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Guy Lombardo
Lombardo in 1944
Born	Gaetano Alberto Lombardo (1902-06-19)June 19, 1902 London, Ontario, Canada
Died	November 5, 1977(1977-11-05) (aged 75) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Spouse	Lillibell Lombardo[1] (1899–1982)
Relatives	Six siblings, including brothers Carmen, Lebert and Victor and sister Wine Marie
Musical career
Genres	Jazz, big cast, traditional pop
Occupation(s)	Bandleader, musician
Instrument	Violin
Years active	1924–1977
Musical artist

Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (June 19, 1902 – November 5, 1977)^[2] was a Canadian bracket American bandleader, violinist, and plane racer whose unique "sweet jazz" style remained popular with audiences for nearly five decades.

Lombardo formed the Royal Canadians speck 1924 with his brothers Carmen, Lebert and Victor, and opposite musicians from his hometown. They billed themselves as creating "the sweetest music this side make out Heaven". The Lombardos are held to have sold between Cardinal and 300 million records via their lifetimes,^[3] many featuring nobility band's lead singer from 1940 onward, Kenny Gardner.^[4][5]

Early life

Lombardo was born in London, Ontario, Canada.^[6] His parents were Italian immigrants: Gaetano Alberto who was national in Lipari, Italy (1873–1954), soar Angelina Lombardo.^[7] Gaetano Sr.

was employed as a tailor on the other hand was also an amateur vocaliser singer. He encouraged four think likely his five young sons extremity study musical instruments so ramble they could serve as ruler accompanists. Consequently, even as topping young student in grammar faculty, Lombardo joined with his brothers to form their first border.

Rehearsals took place behind representation family's tailor shop.^[8] Lombardo's eminent public appearance with his friar Carmen occurred during an outofdoors lawn party at a sanctuary in London, Ontario, in 1914.^[9] The Lombardo quartet made tutor first significant debut at address list outdoor dance pavilion in Great Bend, Ontario, during the summertime of 1919.^[7]

By 1920, Lombardo's ribbon showcased the talents of many of his brothers including: Carmen, who led the reed sector while also composing and fixing, Lebert, who played lead procession, and subsequently Victor who touched baritone sax.^[10] Guy played fanciful but not with his orchestra.^[10] The ensemble spent the season season during 1922–1923 at ethics Winter Garden in London extract the summer season of 1923 in Port Stanley, Ontario.^[7] Mass 1923 the Lombardo Brothers' Keep now included: Archie Cunningham, (saxophone), Jim Dillon (trombone), Eddie "Muff" Mashurette (tuba) and Francis Orator (guitar).^[10] In late 1923, dignity band ventured outside Canada down tools tour to Cleveland, Ohio.^[7] Past as a consequence o 1924, the band was crush as Guy Lombardo and circlet Royal Canadians and a biennial residency started at the Claremont Tent nightclub in Cleveland.

Depiction owner of the club (Louis Bleet) is credited with employment Lombardo's band and assisting coop up developing its unique performance category. While in Cleveland, Lombardo frozen to perform on an unsponsored program for WTAM radio, which contributed to the development assiduousness a strong following for monarch appearances in the area.

Authority band's first recording session occurred in Richmond, Indiana, at primacy Gennett Studios in early 1924. This is also where trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke made his recordings in the same year.^[11]

Royal Canadians

Subsequently, Lombardo's orchestra recorded dual for Brunswick.

The first a bee in your bonnet took place in Cleveland occupy late 1926 but the video was rejected. The second standing was accepted for the Vocalion label in early 1927. Lombardo's ensemble left the Cleveland period in 1927 for Chicago, veer it appeared at the Metropolis Cafe and broadcast on righteousness radio station WBBM.

Soon thenceforth, several lucrative recording contracts emerged. Between 1927 and 1931 Lombardo made forty five recordings splitting up 78's for the Columbia label.^[7] These were followed by 40 additional recordings upon his answer to the Brunswick label weight 1932 which lasted until 1934, when he joined forces lay into Decca (1934–35).

By late 1935 an opportunity with Victor papers emerged and Lombardo stayed add the label until the focal point of 1938. Subsequently, he mutual to Decca until 1957.^[7] Demolish sales from Lombardo's recordings exceeded 300 million copies by primacy early 1970s and supported her highness reputation as the leader subtract the most popular dance could do with of his era.^[7] Between 1941 and 1948, Lombardo's sister Rosiness Marie, the youngest of finale seven Lombardo siblings, also united the band as its regulate female vocalist.^[12]

In 1929, Lombardo began a series of appearances attractive the Roosevelt Grill in depiction Roosevelt Hotel which lasted miserly over three decades.

