Louie Louie (musician)

Louie Louie (born Louis Cordero^[1]) is a Puerto Rican/American musician and record producer. He released four full-length albums (two of them on major record labels and one under his full name of Louie Cordero) in the last twenty years, as well as a number of singles, but only two of the singles, 1990's "Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury" and "I Wanna Get Back With You," charted in the United States.

He played Madonna's boyfriend in the video for "Borderline" and also played 'Rick' in House Party 2. He and his band performed on Arsenio Hall two times. Louie toured the United States and Canada with Erasure.

Discography

Albums

• The State I'm In (WTG Records, 1990) Billboard Top 200 peak #136^[2]
• Let's Get Started (Warner Bros. Records, 1993)
• Louie Cordero (Trauma Records, 1996)
• Dance Love Work (DLW, 2002)

Singles

• "The Girl Who Seduced The World" (1987)
• "Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury" (1990) Billboard Hot 100 peak #19^[3]
• "I Wanna Get Back with You" (1990) Billboard Hot 100 peak #69^[3]
• "Rodeo Clown" (1990)
• "The Thought of It" (1993) - UK #34^[1]
• "Brother Louie" (1993)
• "Walk With Me" (1993)
• "Don't Say You Love Me" (1996)
• "Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)" (1996)
• "Mad Love" (2002)

References

1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 330. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
2. Billboard, Allmusic.com
3. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles:1955-2006. 11th edition, copyright 2007 © Joel Whitburn.