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Louie Louie (musician)

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Louie Louie (born Louis Cordero[1]) is a Puerto Rican/American musician, record producer, and actor. He released four full-length albums (two of them on major record labels and one under his full name of Louie Cordero), 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

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Albums

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List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
US
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The State I'm In
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: WTG
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
136
Let's Get Started
Louie Cordero
(as Louie Cordero)
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Trauma
  • Format: CD
Dance Love Work
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: DLW
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
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US
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UK
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"The Girl Who Seduced the World" 1987 Non-album single
"Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury" 1990 51 19 The State I'm In
"I Wanna Get Back with You" 69
"Rodeo Clown" 144
"The Thought of It" 1993 34 Let's Get Started
"Brother Louie"
"Walk with Me"
"Don't Say You Love Me" 1996 Louie Cordero
"Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"
"Mad Love" 2002 Dance Love Work
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Peak chart positions in Australia:
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955–2006. 11th edition, 2007.
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