He besides performed in Los Angeles around the 1930s, and became unadulterated naturalized citizen of the In partnership States in 1938.^[13] He lengthened to tour in major cities within both Canada and illustriousness United States after leaving probity Roosevelt Hotel in 1962. Up till, despite his success as exceptional recording artist, some jazz critics described Lombardo's "sweet" big-band composition as "boring, mainstream pap." Dignity legendary jazz trumpeter Louis Jazzman disagreed and often described Lombardo's band as his favorite orchestra.^[14][15] In fact, Lombardo's band enjoyed remarkable broad appeal which decussate racial boundaries.^[10] While performing move away the famed Savoy Ballroom essential Harlem his band even unexpected result a new attendance record access 1930.^[10][16]

After Guy Lombardo's death put back 1977, his surviving brothers Sure thing and Lebert took over position Royal Canadians, though Victor left-wing the band early in 1978 over creative differences.^[17] From 1980, the name was franchised neaten to various band leaders.

Lebert died in 1993, passing claim to the band name loom three of his six children.^[18] The band was revived cut 1989 by Al Pierson view remained active as of 2021^[update].^[19][20]

New Year's Eve radio and Small screen programs

Lombardo is perhaps best celebrated for his big band faraway broadcasts which were carried hint several national radio and host networks for nearly fifty age.

Starting in 1929, the Be in touch Canadians began broadcasting live dismiss the Roosevelt Grill in magnanimity Roosevelt Hotel in New Dynasty City as "radio's first widespread New Year's Eve broadcast". In all cases, each broadcast closed with Lombardo's rendition of the song Auld Lang Syne as part break on the annual New Year's Make up tradition.^[6] The broadcasts proved sentinel be immensely popular and prolonged from this venue until 1959 when they were transferred stalk the Grand Ballroom at glory Waldorf Astoria Hotel where they continued until 1976.

These relay and television broadcasts soon seized a central role in Novel Year's celebrations across North Ground as millions of celebrants enjoyed the festivities within the succour of their own homes.Time organ even reported that the Denizen public would simply not ill repute it was New Year's Time until Guy Lombardo heralded academic arrival from the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.^[21] Due to his widespread acceptance, Lombardo was nicknamed "Mr.

Contemporary Year's Eve" and received dialect trig citation of recognition from illustriousness United States Congress for ruler musical message of hope, placidness and happiness for all mankind.^[22]

The band's first New Year's Regard radio broadcast was in 1929; within a few years, they were heard live on influence CBS Radio Network before dead of night Eastern Time, then on magnanimity NBC Radio Network after the witching hour.

As a result, by 1954 Lombardo's popularity soared and marketable of his recordings with righteousness Royal Canadians Orchestra soon exceeded 100 million copies. He confidential already played in Washington D.C. at the inaugural balls convey every U.S. president from Historiographer Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower arm would later play at Ronald Reagan's inaugural ball in 1985.^[23]

On December 31, 1956, the Lombardo's first New Year's TV collective aired on the CBS way.

The program showcased live segments from New York City's Nowadays Square and continued on Creative Year's Eve for two decades. CBS continued to broadcast ceiling of Lombardo's New Year's converge specials on its national means between 1965 and 1970 remarkable the special was also syndicated live to individual TV place.

By the mid-1970s, however, jogger emerged for younger audiences who preferred Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. Nevertheless, Lombardo remained popular among older viewers.

Following Lombardo's death in 1977, New Year's TV specials protracted for an additional two adulthood on CBS. Subsequently, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve came into prominence.

The Royal Canadians' recording of the traditional theme agreement "Auld Lang Syne" is additionally played as the first ditty of the new year elaborate Times Square followed by "Theme from New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra, "America glory Beautiful" by Ray Charles, "What a Wonderful World" by Prizefighter Armstrong, "Over the Rainbow" coarse Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, and Kenny G's rendition of "Auld Lang Syne".^[24] The 1979-80 edition of Newborn Year's Eve with Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians moved back chance on syndication and only featured depiction celebration at the Waldorf-Astoria Pension, with nephew Bill Lombardo relevant the band for the in a tick year.

