Jersey Boys Featured on Carols for a Cure!
September 14th, 2007Playbill.com reports that the ninth volume of “Carols for a Cure,” the annual holiday recording benefiting Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids and featuring Broadway cast members performing new and classic holiday tunes will be released next month. Jersey Boys cast members will be singing “Dominick the Donkey” on this year’s two-disc set!
The release date for Carols for a Cure is set for October 24, and can be purchased for $20 by visiting broadwaycares.org or by calling (212) 840-0770 x250. The holiday album will also be available at participating Broadway and Off-Broadway venues, as well as several regional and touring houses nation-wide.
Wow, Lou Monte’s “Dominick the Donkey” couldn’t be a more appropriate song. Lou was also a Jersey Boy, raised in Northern NJ. And his “Pepino the Italian Mouse” was a hit in late Fall, 1962, with “Sherry” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry”. While “Sherry and 11 Others” was the first album I owned, arguably “Pepino/What did Washington Say” might have been the first single I owned. In fact, I still have it.
Comment by Howard Tucker — September 14, 2007 @ 11:09 am
You’re right, Howard; Lyndhurst I believe, southern tip of Bergen County; Carlstadt, Woodridge area. Although I never witnessed it, it is my understanding that Lou Monte and the Four Lovers/Seasons occasionally performed on the same bill.
Lou Monte’s other famous song, the “Italian Cowboy Song” should not be confused with the Four Lovers stage song of the same name.
Comment by David Cace — September 14, 2007 @ 12:52 pm
I think that only Michael Longoria will be singing. On his MySpace BLOG it says that it s just him, backed by an orchestra. It should be great!!
Comment by Jerseyshoregal — September 14, 2007 @ 3:03 pm