Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Lou Monte ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo New York (USA, Manhattan) i ka makahiki 1917. He moʻa ʻItalia, ʻo Louis Scaglione ka inoa maoli. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no nā mele a kāna mea kākau e pili ana iā Italia a me kona poʻe kamaʻāina (ʻoi aku ka kaulana i waena o kēia diaspora aupuni ma nā mokuʻāina). ʻO ka manawa nui o ka hoʻomohala ʻana ʻo nā 50s a me 60s o ke kenekulia i hala.
ʻO Lou Monte nā makahiki mua
Ua hoʻohana ka mea pena i kona wā kamaliʻi ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo New Jersey (ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lyndhurst). Ma hope o ka make ʻana o kona makuahine i ka makahiki 1919, ua hānai ʻia ʻo Lou Monte e kona makuakāne. Ua hoʻomaka ka ʻike mua me nā hana i nā hui ma New York a me New Jersey, i ka makahiki 14. Me ka puka ʻana o ke Kaua Honua II, ua koho ʻia ʻo Monte i ka pūʻali koa. Mai ka makahiki 48, ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hōʻike ma ka lekiō WAAT AM-970. Ma hope mai ua loaʻa iā ia kāna hōʻike kīwī ponoʻī (mai ka WAAT hoʻokahi).
ʻO kahi mea hoihoi: ua hoʻomaka ka mea mele i kāna hana hana ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani i nā mele tavern ma Italia. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e ka mea kaulana ʻo Joe Carlton (i hana ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻoaʻo mele no RCA Victor Records). Ua makemake ʻo Carlton i ka leo o ka mea mele, kona ʻano hoʻokani pila, ke ʻano a me ka hoʻokani pila (ua hele pū ʻo Lou i kēlā manawa). Hāʻawi ʻo Joe iā Monte i kahi ʻaelike 7 makahiki me RCA Victor, kahi i hana ai ka mea mele i nā hui.
Malia paha he hana koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka hana o Lou Monte i hoʻokani ʻia e kona wahi i hānau ai - Manhattan. No Holland ka ʻāina ma mua a he kumu ko ka heluna kanaka mai nā ʻāina like ʻole o ʻEulopa, me Italia.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi ʻoihana mele a me ka pua o ka noʻonoʻo
ʻO ka kaulana a me ka kaulana no ka manawa lōʻihi i hala aku ma Monte. Loaʻa ka lanakila mua o Lou Monte me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi mana hou o "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (1954, kahi jazz standard o ka manawa, hoʻopuka hou ʻia i nā manawa he nui). Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke mele ponoʻī a ka mea pena, i loaʻa i ka ʻike maoli, i ka wā he 45 mau makahiki o ka mea mele (1962, "Pepino the Italian Mouse"). Ua kūʻai ʻia kēia mele i hoʻokahi miliona kope a ua loaʻa iā ia ka koho koho Golden Disc.
He moʻolelo hoʻomāʻewaʻewa ka hana e pili ana i ke ola o ka ʻiole i loko o ka hale o ʻelua Italia. Hana ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania a me Italia. ʻO Lou Monte, Ray Allen a me Vanda Merrell nā mea haku mele.
ʻO "Pepino" ka #5 ma ka Billboard Hot Top 100 (1962). Ma ka ʻaoʻao hope, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kahi mele i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no nā hana a George Washington (ka pelekikena mua o nā mokuʻāina o ʻAmelika). He ʻakaʻaka nō hoʻi kēia hana.
Ma hope mai, hoʻokani ʻo Lou ma nā lekiō a me nā polokalamu kīwī, e hoʻopaʻa ana i kekahi mau mele mele. ʻO nā mele mua ʻo Here's Lou Monte (1958), Lou Monte Sings for You (1958), Lou Monte Sings Songs for Pizza (1958), Lovers Lou Monte Sings the Great Italian American Hits (1961) a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻO kekahi o ia mele, he hana hou o kahi mele kaulana Italia: "Luna Mezzo Mare", i kapa ʻia he remake o "Lazy Mary". ʻO kekahi mele kaulana a Lou ʻo ia ka Kalikimaka "Dominick the Donkey", makemake nui ʻia e nā malihini mai Italia.
Ka Hoʻoilina
Ua kaulana ʻo "Donkey Dominik", i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e Lou i ka makahiki 1960, ma ka hōʻike Pelekane ʻo Chris Moyles. Mahalo i kēia, ua hoʻolaha nui ʻia ka haku mele a ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe hoʻolohe. I ka makahiki 2011, ua lawe ka mele i ka lua o ka helu o nā "downloads" (iTunes version). I ka makahiki hoʻokahi - 3rd wahi ma ka pule English palapala (Dekemapa). Ua piʻi ʻo ia ma ka helu ʻekolu ma ka pakuhi o ka makahiki hou o UK.
Ua hoʻokomo ʻia kahi ʻāpana mai kēia mele ma kekahi o nā album i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hui Nirvana "Smells like Teen Spirit".
Ua kaulana loa ʻo "He Anela Koʻu i ka Lani" (1971) i ka huli ʻana o nā makahiki 80 a me 90 me nā mea hoʻolohe lekiō ukali. Aia kahi hui pāʻani ʻo Lou Monte ma Totowe, New Jersey.
ʻO nā mea hoihoi mai ka moʻolelo o Lou Monte
Ua make koke kekahi keiki kāne a ka mea pena i ka maʻi maʻi koko. He 21 makahiki wale nō ke kanaka ʻōpio. ʻO ka pōʻino ke kumu o ke kākoʻo ʻana o ka mea pena kiʻi i ka hana ʻana i kahi hale noiʻi noiʻi (ke aʻo ʻana i ka maʻi leukemia a me nā ʻano o ka hana ʻana me ia) ma ke Kulanui Lapaʻau ma New Jersey. Loaʻa ka inoa ʻo "Lou Monte".
Hōʻike mau ʻia ʻo Monte ma nā papahana kīwī ma American TV ("The Mike Douglas Show", "The Merv Griffin Show" a me "The Ed Sullivan Show"), i hoʻokani i kahi hana ma ka comedy "Robin and the Seven Hoods" (1964).
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Ua ola ka mea hoʻokani no 72 makahiki (make i ka makahiki 1989). Ua kanu ʻia ka mea pena ma New Jersey, ma ka Immaculate Conception Cemetery. No kekahi manawa ma hope o ka make ʻana o ka mea mele, ua hoʻokani mau ʻia kāna mau mele e kāna keiki ʻo Ray ma nā hanana mele like ʻole.
Ua hōʻea nā hana a ka mea kākau i ko lākou kaulana kiʻekiʻe ma ka hopena o nā makahiki 80 a me nā makahiki 90 mua (ma hope o ka make ʻana o ka mea pena). ʻO kekahi o lākou, "He ʻānela wau i ka lani", he kūleʻa hihiu ma nā ʻaha mele ma kāna ʻano uhi.
Ua hoʻopuka hou ʻia nā mele a Monte ma CD. ʻO ka pūnaewele, i hana ʻia ma lalo o ka mea kākau o ka RONARAY Records studio, ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i kēia ʻAmelika ʻAmelika kaulana.
Hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia ʻo Louis kekahi o nā poʻe Italia kaulana ma ka hiʻohiʻona ʻAmelika. Ua hui pū ʻia ke ʻano pop o kāna mau mele me nā lekiō lekiō. Ua paʻa nā hana a ka mea pena i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe ma nā helu haole 24 mau makahiki ma hope o kona make ʻana. ʻO kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo e hiki ai iā mākou ke kuhikuhi i ka mea mele i ka helu o nā "classics" o ke ʻano mele.
