Rockin Robin Roberts. Louie Louie / Maryann

This is a 45 from 1960 on Etiquette label by Rockin Robin Roberts.  Rockin Robin Roberts born Lawrence Fewell Roberts II in 1940. Roberts was best known for his performances in the early 1960's with The Wailers (The Fabulous Wailers). Roberts was best known for his recording of Louie Louie recorded in 1960 and released in 1961. Roberts was born in New York City, he moved to the Pacific Northwest as a child after his father had passed. He lived with his mother in Tacoma, Washington. While attending Mason Junior High School he started listening to R&B music and buying records in Tacoma's black district. In 1957 at the Puyallup Fair he stood up and began singing Little Richard songs, he was unaccompanied at the time, and was heard by members of a local band, The Bluenotes. He was asked to join the band and he did. Unfortunately the group already had a lead singer but he still performed with them on occasion.  One of the R&B songs he started performing with the band at local dances