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Beecher and the other Comets recorded under the name The Kingsmen, releasing several 45 singles for East West Records. The single "Week End", released...

Louie", which held the No. 2 spot on the Billboard charts for six weeks and has become an enduring classic. In total, the Kingsmen charted 13 singles...

The Kingsmen Quartet (better known as The Kingsmen) is an American Southern gospel vocal quartet. The Kingsmen are a Southern Gospel vocal quartet based...

known for the 1963 hit version by the Kingsmen and has become a standard in pop and rock. The song is based on the tune "El Loco Cha Cha" popularized...

2014. "End of Year Charts 1980". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved January 3, 2016. Eder, Bruce. "The Kingsmen – The Best of the Kingsmen [Rhino]"...

That's not necessarily a bad thing though", comparing the song to "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen in terms of 'stupid' lyrical content. Betty Page from...

provided a hit for his act the Righteous Brothers the following year, as well as for The Kingsmen in 1964 and Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels in 1966....

(Marian Jordan's little girl character) and the Kingsmen vocal group. The lyrics varied greatly from the Autry version. Autry's recording sold 1.75 million...

sound black. We got signed to Columbia on the strength of sounding like this." Whether the Raiders or the Kingsmen recorded "Louie Louie" first is not certain;...

The song failed to hit No. 1 because the group's own follow-up single "Can't Buy Me Love" held the spot. Cash Box rated the song No. 1 that same week...

Hot 100 songs of 1965. The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 25, 1965, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue...

"Louie Louie". The song became a hit for The Kingsmen and others, and it is one of the most recorded songs of all time; however, Berry received little...

The song spent a total of 13 weeks on the UK Singles Chart peaking at No. 23 in the chart of 17 February 1965. The song's composers were granted an Ivor...

to join a new group Hess was forming, the Imperials. Jim Hammill (who later became a mainstay in the Kingsmen Quartet) was chosen to be his replacement...

band performed "The Adultress", "Message of Love" and "Louie, Louie" (not the Kingsmen song). Andy Kaufman was the guest host of the program on that night...

1964, The Kingsmen scored a hit at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "The Jolly Green Giant", a novelty tune about the Giant's love life. In 1999, the marketing...

'Ten Guitars' later served as the name for a documentary on New Zealand popular music. George Jones and The Kingsmen Quartet each released a gospel version...

two million views in under a month. The Scooby-Doo-esque video involves paranormal investigators Arthur Kingsmen (a parody of Shaggy Rogers), Vivi Yukino...

Billboard; # 52 Cashbox, 08/1958 "Week End" – (recorded under the name 'The Kingsmen') # 35, Billboard, 11/1958 1959–1960 "Joey's Song" – # 46, Billboard; # 35...

charts for seven weeks, peaking at No. 14. The Kingsmen recorded a version of the song reaching No. 46 on the Billboard chart and No. 49 on the Cashbox chart...