The Kingsmen's rendition of "Louie, Louie" has been an iconic song since its debut in the 1960s. BUT when rumors surfaced about potentially obscene lyrics surfaced, the FBI was called in to investigate.

Sources
Hillary's Story
FBI
Louie Louie (The Song)

History
The FBI Laboratory weighs in on the “dirty” lyrics of “Louie Louie”

Indy Star
That time Indiana teens ratted out dirty ‘Louie Louie’ lyrics, and the FBI got involved--Will Higgins

The Legal Satyricon
The Raunchy Version of Louie Louie — Lyrics Are Public Domain?

Loudersound
What happened when the FBI tried to decipher The Kingsmen's Louie Louie--by Bill DeMain

Medium
About Those Banned “Louie Louie” Lyrics--by Neal Umphred

The New Yorker
Is This the Dirtiest Song of the Sixties?--by Anwen Crawford

NPR
How the universally recognized song "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen came to be--by Deena Prichep on Weekend Edition Sunday
'Louie Louie': The story behind the song everyone knows but no one understands--by Deena Prichep

Wikipedia
The Kingsman
Louie Louie

Photos
Richard Berry--from Richard Berry Estate via KCRW's X post
The Kingsmen--from Scandore/Shayne via Wikipedia (Public Domain)
Louie Louie Lyrics--via Techdirt
FBI Report--from Mental Floss via Medium

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Hillary’s Story
Throughout his career, shock jock Howard Stern fought for free speech against the FCC. BUT he shocks everyone when he runs for governor of New York.

Tina’s Story
In June 1964, three civil rights activists made their way to investigate a firebombed church in Mississippi. BUT when no one hears from them for days, everyone fears the worst.

Sources
Hillary's Story
Independent
The Candidate Has Landed--by Kevin Jackson

Los Angeles Times
Howard Stern Ends Bid for Governor; Won’t Divulge Data

Method Shop
Howard Stern For Governor? A Look Back At The Shock Jock’s 1994 Run For Governor Of New York State--by Jay Frank Wilson

The New York Times
Gov. Howard Stern? Some Fail to See Humor--by Todd S. Purdum

The Things
The Truth About Howard Stern's Run For Governor--by Dylan Parker

UPI
Howard Stern quits N.Y. gov race--By TRACEY L. MILLER

The Washington Post
What Howard Stern for governor can teach us about Donald Trump--by Amber Phillips

Wikipedia
Howard Stern
1994 New York gubernatorial election

YouTube
COMEDY CENTRAL-HOWARD STERN FOR GOVERNOR-1994-Part 1
Howard Stern for Governor on Hard Copy (1994)

Photos
Stern at Press Conference--Photo by Ted Van Pelt via Method Shop
Stern at Press Conference with Robin Quivers--by Chrystyna Czajkowsky, AP via USA Today
Gov Pataki and Stern at bill signing--Photo by Kathy Willens, AP via Shutterstock

Tina's Story
Associated Press
Man convicted of 3 killing civil rights workers dies in jail--By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and REBECCA SANTANA
Facts about Mississippi Sovereignty Commission

The Atlantic
The Cost of Closing the ‘Mississippi Burning’ Murder Case--by Juleyka Lantigua-Williams

Biography
Andrew Goodman

CBS News
Case files and photos from 1964 "Mississippi Burning" murders of civil rights workers made public for first time

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner

FBI History
Mississippi Burning

Ferris State University
MICHAEL HENRY SCHWERNER, JAMES EARL CHANEY, AND ANDREW GOODMAN

History
Slain Civil Rights Workers Found

James Earl Chaney Foundation
James Earl Chaney

Metropolitan District Commission
The New York Times
The Blessing and Burden of Being John Lewis--by Sheryl Gay Stolberg

NPR: The Two Way
Officials Close Investigation Into 1964 'Mississippi Burning' Killings--by Camila Domonoske

Penn Live
Ku Klux Klansman arrested 15 years ago in murder case that inspired ‘Mississippi Burning’--by Deb Kiner

PBS: An American Experience
Murder in Mississippi

SNCC Digital
Bodies of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner discovered

Stanford University -Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
Congress of Racial Equality

Teen Vogue
The Mississippi Burning Murders Changed Civil Rights History--by Alexa Stevens

University of Missouri Kansas City
Michael Schwerner

Zinn Education Project
June 21, 1964: Three Civil Rights Workers Murdered in Mississippi

Photos
Missing Photo--via FBI (Public Domain)
Remains Found--via FBI (Public Domain)
CORE Vigil Photo--via Zinn Education Project
Chaney Obituary--via City University of New York Archives

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