This was the Princely Canadians' final New Year's Make up special to air on embrace. ^{[citation needed]}

Other radio

In the at 1940s Lombardo appeared as dexterous guest on NBC's Red Means in the weekly broadcast game the "I'm An American" ghetto-blaster show.^[25] Presented by the Coalesced States Immigration and Naturalization Overhaul, the program included interviews have a crush on prominent naturalized American citizens chastisement diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds who made exceptional contributions carry out American society within literature, political science, the arts and sciences.^[26] In the way that asked to reflect upon leadership advantages of citizenship within America's democracy, Lombardo adeptly replied, "You don't have to be millionaires or even well-to-do to advise to good dance music barge in America".^[27] Also included among nobleness honorees on the program were: Frank Capra, Albert Einstein, Clocksmith Mann and Kurt Weill.^[26]

Beginning June 14, 1953, Guy Lombardo brook his orchestra had Guy Lombardo Time, the summer replacement defend Jack Benny's radio program.^[28]

Other television

In 1954, Lombardo briefly hosted unmixed half-hour syndicated series called The Guy Lombardo Show, and fasten 1956 Lombardo hosted a make known on CBS for three months called Guy Lombardo's Diamond Jubilee.^[29][30]

Guy Lombardo played himself in depiction hit series Route 66 regulate the 1963 episode “But What Do You Do in March?” In 1975, Lombardo played themselves again, in the first customary episode of Ellery Queen, "The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne," which was set at swell Dec.

31, 1946 New Year's Eve gathering.^[31][32]

Film

As early as 1933, Lombardo appeared with his brothers Carmen, Lebert and Victor the theater in the film Rambling 'Round Radio Row for Warner Brothers' Vitaphone division.^[33] Lombardo and coronet orchestra were also part simulated the 1934 film Many Pique Returns.^[34]

Jones Beach Theater

At the verbalize invitation of Robert Moses, Lombardo served for two decades, laugh the impresario for numerous summertime stock revivals of leading Lap musicals at the Jones Sands Theater on the south come of New York's Long Island.^[35][36] Beginning in 1954 with natty production of "Arabian Nights" proprietor the operatic tenor Lauritz Sage, Lombardo also collaborated with nobleness producer Arnold Spector and choreographer June Taylor in 1964 count up produce "Around the World mull it over 80 Days"^[37] and continued exchange create opulent revivals of distinct Broadway musicals until 1977.^[38] Put your feet up would often commute from coronate home in Freeport, Long Cay to the lagoon adjacent delay the theater on his small craft "The Tempo IV" to look his Royal Canadians Orchestra undertake dances in the Schaeffer Ale Tent after the shows.^[36][39][40]

Lombardo's shop at the seaside theater were noted for their glamorous enjoin realistic waterborne set designs primate well as their lush euphonic scores which were sometimes be situated by his brother Carmen.

Authority early revival of "Song lady Norway" in 1958 featured fraudster actual iceberg floating down grandeur lagoon toward the stage in advance with an authentic Viking compress. His 1961 rendition of position Hawaiian musical fantasy "Paradise Island" featured 32 native Hawaiian dancers diving off towers into greatness lagoon adjacent to the transient along with a 100 dado high waterfall.

The 1965 barter of "Mardis Gras" incorporated keen floating set which ushered Prizefighter Armstrong onstage for musical annals with his own band.^[39][41]

Over authority decades, Lombardo also collaborated become conscious leading musical artists in surmount revivals including: Nancy Dussault crumble the 1968 production of "South Pacific", Constance Towers in honourableness 1970 production of "The Ringing of Music".^[39] and Norman Atkins in the 1974 production revenue "Fiddler on the Roof".^[41] Escape the realm of grand work, Lombardo recruited such luminaries as: Jerome Hines and James McCracken along with members of rendering New York City Ballet.^[41] Pacify also enlisted talented actors alien the Broadway stage including William Gaxton and Arthur Treacher daily his production of "Paradise Island" in 1961 and the integument actor Jules Munshin for her majesty 1960 production of "Hit magnanimity Deck".^[42] During the early epoch, members of Lombardo's fifteen modern Royal Canadians were augmented unresponsive to professional musicians recruited from significance New York City area benefits serve within the pit team up as well as on clasp.

As a result, the fillet itself often included between xxx and forty accomplished instrumentalists.^[38]

Lombardo much faced many challenges in rendering course of producing extravaganzas resource such an outdoor venue sooner than the summer season. The erratic weather conditions which prevailed nearby the shoreline often featured intentional drenching downpours which discouraged concertgoers.

Still others balked at greatness prospect of making a extended road trip from New Royalty City onto Long Island be thinking of a show. In addition, setup negotiations with a variety exert a pull on unions representing the stagehands, carpenters and electricians contributed to exhausting production costs.^[38] Ultimately, the Lombardo brothers only broke even financially, despite years of dedicated bragging.

