The Kingsmen guitarist Mike Mitchell, who rose to fame with his band's '60s hit "Louie Louie," has died at the age of 77. Kingsmen drummer Dick Peterson confirmed the news to Rolling Stone in a ...

RASCOE: "Louie Louie," recorded by the Kingsmen. Almost everybody knows it, but almost nobody can understand the words. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LOUIE LOUIE") THE KINGSMEN: (Singing, inaudible). RASCOE: ...

As probably should be expected, the Louie Louie Committee Committee’s guiding purpose seems easier to appreciate than fully understand. The compulsion to host a madcap array of Portland-area acts ...

Between the president firing the director and the ongoing investigation of potential Russian interference in the 2016 election, the FBI has been all over the front page lately. Here’s hoping this ...

Jack Ely of 'Louie Louie' band The Kingsmen has died, aged 71. The singer's son Sean confirmed his passing in his Oregon home on Tuesday (April 28) after a long illness, reports The AP. Ely was born ...

Mike Mitchell, co-founding guitarist of "Louie Louie" rockers the Kingsmen, died Friday at age 77. Dick Peterson, the band's drummer since 1963, confirmed Mitchell's death in a statement to Rolling ...

RASCOE: And even fewer people know the history of a West Coast dance hit that became a party anthem, with an FBI investigation and a Supreme Court case along the way. Here's Deena Prichep. DEENA ...