Louie Music

Louis Nichole is the recipient of 5 Billboard Song Awards as well as 2 John Lennon Songwriting Awards. At age 54, Nichole began his second career and second passion… writing music.

At age 5, my mother would close all the windows in the house when I would sing Neapolitan arias…. because all the neighbors up the street could hear me… not to mention my 235 Italian relatives who live 10 feet away in other 3 family houses on the same street. I had a big voice, but to my mother, I should be quiet and respectful….like all my other 80 cousins. Whenever my parents went out, I would race to the refrigerator, grab the biggest carrot, and step on top of my Grandma’s lace doily in the middle of our dining room table. Using the carrot as my microphone, I would entertain myself for hours. After all…some of my best friends were myself.

CD Cover, A Man with a Rose In His Heart

Louis Nichole composed all lyrics
and music for his latest CD (above)
"A MAN WITH A ROSE IN HIS HEART."

My grandfather was the only person I remember who loved to watch me sing and dance.
When I was 6… he died. So I would visit his grave every day at Calvary Cemetery.
I would sing his two favorite songs…Torna Sorrento and She Wore an Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini. Afterwards I would sing to the Guerrera’s in front of my grandfather… the Mancini’s to the left….. the Rinaldi’s to the right…and the Marciano’s in back.

My best friends became my grandfather’s neighbors. I had absolutely no fear…for it was so clear to me that these residents needed some cheering up and that was definitely me!

I learned at an early age to laugh at myself and never take myself too seriously. It keeps your life in perspective. My Italian grandmother was one of the wisest women I have ever met. She would always say, “Luigi, every day above-a da ground is-a good-a day….. cause-a when-a you dead… you dead a long-a time.”….. which became one of my favorite songs that I have ever written.”

THE TWO PAISANS. ....free classical music for brides to be

Long before there were the Three Tenors...there were The Two Paisans, baritone, Louis Nichole, and tenor, Dr Ralph Giuliano.

The two friends began singing traditional opera/ classical/ sacred music in church for relatives and friends. But wasn’t long before “Ralph and Louie” realized that there were many “brides to be” that wanted The Three Tenors/ Boccelli style music....but either there was no one who could sing the arias or it was too expensive for most brides to hire a duet.

So, the Two Paisans were originated.... a no charge service for any bride to be in Connecticut.

Nichole spent 3 weeks in a recording studio with Lee Musiker (Tony Bennett’s musical director) and several musicians from the Philharmonic and recorded their own “music will travel.”..... so they would eliminate the problem of organists who could not sight read their music.
Some of their sacred music includes Panis Angelicus, Ave Maria by Caccini and Gounod,, Domine Deus, Pieta Signore, Somebody Bigger Than You and I and other solo pieces not usually heard as a duet. The Two Paisans also sing at funerals at no charge, but Giuliano says...”As you can imagine, it is a little harder to plan ahead of time, so availability is based on both the singers’ schedules. But we really try to accommodate everyone. We want to be a part of making people’s lives better during the happiest and saddest times in their lives. “That’s what our Italian parents taught us... and we want to carry out that tradition.

Please contact us at Louis Nichole.com: subject ....The Two Paisans.

Louis Nichole, Nichole Court, Prospect CT 06712