Singer, Entertainer. Best known for his novelty hits "Pepino the Italian Mouse," "Lazy Mary" and "Domenic the Donkey." His Italian-American dialect gave his songs a unique style which was featured on 13 albums. In the 1950s and 60s he was a frequent guest on TV variety shows such as Ed Sullivan, Steve Allen, Merv Griffin, Perry Como, and Dick Clark, who regularly featured him on "American Bandstand." Monte retired to Florida with his 2nd wife in 1982 and died there on June 12, 1989. His philanthropic efforts led to the donation of the Lou Monte, Jr. leukemia lab at the College of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, NJ, named after his son who died of the disease at the age of 21.
Singer, Entertainer. Best known for his novelty hits "Pepino the Italian Mouse," "Lazy Mary" and "Domenic the Donkey." His Italian-American dialect gave his songs a unique style which was featured on 13 albums. In the 1950s and 60s he was a frequent guest on TV variety shows such as Ed Sullivan, Steve Allen, Merv Griffin, Perry Como, and Dick Clark, who regularly featured him on "American Bandstand." Monte retired to Florida with his 2nd wife in 1982 and died there on June 12, 1989. His philanthropic efforts led to the donation of the Lou Monte, Jr. leukemia lab at the College of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, NJ, named after his son who died of the disease at the age of 21.
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