BHM Honoree Owed More Than Apology By Famous Museum

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[IMAGE FORTHCOMING]

 

This is a preview

of a page long overdue

for anyone

interested in that thing called

Rock 'N Roll

:::

:::

The image 

at the bottom

of this page

has a fixed position

—in the real world—

directly opposite

my indoor desk

I have worshipped

the image and

—more importantly—

RICHARD BERRY

(the man in the picture)

ever since

 

An extremely competent 

songwriter,

Richard wrote a tune

in a calypso beat

called 

Louie, Louie

Frank Sinatra

knew the song very well

(by a different title)

 

Frank sang

"One For My Baby"

It is not a calypso song

but the lyrics tell

the same story:

Frank's tale of woe

is directed at Joe,

as in 

"set 'em up, Joe"

Richard's tale of woe

is directed at a 

double-named barkeep:

"Louie, Louie"

For every person familiar

with Richard's calypso

saga about a lost love,

ten thousand people

are familiar with

the same song

sung by

a band known as

THE KINGSMEN

 

But 

there is much much more 

to this story

+

infinitely more to 

 RICHARD BERRY

concerning such people

as the Beatles, the Coasters,

Elvis Presley, Etta James

+

wedding music

heard 'round the world

 

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