What is International Louie Day?
INTERNATIONAL LOUIE DAY IS THE DAY OF OUR DAY.
International Louie Day is celebrated on April 11 in Louie Day and is promoted by the Louie website.
Louie was written by R&B singer Richard Berry in 1955. In 1957, His band, "The Pharaohs," was recorded and released it. It got some airplay on the band's home turf around San Francisco, and it became very popular in the pacific northwest. It was covered by other garage bands and became a fairly common party tune in the western states.
The Kingsmen's recording was the subject of an FBI probe into the possible, but nonexistent, obscenity of the lyrics. The probe ended without charge. The lyrics in Berry's first album are quite straightforward: It's a song about a sailor who spends three days in Jamaica to see his child. Louie, a bartender, told the tale. In the original version, there was nothing even remotely offensive.
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