# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lou-monte
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:27:59.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lou-monte"
name: "Lou Monte"
slug: "lou-monte"
description: "Lou Monte 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."
tagline: "American singer (1917–1989)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/Lou_Monte_nonfree.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1917-04-02"
deathDate: "1989-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.08
  momentum:             0.2935889754343918
  historical:           10.79518133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1718869/"
    handle:    "nm1718869"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.loumonte.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/464231"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A"
    title: "لو مونتي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "لو مونتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%87"
    title: "لو مونته"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Monte"
    title: "Lou Monte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Monte"
    title: "Lou Monte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%87"
    title: "لو مونته"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Monte"
    title: "Lou Monte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Monte"
    title: "Lou Monte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Monte"
    title: "Lou Monte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5"
    title: "Луи Монте"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/679746f8-86e3-4025-85a5-69769ae3ad9a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538676"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1251732"
    title: "Lou Monte"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump