Release Date: 01 July 2013
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 604988072921
Genres: Easy Listening
Description
During the fifties it seemed that, with a few exceptions, all the top male vocalists in the States were of Italian-American extraction and one look over Lou Monte's list of recordings it is clear that he certainly falls into that category.
Lou Monte's first two records caused a stir – especially the dramatic, "A Baby Cried" and later when he turned the Italian lights on New Orleans with his Anglo-Calabrese working of "Darktown Strutters Ball". Lou added his magic formula to his version of "Italian Huckle-Buck", but perhaps his best loved and best known hit came in the form of "Lazy Mary".
We have also included a special bonus track at the end of disc 1 in the form of, "Dominick the Donkey" which is outside the timeframe of this set. The song was one of many novelty tracks that Lou cut and we have included it quite simply because due to Chris Moyles & Dominic Byrne of BBC Radio 1 fame championed it to become Christmas No.1, sadly it only reached No. 3 in the end. However it still stands as Lou's only British chart entry.
Tracklisting
Tommy Hunt
Kay Barry / Maureen Evans
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Johnnie Ray
Eddie Cochran
Various Artists
Billie Holiday
Charlie Applewhite
Danny Williams
Kay Barry / Maureen Evans
Charlie Applewhite
Various Artists
Martha Raye
Various Artists
Various Artists
Charlie Applewhite
