In 1957, Richard Berry released a song he had written two years earlier with his band, the Pharaohs. “Louie Louie” was a song about a sailor pining for his girlfriend in Jamaica. After its release, ...

Milton “Mike” Korgan, who produced one of the 20th century’s most celebrated songs — “Louie Louie” — died Tuesday. He was known to many by his professional name Ken Chase. He was 85. Korgan was ...