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The voice of “Louie, Louie”

 April 28, 2015

Jack Ely was the man behind the microphone when the Kingsmen recorded Keener’s very first Hit Number One. When he passed away this past week, we looked back at the story of how a garage band created one of the most listened-to songs of the Keener era. Here’s USA Today’s remembrance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V1p1dM3snQ

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Number One This Week on Keener

(1964) Love Potion Number Nine, Searchers
(1965) The Sound of Silence, Simon & Garfunkle
(1966) I'm a Believer/Steppin' Stone, Monkees
(1967) Nobody But Me, Human Beinz
(1968) Crimson & Clover, Tommy James & The Shondells
(1969) Leaving on a Jet Plane, Peter Paul & Mary
(1970) My Sweet Lord/Isn't It a Pity, George Harrison
(1971) Brand New Key, Melanie

The Keener Almanac

(1967) WKNR's Oldies But Goodies album is released. It's 30,000 unit run is a complete sellout.
(1920) WEAF, New York, airs the first broadcast of a prize fight from ringside. Two years later they become the first to broadcast a double wedding ceremony from Grand Central Station. 4,000 spectators watch the event.
(1968) WKNR News reports the wedding of Julie Nixon, daughter of the President-elect, to David Eisenhower, grandson of the former president.

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