Richard Berry

Early life
Berry was born in Extension south of Monroe Louisiana and moved with his family to Los Angeles as a baby. They divorced in 1968. It was re-released as an A-side and when the group toured the Pacific Northwest several local R&B bands began to adopt the song and establiRichard Berryd its popularity.

Richard Berry (April 11 1935 – January 23 1997) was an African American singer songwriter and musician who performed with many Los Angeles doo-wop and close harmony groups in the 1950s including The Flairs and The Robins. He is best known as the composer and original performer of the rock standard "Louie Louie". The song went on to be a hit for The Kingsmen becoming one of the most recorded songs of all time however Berry received little financial benefit for writing it until the 1980s having signed away his rights to the song in 1959.