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The Kingsmen are a 1960s American rock band from Portland, Oregon. They are best known for their 1963 recording of R&B singer Richard Berry 's " Louie Louie ", which held the No. 2 spot on the Billboard charts for six weeks and has become an enduring classic.
The Kingsmen Greatest Hits is the seventh album by American rock band The Kingsmen, ... The Kingsmen's seventh album completed their career arc in the 1960s with a ...
When Mike Mitchell died on April 16, 2021, he was the only remaining member of the Kingsmen's original lineup who still performed with the band. [147] His "Louie Louie" guitar break has been called "iconic", [ 148 ] "blistering", [ 149 ] and "one of the most famous guitar solos of all time". [ 150 ]
The Kingsmen became the club's house band and Ken Chase became the band's manager. Ely was begging Chase to let the band record their own version of "Louie Louie", and on April 5, 1963, Chase booked the band an hour-long session at the local Northwestern Inc. studio for the following day. [14]
The band is primitive, sure, but boy does the spirit feel like a hot time. Record Mirror's review described the Kingsmen as "... a group with a lot more imagination and blues orientation than most." [2] Gold records for $1 million in sales were presented to group members in December 1965 at a "gold album party" hosted by Scepter-Wand Records.
The Kingsmen's fifth album was an amalgam containing seven new songs, one previously released single, four alternate versions of previously released songs, and three tracks from earlier LPs. The album entered the Billboard LP chart on August 20, 1966, and remained for eight weeks, peaking at #87. [ 1 ]
In Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Eggsy (Egerton) faces a new threat when Poppy Adams (Julianne Moore), leader of the Golden Circle drug cartel, destroys Kingsman's headquarters.Eggsy and a ...
The Kingsmen Quartet or The Kingsmen, a Christian music group formed in 1956; The Kingsmen (Franny Beecher), a 1958 American band formed by Franny Beecher and other moonlighting Comets of Bill Haley and the Comets; The Kingsmen, an American rock group best known for their 1963 recording of Richard Berry's "Louie Louie"