'Louie Louie' Lead Singer Dies -- Dead at 71

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Jack Ely, the lead singer of the group the Kingsmen which recorded the hit “Louie Louie” — a song that prompted an FBI investigation — has died.

Ely’s controversial song was a monster hit in 1963. He almost slurred some of the words, making them very difficult to understand and subject to considerable interpretation. 

The FBI launched a probe to determine if some of the lyrics were obscene.  Many junior high school students were buzzing that one of the lyrics included the phrase, “f*** you girl, oh, all the way,” and “I felt a boner in her hair.”

Ely left the group shortly after the song was released and ended up training horses in Oregon. 

He ws 71. 

RIP

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