Kingsmen filth shock!
Portland garage JANUARY 4 rockers The Kingsmen are at US Number 2 with their raucously sloppy cover of Richard Berry’s lonely sailor ode Louie Louie. However, Indiana Governor Matthew Welsh has written to the Indiana Broadcasters Association requesting it be banned for its allegedly “pornographic” lyrics, after two outraged college students from Frankfort tipped him off about fanciful typewritten transcriptions circulating among the nation’s teens. Broadcasters admit they’re stymied by singer Jack Ely’s slack-jawed, unclear performance, though the FBI continue to investigate it into 1965. The group’s label Wand deny everything, and publisher Max Firetag offers $1,000 for anyone who can find any obscene words. Sales are enhanced, and some suspect it’s all a PR stunt.