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Author Marsh, Dave, author

Title Louie Louie : the history and mythology of the world's most famous rock'n'roll song; including the full details of its torture and persecution at the hands of the Kingsmen, J. Edgar Hoover's F.B.I., and a cast of millions; and introducing, for the first time anywhere, the actual dirty lyrics / Dave Marsh
Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages) : illustrations
Contents Acknowledgments -- Let's give it to 'em, right now! -- A tale of 300 ditties -- Birth of the "Lou"s -- "Louie" in limbo -- "Louie" unleashed -- Spanish castle magic -- "Louie" come home -- Every termite a king -- "Louie" who? -- Combating merchants of filth: the role of "Louie Louie" -- The "Louie" generation -- In search of the ultimate "Louie" -- "Louie" marches on -- The return of "Louie Louie" -- "Louie" reaches Nirvana -- Maximum "Louie Louie": a discography -- Index
Summary Dave Marsh is also the author of 'Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s' and 'Before I get Old: The Story of the Who'
Bibliography Includes discography (pages 208-238) and index
Notes Originally published: First paperback edition, New York : Hyperion, ©1993
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Subject Berry, Richard, 1935-1997. Louie Louie.
SUBJECT Louie Louie (Berry, Richard) fast
Subject Rock music -- United States -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Rock.
MUSIC -- General.
Rock music
United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004048052
ISBN 9780472025237
0472025236
1282695703
9781282695702
9786612695704
6612695706