head back, and began to incoherently shout ‘‘Louie Louie’’ into a microphone 52 years ago, Jack Ely had no idea he was creating a ...

as well as his Christian faith: in 2012, he released a gospel album, "Love is All Around You Now," a mellow, string-laden collection miles from the young howler who once sang "Louie Louie." ...

This column is at the request of Stereogum donor Brett Gurewitz, the founder/owner of Epitaph Records and the guitarist for motherfucking Bad Religion, one of the best punk rock bands that has ...

The song “Louie, Louie” was originally written by ... The FBI, it should be noted, never interviewed Jack Ely, the person who sang the song. Of course, everyone knows the song.

"Louie Louie," recorded by the Kingsmen, began climbing the pop charts 60 years ago. It's a song almost everybody can recognize, but almost nobody understands the words to. And even fewer people ...

Fan favorite "Louie Louie" is back at T-Mobile Park this season. But it isn't always the version crowds are used to.

And in all that time, the bureau never once contacted Jack Ely, the man who sang the words of the song in the first place. At the end of the two years, the FBI didn’t even exonerate “Louie ...

DEENA PRICHEP, BYLINE: At an art gallery in Portland, Ore., dozens of people gathered this month for a 24-hour "Louie Louie" marathon. There were ukulele covers and Tuvan throat singers and the ...

Jack Ely, the former singer of the Kingsmen and the most famous voice behind the garage-rock hit “Louie Louie,” has ... as to what words he actually sang. The song became a Number Two hit ...