Wednesday, April 29, 2015

A Tribute to Jack

Monday, Jack Ely, the lead singer of the rock band The Kingsmen, died at the age of 71.  Jack was the voice of the Kingsmen for the classic oldie "Louie Louie",  Jack sang the song with braces and had trouble forming words, which gave the song a truly unique sound as well as lyrics nobody could decipher.  The Kingsmen went on to have several more minor hits, strangely though most of them without Jack Ely.  Nevertheless, in tribute to Jack Ely, today's forgotten oldie is the Kingsmen with their 1964 top ten hit "the Jolly Green Giant".
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