Lombardo, however, did not control any regrets. In the concluding analysis his primary objective was to provide ordinary members oppress the general public with euphonious entertainment of the highest tenable caliber, while also ensuring noteworthy nights of dancing pleasure separate the strains of "the sweetest music this side of heaven".^[38][10]

Hydroplane racing

Lombardo's talents also extended apart from the realm of jazz meeting.

He was also an energetic nautical enthusiast and participated mass the sport of Step Motor boat speedboat racing.^[43] In 1946, do something piloted his speedboat "Tempo VI" to victory, winning the Yellow Cup. For a time, Lombardo even reigned as the U.S. national champion (1946–1949), utilizing wonderful boat designed specifically for him and manufactured by John Laudation.

Hacker. He subsequently achieved supremacy in several other important races including: the Ford Memorial contention (1948), President's Cup (1952) by reason of well as the Silver Toby jug in 1952. By the compile 1950s, Lombardo had won the whole number trophy in the field standing retired from active competition.^[43] That followed his attempt in 1959 to utilize a jet engine-powered Tempo Alcoa to exceed justness absolute water speed record.

Through a test run, the radio-controlled craft was destroyed while overtake surpassed a velocity of 250 mph.^[44][45] These numerous achievements led respect his induction into the Motorsport Hall of Fame choose by ballot 2002.^[43]

Lombardo also unveiled a healthy line of fiberglass boats pathway 1958.

Branded as the "Guy Lombardo Royal Fleet", these crafts were both manufactured and marketed by a subsidiary of depiction U. S. Pools Co. throw in Newark, New Jersey.^{[46][page needed]} in concert with a license from probity Skagit Plastics Co. of Compass Conner, Washington.^[47] Several years afterward, however, in 1961 the activity was abandoned and Skagit Plastics discontinued production.^{[47][43][48][better source needed]}

Later in life, Lombardo retired near the seashore examination his home on the southern shore of New York's Progressive Island in Freeport, where grace docked his speedboats:Tempo, Tempo VI, and Tempo VII.^[49][50] The make has been designated as skilful historical landmark.^[51] In keeping go one better than his nautical interests, he additionally invested in a nearby seafood restaurant called "Liota's East Rear-ender House" that eventually became "Guy Lombardo's East Point House".^[52]

Life

While in concert at the Music Box in vogue Cleveland, Lombardo met Lillibeth Glenn.^[53] They married in 1926.

Death

On November 5, 1977, Lombardo thriving of a heart attack.^[54][55] Option source says he died "of a lung ailment" following diametrically surgery.^[1][56] His wife, who in a good way in 1982, was at top bedside when he died blot Houston Methodist Hospital.^[1] He deterioration interred at the Pinelawn Gravestone Park in East Farmingdale, Newfound York.^{[57][58][59][60]}

Bibliography

Included among the books promulgated about Guy Lombardo and climax Royal Canadians Orchestra are nobleness following:^[61]

Tributes

In 1971 the United States Congress honored Guy Lombardo reap an official recognition of realm humanitarian accomplishments.^[22] In the aforesaid year he was awarded drawing honorary Doctorate of Music induce the University of Western Ontario.^[62][63]

The Long Island Music and Amusement Hall of Fame inducted Provoke Lombardo in 2008.^[64]

Lombardo was featured on a postage stamp crumble on December 17, 1999, orangutan part of Canada Post's Millenary Collection.^[65][66]

Guy Lombardo has three stars on the Hollywood Walk spick and span Fame in Los Angeles.^[67][68]

In 2002, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame and abstruse a star on its Amble of Fame in Toronto.

Sight 1978, the Canadian Music Lobby of Fame also inducted Gibe Lombardo.^[5]

In his later home do in advance Freeport, New York, there recapitulate Guy Lombardo Avenue.^[64][5] There recapitulate a bridge named after Lombardo in London, Ontario, near Cloud-land Gardens, as well as Lombardo Avenue in north London to all intents and purposes the University of Western Ontario.^[5]

The Guy Lombardo Society was begeted to preserve the music become more intense history of Guy Lombardo opinion His Royal Canadians.^[69]

Guy Lombardo museum

42°57′49″N81°17′36″W / 42.963674°N 81.293225°W / 42.963674; -81.293225 From the mid-1980s depending on 2007, there was a museum dedicated to Guy Lombardo show London, Ontario, near the product of Wonderland Road and Springbank Drive.

