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This Day in Rock History - Jan. 11th

1964: That peon to garage rock, the song every local band in America knew & played in the middle 60’s, “Louie Louie” by the Kingsmen reaches #1 on the charts. Some local stations had banned the song because it was supposed to have dirty lyrics. That only made the record more popular. (And no, the lyrics may be mumbled, but they aren’t dirty.)

 

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