On This Day...

...in 1935, Richard Berry was born. Who, you ask?

Well, in 1957, he wrote and recorded a little song that would later be covered by a band called the Kingsmen, as well as every other band and musical artist on the planet, including a cappella groups and marching bands. It would be the subject of a 31-month investigation by the FBI as to whether or not its lyrics were obscene. Some strong language at the link, by the way, as Snopes prints what those libidinous teens thought were the lyrics. The eventual finding: The lyrics could not actually be discerned, so there was no way to judge whether or not they were obscene.

So today is International Louie Louie Day in honor of this auspicious slice of Americana.

Me gotta go now.

(H/T Chaz)