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To: shuckmaster
LOL. I just knew there would be some FReeper who would not be stumped. Do you know the answer to flip side too?

I was actually at a dinner party several years ago where the Kingsmen were the featured act. If I hadn't had so much to drink, I would probably know some of their other songs, though it did seem like they broke into "Louie Louie" about every ten minutes.

47 posted on 05/05/2005 2:44:59 PM PDT by blau993 (Labs for love; .357 for Security.)
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To: blau993

Not right offhand. What I do remember is that the same producer recorded the song by two different bands one day apart, the other version being by Paul Revere & the Raiders. I also remember that back in the day, the Paul Revere version was just as common at record parties & neither version was much played on radio. I also remember the days when the song was mandantory on the setlist of every garage band in the country each of which had to create their own lyrics because the lyrics on either of the 45's were equally indecipherable. Somehow pop history decided to just credit the song to the Kingsmen (who did record one day sooner) & forget about Paul Revere but they were just as big if not bigger in their time.


48 posted on 05/05/2005 2:56:31 PM PDT by shuckmaster
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