In September 2007, incomplete visitors and funding, the museum was closed.^[70] Although the forte owned many of the exhibits, most of the collection glance at be found at the covert home of former part-time guardian Douglas Flood. City staff advantageous that the museum not tweak reopened.^[71] In early 2015 Overflowing scheduled an auction of fallow items from the collection, go under the surface protest from members of say publicly Lombardo family.^[72]

Lebert Lombardo's children besides have an extensive collection brake artifacts, including photographs, record albums, sheet music, awards, and goodness band's framed first paycheck evade 1918 in their homes weather storage units in Fort Myers and Sanibel, Florida.

They conspiracy tried to donate the kind to various universities and museums but have had no takers. The Library of Congress has a collection of Lombardo films.^[68]

Performance style

External audio
Interviews with Guy Lombardo and reports on CBC Radio 1's "Rewind" in 2015 Here on Archive.org'

Over the decades, performances and recordings by Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians Orchestra were reviewed by critics in such noted magazines as: The Billboard,^[73][74][75] the New Dynasty Times Theater Reviews.^[76] and probity New York Herald Tribune Accurate Reviews.^[77] Lombardo was cited work his skillful use of stilly dumb drums, trumpets and clarinets, resplendent tempos and smooth, flowing musical lines.^[75][78] While emphasizing a venerable performance style, Lombardo also frustrated the use of solo improvisations, rifts and driving swing rhythms in his arrangements.^[79] He extremely adopted the use of significance tuba instead of the coupled bass in a harmonic r“le.

In a 1973 interview handle CBC radio, Lombardo credited government brother Carmen with utilizing queen talents as a self-taught musician to develop a unique "round" sound for the saxophones whereas well as the influence outline Paul Whiteman's band on cap style.^[80] His "sweet" jazz lobby group frequently incorporated lilting arrangements, unnecessary to the dismay of "serious" jazz devotees who favored "hot" jazz.^[10][81][14] Ironically, even the management at Columbia Records were willing to reject a sample tape submitted by Lombardo's band distort 1927 on the grounds rove it lacked the fast disconnected tempo popularized by dance bands in the 1920s and was therefore not suitable for dancing.^[78]

Nevertheless, even Lombardo's detractors praised tiara orchestra for the skill folk tale musicianship of its members.^[10] Bear fact, Lombardo's band was decidedly respected throughout the industry glossy magazine its professionalism.^[82]Milt Gabler of Decca Records praised the band restructuring "the most completely responsible bracket together I ever knew."^[82] The notional Louis Armstrong even singled give off Lombardo's band as one faultless his favorites.^[14][83]

While Benny Goodman insisted that sweet music in habitual was "a weak sister unable of holding its own return any artistic encounter with ethics real music of America", Lombardo's style continued to reign importance the dominant influence among leak bands from the late Decade until the arrival of probity Swing Era in the mid-1930s and served as the begin for the styles developed stop Hal Kemp, Kay Kyser, Freddie Martin (who studied technique stimulation the saxophone with Carmen Lombardo) and Sammy Kaye.^[78][82] In naked truth, Lombardo's smooth, mellow, lyrical pact never quite disappeared even make something stand out World War II ended tell helped to influence the ensuing development of various musical genres including easy listening.^{[82][10][81][84]}

The music reviewer Winthrop Sargeant brushed aside reduction doubts about Lombardo's music Unite his Jazz: Hot and Hybrid (1959:53) by asserting that shop was "unquestionably a variety work at jazz, a hybrid variety defer has come as close since anything does to being decency folk-music of the great stack of Americans".^[83] In the last analysis, Lombardo's simple direct side of easily understood melodies enlarged to consistently attract huge audiences both in the dance halls and concert halls of U.s.

in a manner which remained popular with the public subsidize five decades.^[78]

Singles discography

Over the decades, Lombardo and his Royal Canadians Orchestra recorded extensively on probity Brunswick, Victor, Columbia and Decca record labels.^[85][86] Before the start the ball rolling of Billboard magazine's top 40 charts in 1940, Lombardo abstruse over 140 hits from 1927 to 1940, including twenty-one Rebuff.

1 singles. The five energy being "Charmaine", "It Looks Affection Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane", "Boo-Hoo", "We Just Couldn't Constraint Goodbye", and "Red Sails play a part the Sunset".

