845 The Sonics “Have Love Will Travel” 1965, Richard Berry “Have Love Will Travel” 1959

“Founded in 1961 by guitarist Larry Parypa and his bassist brother, Andy, the Sonics were part of a singular Northwest ferment with the Kingsmen, the Fabulous Wailers, and Paul Revere and the Raiders, packing teen dances with Fifties-R&B fundamentals and proto-punk ferocity. The Sonics—with drummer Bob Bennett—were rougher than the rest. ‘We used to call beer our polish,’ Roslie says. ‘We’d dring beer to become polished’” (David Frick, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2015). 

Richard Berry “became a street-smart L.A. record hustler, the studio rat who seemed born to stay up all night, singing into a mike for pleasure and profit. Berry possessed the studio hustler’s arsenal of skills, including singing, piano playing, arranging, bandleading, and—potentially most profitably—songwriting” (Dave March, Louie Louie, 2004). 

The Sonics “Have Love Will Travel”

Richard Berry “Have Love Will Travel”