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DATE: 2/17/64
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
ATTENTION: FBI LABORATORY
SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECT
PHONOGRAPH RECORD
"LOUIE LOUIE" DISTRIBUTED
BY LIMAX MUSIC, NYC, N.Y.
ITOM
(60: MIAMI TAMPA)
Transmitted herewith are the following items for examination by the FBI Laboratory:
Lyrics of "Louie Louie" as published by Limax Music
Record of "Louie Louie." (Under obscene cover).
On 2/10/64, [REDACTED] advised SA [REDACTED] his department received complaint from [REDACTED] Sarasota High School, advising that captioned record is very popular with high school students, and has been furnished lyrics for the song, which are very obscene.
[REDACTED] he determined that this record is very popular, is a best seller in the area, and is played by the local 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 words to refer to, it sounds like the lyrics are identical with the enclosed obscene lyrics.
[REDACTED] said [REDACTED] Radio Station WKXY, furnished what Limax Music Company claims to be the actual lyrics of the song, which is Enclosure #1. However, [REDACTED] said the lyrics of the song do not seem to be the same.
DATE: 2/17/64
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
ATTENTION: FBI LABORATORY
SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECT
PHONOGRAPH RECORD
"LOUIE LOUIE" DISTRIBUTED
BY LIMAX MUSIC, NYC, N.Y.
ITOM
(60: MIAMI TAMPA)
Transmitted herewith are the following items for examination by the FBI Laboratory:
Lyrics of "Louie Louie" as published by Limax Music
Record of "Louie Louie." (Under obscene cover).
On 2/10/64, [REDACTED] advised SA [REDACTED] his department received complaint from [REDACTED] Sarasota High School, advising that captioned record is very popular with high school students, and has been furnished lyrics for the song, which are very obscene.
[REDACTED] he determined that this record is very popular, is a best seller in the area, and is played by the local 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 words to refer to, it sounds like the lyrics are identical with the enclosed obscene lyrics.
[REDACTED] said [REDACTED] Radio Station WKXY, furnished what Limax Music Company claims to be the actual lyrics of the song, which is Enclosure #1. However, [REDACTED] said the lyrics of the song do not seem to be the same.
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