Berry, Richard

1935 - Born on the 11th of April in Extension, Louisiana.

1956 - Wrote, composed and recorded song "Louie Louie".

1959 - Sold rights to "Louie Louie" to Flip Records, recorded by the Kingsmen 1963.

Narrator on The Robins' "Riot in Cell Block #9" and singer on the flip side "Framed".

He also recorded "Have Love Will Travel."

1987 - His debut album, the Rollins Band recorded a version of Berry's "Crazy Lover".

1997 - Died on 23rd of January and was interred in the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.