{"id":16710,"date":"2017-04-11T05:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=16710"},"modified":"2021-04-08T10:55:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T17:55:44","slug":"today-is-international-louie-louie-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2017\/04\/11\/today-is-international-louie-louie-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is International Louie Louie Day!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>It&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.louieday.org\/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Louie Louie Day<\/a>\u00a0!!\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6500\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Louie-Louie.jpg\" alt=\"Louie Louie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Louie-Louie.jpg 600w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Louie-Louie-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<p><strong>The song <a href=\"http:\/\/www.louielouie.org\/\">&#8220;Louie Louie&#8221;<\/a> was written by <a title=\"Richard Berry (musician)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Berry_(musician)\">Richard Berry<\/a> in 1955, who performed it with The Pharaoh&#8217;s. In 1963,\u00a0the Kingsmen&#8217;s version became a big HIT!!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1O0vrjO\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6491\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LouieLouie-by-the-Kingsmen-album.jpg\" alt=\"LouieLouie by the Kingsmen album\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LouieLouie-by-the-Kingsmen-album.jpg 500w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LouieLouie-by-the-Kingsmen-album-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><strong>How can YOU <a href=\"http:\/\/www.louieday.org\/celebrate.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrate\u00a0t<\/a>his special day?! LET me HELP YOU!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WELL&#8230;.You could request\u00a0that\u00a0your local radio station\u00a0play &#8220;Louie Louie&#8221;&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THEN&#8230;you could <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CCY0bAPLZ1w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH THIS VIDEO<\/a>\u00a0!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/CCY0bAPLZ1w<\/p>\n<p><strong> Then you should definitely listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WDP7_h4wkgw\">Motorhead&#8217;s version<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mot\u00f6rhead - Louie Louie\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WDP7_h4wkgw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>And <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZhSFV_M1Hv8\">Iggy Pop&#8217;s version<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Iggy Pop - Louie Louie\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZhSFV_M1Hv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wx-8_GI4d2c\">LEARN the LYRICS<\/a>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The True Lyrics to Louie Louie\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wx-8_GI4d2c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Maybe you&#8217;ve MISHEARD the lyrics as this guy did:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Misheard Lyrics of &quot;Louie Louie&quot; by The Kingsmen\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I76ssjRjeqo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s some of its ROCK n&#8217; ROLL history, straight from the Kingsmen&#8217;s website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.louielouie.org\/\">http:\/\/www.louielouie.org<\/a>!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Louie Louie&#8221; is such a cult favorite it is considered by some to be the &#8220;party anthem of the universe.&#8221; In fact, at one point there was a campaign to make it the state song for the State of Washington. It is used as background and theme music for a variety of television shows, motion pictures and advertising campaigns. It was recently voted one of the greatest songs of the century by the Grammy Hall of Fame panel and is considered by VH-1 to be the 11th best rock and roll song ever recorded.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>LISTEN to the different VERSIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BY <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Fxu6Sz\">Richard Berry and The Pharaoh&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0!!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BY <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1PxlG08\">The Kingsmen<\/a>\u00a0!!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BY <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1FxtMTz\">The University of Washington Husky Marching Band<\/a>\u00a0!!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BY <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/album\/the-louie-louie-collection\/id353039152\">MANY MORE MUSICAL ARTISTS<\/a> !!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s\u00a0International Louie Louie Day\u00a0!!\u00a0 The song &#8220;Louie Louie&#8221; was written by Richard Berry in 1955, who performed it with The Pharaoh&#8217;s. In 1963,\u00a0the Kingsmen&#8217;s version became a big HIT!!\u00a0 How can YOU celebrate\u00a0this special day?! LET me HELP YOU! WELL&#8230;.You [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awesome","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24997,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16710\/revisions\/24997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}