An haifi Lou Monte a Jihar New York (Amurka, Manhattan) a cikin 1917. Yana da tushen Italiyanci, ainihin suna shine Louis Scaglione. Ya sami suna saboda waƙar marubucinsa game da Italiya da mazaunanta (musamman shahararriyar wannan ƴan ƙasashen waje a cikin jihohi). Babban lokacin kerawa shine 50s da 60s na ƙarni na ƙarshe.
Lou Monte ta farkon shekarun
Mawaƙin ya yi ƙuruciyarsa a jihar New Jersey (garin Lyndhurst). Bayan mutuwar mahaifiyarsa a 1919, Lou Monte ya tashi daga mahaifinsa. Kwarewar matakin farko ta fara ne da wasan kwaikwayo a kulake a New York da New Jersey, yana ɗan shekara 14. Tare da barkewar yakin duniya na biyu, an sanya Monte cikin soja. Tun yana dan shekara 48, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gabatarwa a gidan rediyon WAAT AM-970. Daga baya ya sami nasa shirin talabijin (daga WAAT guda).
Gaskiya mai ban sha'awa: mai rairayi ya fara aikin kirkire-kirkire a matsayin mai yin waƙoƙin tavern a Italiyanci. Shahararren Joe Carlton ya lura da shi (ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara na kiɗa don RCA Victor Records). Carlton yana son muryar mawaƙin, yanayin wasansa na kwarjini, salonsa da wasan guitar (Lou yana tare da kansa a lokacin). Joe ya ba Monte kwangilar shekaru 7 tare da RCA Victor, wanda mawaƙin ya yi a kulake.
Watakila muhimmiyar rawa wajen tsara kerawa na Lou Monte ya kasance wurin da aka haife shi - Manhattan. Yankin ya kasance mallakar Holland ne kuma yawan jama'a yana da tushe daga ƙasashe daban-daban na Turai, gami da Italiya.
Farkon aikin kiɗa da furen kerawa
Suna da shahara na dogon lokaci sun ƙetare Monte. Nasarar farko ta Lou Monte ta zo ne tare da yin rikodin sabon sigar "Ballon Darktown Strutters' Ball" (1954, ma'aunin jazz na lokacin, sake fitowa sau da yawa). Waƙar waƙa ta mai zane, wacce ta sami ƙimar gaske, an rubuta ta lokacin da mawaƙin ya riga ya cika shekaru 45 (1962, "Pepino the Italian Mouse"). An sayar da wannan waƙa a cikin kwafi miliyan kuma an ba da kyautar kyautar faifan zinare.
Aikin labari ne mai ban sha'awa game da rayuwar wani linzamin kwamfuta a gidan Italiyanci biyu. Ana yin shi cikin Ingilishi da Italiyanci. Mawallafin mawaƙa sune Lou Monte, Ray Allen da Vanda Merrell.
"Pepino" shine #5 akan Billboard Hot Top 100 (1962). A gefe guda kuma, an rubuta waƙar da aka sadaukar don ayyukan George Washington (shugaban farko na jihohin Amurka). Wannan aikin kuma na ban dariya ne.
Daga baya, Lou ya yi wasa a tashoshin rediyo da shirye-shiryen talabijin, yana yin rikodin waƙoƙin kiɗa da yawa. Waƙoƙin farko sun haɗa da nan Lou Monte (1958), Lou Monte Sings for You (1958), Lou Monte Sings Waƙoƙi don Pizza (1958), Lovers Lou Monte Sings the Great Italian American Hits (1961) da sauransu.
Ɗaya daga cikin irin wannan waƙa, sake yin wata sanannen waƙar Italiyanci: "Luna Mezzo Mare", ana kiranta da remake na "Lazy Mary". Sauran shahararrun abubuwan da Lou ya yi shine Kirsimeti "Dominick the Donkey", musamman ƙaunataccen baƙi daga Italiya.
Abinda yake
"Jaki Dominik", wanda Lou ya rubuta a baya a 1960, ya sami karbuwa a wasan kwaikwayon Chris Moyles na Burtaniya. Godiya ga wannan, abin da aka tsara ya yadu sosai kuma masu sauraro sun gane su. A cikin 2011, waƙar ta ɗauki matsayi na biyu a cikin adadin "zazzagewa" (iTunes version). A cikin wannan shekarar - matsayi na 3 a cikin jadawalin Turanci na mako-mako (Disamba). Ya kai kololuwa a lamba uku akan jadawalin sabuwar shekara ta Burtaniya.
An haɗa wani yanki daga wannan waƙa a cikin ɗaya daga cikin kundin da aka keɓe ga ƙungiyar Nirvana "Kamshi kamar Teen Spirit".
"Ina da Mala'ika A Sama" (1971) ya shahara sosai a farkon shekarun 80s da 90 tare da masu sauraron rediyon tauraron dan adam. Akwai ƙungiyar magoya baya Lou Monte a Totowe, New Jersey.
Abubuwa masu ban sha'awa daga tarihin Lou Monte
Daya daga cikin 'ya'yan mai zane ya mutu da wuri sakamakon ciwon daji na jini. Matashin yana da shekaru 21 kacal. Wannan bala'i shine dalilin daukar nauyin mai zane a cikin ƙirƙirar dakin bincike (nazarin cutar sankarar bargo da hanyoyin magance shi) a Jami'ar Likita a New Jersey. Yana ɗauke da sunan "Lou Monte".
Monte a kai a kai ya bayyana a shirye-shiryen talabijin a Amurka TV ("The Mike Douglas Show", "The Merv Griffin Show" da "Ed Sullivan Show"), taka rawa a cikin comedy "Robin da Bakwai Hoods" (1964).
ƙarshe
Mai wasan kwaikwayo ya rayu shekaru 72 (ya mutu a 1989). An binne mai zane a New Jersey, a makabartar da ba ta da kyau. Bayan mutuwar mawakin, ɗansa Ray har yanzu yana yin wakokinsa a wurare daban-daban.
Ayyukan marubucin sun kai ga shaharar su a ƙarshen 80s da farkon 90s (riga bayan mutuwar ɗan wasan kwaikwayo da kansa). Ɗaya daga cikinsu, "Ina da Mala'ika A Sama", ya kasance babban nasara a wasan kide-kide a cikin fasalin murfinsa.
An sake fitar da waƙoƙin Monte akan CD. Shafin, wanda aka ƙirƙira a ƙarƙashin mawallafin RONARAY Records studio, an sadaukar da shi don tunawa da wannan shahararren dan Italiyanci.
Louis ana iya la'akari da ɗaya daga cikin fitattun Italiyawa a fagen Amurka. An haɗa nau'in pop na waƙoƙinsa tare da rikodin rediyo na ban dariya. Ayyukan mai zane sun mamaye manyan mukamai a kimar kasashen waje shekaru 24 bayan mutuwarsa. Wannan hujja ta ba mu damar dangana mawaƙa ga adadin "classic" na nau'in kiɗan.
