The Wailers

The Wailers

The Wailers

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Top Songs

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Out of Our Tree
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I'm Down
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Unchained Melody
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Louie Louie
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Dirty Robber

Albums

  • The Wailers & Co.

    Mar 2014 • 12 songs

  • Wailers Wailers Everywhere

    Mar 2014 • 12 songs

  • The Fabulous Wailers at the Castle (feat. Rockin' Robin & Gail Harris)

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The Wailers

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The historical importance of the Wailers is undeniable. They were one of the very first, if not the first, of the American garage bands. Backing Rockin' Robin Roberts, they revamped an obscure R&B song called "Louie Louie" into a 1961 local hit that served as the prototype for the countless subsequent versions of the most popular garage song of the '60s. And their stomping, hard-nosed R&B/rock fusion inspired the Sonics, who took the Wailers' raunch to unimaginable extremes. While they anticipated the British Invasion bands with their brash, self-contained sound, their inabili...
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