Lou Monte

Italian-American guitarist, songwriter, singer, and crooner Lou Monte, most widely known for his Italian-themed novelty songs for RCA and Reprise Information in the past due ’50s and early ’60s (he also monitored for the Roulette, Jubilee, Regalia, Musicor, Laurie, and AFE record imprints during his lifetime), was created Louis Scaglione about Apr 2, 1917. He began his singing profession in NJ clubs, broke items off to provide in World Battle II, and returned towards the circuit after his release, earning his personal radio display on Newark, New Jersey’s AM train station WAAT, where he refined his act, ultimately moving to tv. He authorized with RCA Victor Information, discovering his first strike in 1954 having a edition of “Darktown Strutters’ Ball,” nonetheless it was the million-selling “Pepino the Italian Mouse” in 1962 that arranged the firmness for Monte’s profession thereafter. Sung inside a Shirt pastiche of Calabrese and British, it had been the to begin many such singles and albums from Monte that mined related place, including “Dominick the Donkey,” which became a Xmas staple, especially in Italian-American households, and guaranteed Monte his put in place pop background. Monte passed away in 1989 in Pompano Seaside, Florida.