Editing Louie Louie (section)

===1950s===
Richard Berry was on the underbill for a concert in the Seattle–Tacoma area in September 1957<ref>{{cite web|website=HistoryLink|first=Peter|last=Blecha|date=September 27, 2009b<!--Do not change - year differentiator to avoid sfn template conflict from multiple 2009 sources-->|title=Richard Berry, Los Angeles R&B singer, brings "Louie Louie" to Seattle on September 21, 1957|url=https://www.historylink.org/File/9173|access-date=June 19, 2023}}</ref> and his record appeared on local radio station charts in November 1957{{Sfn|Blecha|2009|pages=3-4}} after "African American DJs Bob Summerrise and Eager Beaver started playing it on their radio shows”.<ref name="News Tribune" /> Local R&B musicians [[Ron Holden]] and [[Dave Lewis (American musician)|Dave Lewis]] popularized "Louie Louie", rearranging Berry's version and performing it at live shows and "battle of the bands" events.{{sfn|Marsh|1993|pages=58-61}}{{sfn|Blecha|2009|page=106}}

Holden recorded an unreleased version, backed by the Thunderbirds, for the Nite Owl label in 1959.{{sfn|Blecha|2009|page=91}} As a leader of the "dirty but cool" Seattle R&B sound,<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Room Full of Mirrors]]|chapter=Spanish Castle Magic|author-link=Charles R. Cross|first=Charles R.|last=Cross|page=76|date=2006|publisher=Hachette Books|isbn=978-1401382810}}</ref> he would often substitute mumbled, "somewhat pornographic"<ref>{{cite book|title=Holden On To Family Roots|first=Linda Holden|last=Givens|date=2009|publisher=Xlibris|isbn=978-1477160817|page=112}}</ref> lyrics in "a live tour de force [that] often lasted ten minutes or longer, devastating local audiences."<ref name=Palao /> Lewis, "the singularly most significant figure on the Pacific Northwest's nascent rhythm & blues scene in the 1950s and 1960s",<ref>{{cite web|first=Peter|last=Blecha|author-link=Peter Blecha|url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8684|title=Lewis, Dave (1938–1998): Father of Northwest Rock|website=HistoryLink|date=July 22, 2008|access-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> released a three chord clone, "David's Mood - Part 2", that was a regional hit in 1963.

[[The Fabulous Wailers|The Wailers]], Little Bill and the Bluenotes, [[the Frantics (Seattle, Washington)|the Frantics]], Tiny Tony and the Statics, [[Merrilee Rush|Merrilee and the Turnabouts]], and other local groups soon added the song to their set lists.{{sfn|Marsh|1993|page=61}}