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Lou Monte
Background information
Birth name
Louis Scaglione
Born
(1917-04-02)April 2, 1917 Manhattan, New York City, US.
Died
June 12, 1989(1989-06-12) (aged 72) Pompano Beach, Florida
Lou Monte (born Louis Scaglione; April 2, 1917 – June 12, 1989) was an Italian American singer best known for a number of best-selling, Italian-themed novelty records which he recorded for both RCA Victor and Reprise Records in the late 1950s and early 1960s, most famously "Lazy Mary" (1958) and the 1962/63 million-selling US single "Pepino the Italian Mouse", plus the seasonal track "Dominick the Donkey". He also recorded on Roulette Records, Jubilee Records, Regalia Records, Musicor Records, Laurie Records, and AFE Records.
LouMonte (born Louis Scaglione; April 2, 1917 – June 12, 1989) was an Italian American singer best known for a number of best-selling, Italian-themed...
published in 1962. Italian American singer LouMonte recorded and released the song on Reprise Records in 1962. LouMonte's recording contains a high-pitched "mouse"...
written by Ray Allen, Sam Saltzberg and Wandra Merrell, and was recorded by LouMonte in 1960, on Roulette Records. The song describes Dominick, a donkey who...
Diddley released a version on his album Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger. 1961: LouMonte recorded a version titled "16 tons (neapolitan version)" and it contained...
Dominick the Donkey, the Italian Christmas donkey from a 1960 song by LouMonte Dominick Hide, lead character in two episodes of the BBC's Play for Today...
province of Quebec, "Shaddap You Face" reached number one for twelve weeks. LouMonte released a cover of the song in 1981. Other notable cover versions have...
two rival campaigns; "Dominick the Donkey", a 1960 novelty single by LouMonte which was championed by BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles, and "Forever Yours"...
related to Lou Reed. Wikiquote has quotations related to Lou Reed. Lou Reed at AllMusic Lou Reed discography at Discogs Lou Reed at IMDb Lou Reed at the...
Bobby Goldsboro Rocco Granata Heavy Breathing The Jarmels Don Lombardi LouMonte The Music Explosion (band leader Jamie Lyons also recorded for Laurie)...
Manhattan Express Bruno Martino Leopoldo Mastelloni Mina Mario Merola LouMonte Pietra Montecorvino Roberto Murolo Negramaro Tony Palermo Gino Paoli Nino...
Byrne championed the song Dominick the Donkey by Italian American singer LouMonte on The Chris Moyles Show, helping it achieve a peak chart position of...
Roundtable. Other major 1960s hits for the label include "Two Faces Have I" by Lou Christie. A group of United States Marines called The Essex recorded the...
Girls Connie Francis Howard Greenfield 1965 When You Get What You Want LouMonte, Jaye P. Morgan Howard Greefield 1967 When You're Gone from Me Barry Mann...
Builder did have another number one single a year later with a cover of Lou Bega's "Mambo No.5", and also had another less successful single in 2008...
(1965) "La Petite Tonkinoise" – Josephine Baker (1930) "Lazy Mary" – LouMonte (1958) "Leader of the Pack" – The Shangri-Las (1964) "Let the People Go"...
that would later go into the defining of the genre.[citation needed] LouMonte recorded an Italian-flavored version soon after the Ames Brothers' original...
versions over the decades including releases by artists as diverse as LouMonte, Sheila (France), Andrew Sachs (Manuel, of Fawlty Towers), actor Samuel...
Joe Blue The Mandrake Memorial The Marcels Johnny Mathis Gene McDaniels LouMonte The Nutmegs The Outcasts (Manhasset, New York, U.S.) The Outcasts (Texas...
OCLC 39451210. Holtz, Lou; Carpenter, Monte (2002). Quotable Lou: The Wit, Wisdom, and Inspiration of Lou Holtz, College Football's Most Colorful and...
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