ELY, JACK

Homebase: Portland, OR
Stats: 1943-2015
Misc Notes: Founding member, leader, guitarist, and vocalist with the Kingsmen. A few months after exiting the band in the summer of 1963, their "Louie Louie" single became a big national hit. He responded by forming a new band: Jack Ely and the Kingsmen. Legal action against him halted that. He then began fronting Portland's Courtmen, and then the Squires. Decades later he re-recorded "Louie Louie" with studio musicians (released on the 1982 60's Dance Party LP and other compilations) and again in 1980 (released on 10 Big Hits of the Rock 'n' Roll Era, and other compilations).
ALSO SEE:
1.) KINGSMEN, THE
2.) ELY AND THE KINGSMEN, JACK
3.) ELY AND THE COURTMEN, JACK
4.) LEE & THE SQUIRES, JACK E.

Cash Box magazine, February 2, 1966 p.7

Cash Box magazine, February 2, 1966 p.46

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SERIAL

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"Louie Louie"

Dominion Music Corporation [MN]

#PBU 5000

1982

MISC NOTES: 12-song compilation LP - "These selections are re-recordings by the original artists. "Distributed by Dominion Music Corporation - (p) and (c) by ERA Records."

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RECORDING PERSONNEL: Jack Ely and unknown session musicians.
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FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 33 1/3 rpm
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A-SIDE MATRIX: 18
B-SIDE MATRIX: 18

The Kingsman

Signet Records, Inc. [ ]

#3411-56J

1990

MISC NOTES:

Side One
1.) Louie Louie (Cali. '86)
2.) Rock N Roll Prom
3.) Off On You
4.) Dare Ya

Side Two
1.) Louie Louie
2.) One Eye Open
3.) Because Of You
4.) Ska Louie
5.) Gotta Want

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FORMAT: cassette tape
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