8 0 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION COVER SHEET SUBJECT: LOUIE, LOUIE _ THE 60's SONG!_ I U J DESCRIPTION OF FOLLOWING FILE MATERIAL [Quiz lama92/7&2.05 S0103 . , . .. X "! N0 DUPLICATION§ FEE xxxxxx . FOR THIS PAGE x X>*>m*'>* XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX EXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Memorgdum I ' Te. '» T0 I DIRECTOR, FBI , DATE! 2/17/64 ATTENTION: FBI LABORATORY %>-/>1FRQM AC , TAMPA 45-New! P! 92. " 443153 ._;_? $vBJB<-'r= umcnownSUBJECT; , PHONOGRAPH" DISTRIBUTED & .- B IMAXon- MUSIC, -2 _nyc,,4;, , r : 1'AmPA_-;u¢,aw.-¬,~_.?»!mam! _ T Transmitted herewith are the following items for examination by he FBI Laboratory: ' ff . --- . 3. hyriis of "Louie Louie" as published by Limax Music. i Ca; _ Record "Louie Louie" under obscene cover!. -fkeported obscene lyrics for "Louie Louie." Under yo Lip: IF ggscene cover!.~ r _ from Sarasota G School, advisingth cap popular withtn=U high school students, and he has been furnished lyrics for the song n which aree determinedvery obscene. g , thatthis record is xi!~, ' popular, is a best seller in the area, and is played by the local Q radio stations. He said the record is a calypso-type song, and the . words are hard to recognize. However, with a copy of the obscene w- ~_ to refer to, it sounds like the lyrics are identical with the I enclosed obscene lyrics. , Radioism Station * WKXY, furnishedwhat Limax Music Companyclaims to;u4D ide the theactual l rics of the lyric¬iZfsong, w ich e isnclosureong do #1seemnot , However, be totheJ __same. REc_23M ,9: Enclosures wére!furnished,to SA by Q __.,_ am-é£.11<n,;¢>-'. ,§!glgN¬LQS4WE,-,.El:111» "£w"%92"""" Wm ' Twp? P-PI-'_? F-',f1r:w@»g6. 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Iii???- a $£Q$1i%éiH. ~ 57 B5 I964 csGDL Ric O. n . ;* UNITED sums cow INMENT ' :. _~ Memoraium '* vl TO: /AQLECTOR _a r , FBI DATES 3/4/64 ___mm =1 c,"1?mpA45-s4!>! sunjzcrz UNKNOWN SUBJEC1; g w -+3. 92 B PHONOGRAPH" nmx$1.211!IDUIE"MUSIC, RECORD STRIBUTEDDI mrc. ITOM ._-aw n --~£5-' 9r: - :41- ReTPlet 2/17/64 and Bulet 2/28/64. Please note Miami incorrectly carried as office of origin, " 1*-92u Tampa letter oi reference. _ _ §@¢ There is nothing oi pertinent interest to Iinmi in this .§_f case. Miami disregard. .,.. Gll Bureau 1 - Miami Into! bvc ' , n 7 92- Q 3%./21.42;2/ I2 MAR6 I964 ages _ __ ,$-P.; -I I31 V, X .92 6 La n 72 MAR1;193Z , _i "T i, .~' - " = ' 1;. ,- ' _¢l:__' 4 I-Anonngoli ' ' ' ' nzozmu. aunuu or nuvzsnenuou ' - WASHINGTON, 0. c._ % 92 T~= rm, Tampa 45-Ia!! °*"~= larch 4, 1964 *3 ' 1"' 41 / 1 =2. 1: T3; _. - .. ¢- 41- . , . .- ......- . , _.-_,...._,_-.!~_~ .._._, 3,. _,._; _., .. 4 .-. -; I "'92f .. -- W1 .