About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 37. Chapters: Louie Louie, Day-O, Jailhouse Rock, Not Fade Away, Susie Q, That'll Be the Day, Let It Be Me, Matchbox, Walkin' After Midnight, Peggy Sue, Great Balls of Fire, Night Time Is the Right Time, Young Love, Blueberry Hill, Twenty Flight Rock, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On, Reet Petite, You Send Me, School Days, All Shook Up, Got My Mojo Working, Young Blood, Wake Up Little Susie, At the Hop, Searchin', Think, Teddy Bear, Bye Bye Love, Mary's Boy Child, Come Go with Me, The Twelfth of Never, Words of Love, Party Doll, Gangster of Love, Diana, Tammy, Lucille, Raunchy, Oh, Boy!, Little Bitty Pretty One, Honeycomb, Butterfly, Chances Are, Old Cape Cod, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Love Letters in the Sand, Too Much, Alone, Shangri-La, Mean Woman Blues, And That Reminds Me, With All My Heart, Till, A Poor Man's Roses, Le ranch de Maria / Tu peux tout faire de moi / Quand on n'a que l'amour / Tu n'as pas tres bon caractere, Round and Round, Ballerina, April Love, Melodie d'Amour, Put a Light in the Window. Excerpt: "Louie Louie" is an American rock 'n' roll song written by Richard Berry in 1955. It has become a standard in pop and rock, with hundreds of versions recorded by different artists. The song is written in the style of a Jamaican ballad; and tells, in simple verse-chorus form, the first-person story of a Jamaican sailor returning to the island to see his lady love. A recording by The Kingsmen in 1963 is the best-known version. The Kingsmen's edition was also the subject of an FBI investigation about the supposed but non-existent obscenity of the lyrics, an investigation that ended without prosecution. The song is ranked #55 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time." Richard Berry was inspired to write the song in 1955 a...
