WKFY

[Bob Nelson]

And actually the lyric may have been "Louie, Louie, you're gonna cry."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exl0oSfTSoY


On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@gmail.com> wrote:

> The song mentioned is Brother Louie by the Stories. It was about an
> inter-racial love affair and was originally a hit for the British band Hot
> Chocolate. ("She was black as the night, Louie was whiter than white...he
> took her home to meet his father and his mother, man they had a terrible
> fight")
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> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Paul Hopfgarten <hopfgarten@mail.com>wrote:
>
>> I thought about that, but I think the end of the refrain was something
>> like that for Louie Louie..
>>
>> Hang down your head Tom Dooley was actually the first song I was taught
>> when I was taking guitar lessons (late 1960s) as a kid..
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: A Joseph Ross
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 1:59 AM
>> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.**BostonRadio.org<boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
>> Subject: Re: WKFY
>>
>> On 8/21/2013 1:52 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote:
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>>  I went to You Tube and called it up - ya I know the song ( just wish I
>>> didn't )
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:43 AM, Paul Hopfgarten <hopfgarten@mail.com
>>> >wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>  I remember #1 (I was 15 in '73.....)
>>>> Louie Louie Louie Loooooeeee
>>>> Louie Louie Louie Loooooiiiiiii
>>>> Louie Louie Louie Loooooeeee
>>>> Poor Boy you're going to die (or close to those words)
>>>>
>>>
>> That looks like someone combined the beginning of "Louie Louie" with the
>> last line of the chorus of "Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley."
>>
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