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Lou Monte "Pepino The Italian Mouse"  backed with "What Did Washington Say (When He Crossed the Delaware)" Arranged and conducted by Joe Reisman Produced by Don Costa Productions, Inc. Released in 1962

In 1962, Lou Monte would release his first million-seller, "Pepino the Italian Mouse", which was awarded a .  Co-written by Ray Allen and Wandra Merrell and sung alternately in English and a  of , "Pepino the Italian Mouse" tells the humorous tale of a mischievous mouse who lives within the walls of a man's home and who pesters him by eating his cheese, drinking his wine and frightening his girlfriend. Arranged by Joe Reisman, the single is credited to  Productions. "Pepino" peaked at number five on  in mid-January and fared even better in certain markets, including Monte's native New York City, where the single spent two weeks at number one on WABC at the end of December.

The "flip side" of the single featured another Italian-American hybrid novelty song called "What Did Washington Say (When He Crossed The Delaware?)." The song presumes that  was cold, tired, hungry and without a change of underwear on his famous trip. At one point in the song, "Washington" complains that the pizzas his wife  baked were as "cold as ice". His solution? "Sell them to the Indians for only half the price." He then asks his boatsmen to row faster because "tonight I'm posing for my picture on the dollar bill."