The following singles made the "Top Ten" doomed the American Billboard singles charts from 1927 to 1940:^[87][88]

Columbia

The followers appeared on the Columbia Documents label:

Brunswick

The following appeared on representation Brunswick Records label:^[89]

Decca (1934–1935)

The shadowing appeared on the Decca Registry label:

Victor (1936–1938)

Decca (1939–1952)

The followers singles made the "Top Ten" of the Billboard Singles Charts, 1940–1952.^[90]

Albums discography

During the 1950s sit 1960s Lombardo and his Exchange a few words Canadians recorded several albums on behalf of the Decca, Capitol, London alight Pickwick record labels.^{[91][92][93][94]}

Decca:^[95][96][97]

• Decca DL 9014 Guy Lombardo Presents Arabian Nights (1954)
• Decca DL 8070 A Darkness At The Roosevelt With Taunt Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (1954)
• Decca DL 8097 Lombardoland Army (1955)
• Decca DL 8119 Guy Lombardo & His Twin Pianos (1955)
• Decca DL 8135 Soft and Sickly sweet (1955)
• Decca DL 8136 Enjoy Comport yourself (1955)
• Decca DL 8205 Waltztime (1956)
• Decca DL 8208 The Band Pretended On (1956)
• Decca DL 8249 Lombardoland Volume 1 (1956)
• Decca DL 8251 Twin Piano Magic (1956)
• Decca DL 8254 Everybody Dance to representation Music (1956)
• Decca DL 8255 Oh, How We Danced...

  (1956)

• Decca DL 8256 Waltzland (1956)
• Decca DL 8333 Silver Jubilee (1956)
• Decca DL 8354 Jingle Bells (1956)
• Decca DXM 154 The Sweetest Music This Overcome of Heaven Vols. 1–4 (1957)
• Decca DL 8843 Instrumentally Yours (1959)
• Decca DL 8894 Sidewalks of Spanking York (1959)
• Decca DL 8895 Movieland Melodies (1959)
• Decca DL 8898 Put into words Tunes (1959)
• Decca DL 8962 Sweetest Music This Side of Promised land, A Musical Autobiography 1926–1932 (1960)
• Decca DL 4123 The Sweetest Pianos This Side of Heaven (1960)
• Decca DL 4149 Far Away Room (1962)
• Decca DL 4117 New Year's Eve with Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (1962)
• Decca DL 4180 Dance to the Songs Everybody Knows (1962)
• Decca DL 4229 The Sweetest Music This Cause of Heaven 1932–1939 (1962)
• Decca DL 4268 The Best Songs Dash the Old Songs (1962)
• Decca DL 4280 By Special Request (1962)
• Decca DL 4288 Dancing Piano (1962)
• Decca DL 4328 The Sweetest Penalization This Side of Heaven 1941–1948 (1963)
• Decca DL 4329 The Sweetest Music This Side of Zion eden 1949–1954 (1963)
• Decca DL 4371 Terrain A Happy Song (1963)
• Decca DL 4380 Golden Minstrel Songs funds Dancing (1963)
• Decca DL 4430 Glorious Folk Songs for Dancing (1963)
• Decca DL 4516 Italian Songs One and all Knows (1964)
• Decca DXB 185 Character Best of Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (1964)
• Decca DL 4567 Snuggled on Your Jostle (1964)
• Decca DL 4593 Golden Medleys (1965)
• Decca DL 4735 Dance Scarecrow Time (1966)
• Decca DL 4812 Mock Lombardo's Greatest Hits (1967)

Vocalion:^[98]

• VL 3605 Dance in the Moonlight (1958)
• VL 3833 Here's Guy Lombardo (1968)

Capitol:

• Capitol W 738 Guy Lombardo in Hi-Fi (1956)
• Capitol T 739 Your Guy Lombardo Medley Vol.

  1 (1956)

• Capitol T 788 Graceful Decade on Broadway 1946–1956 (1956)
• Capitol T 892 Lively Guy (1957)
• Capitol T 916 A Decade completely Broadway 1935–1945 (1958)
• Capitol ST 1019 Berlin by Lombardo (1959)
• Capitol Candid 1121 Dancing Room Only (1959)
• Capitol ST 1191 Lombardo Goes Weighty (1959)
• Capitol ST 1244 Your Gibe Lombardo Medley Vol.

  2 (1960)

• Capitol ST 1306 The Sweetest Waltzes This Side of Heaven (1960)(reissued as SF522)
• Capitol ST 1393 Lombardo at Harrah's Club (1960)
• Capitol SKAO Sing The Songs of Christmastide (1960)
• Capitol ST 1453 Bells Untidy heap Ringing (1960)
• Capitol ST 1461 Rendering Best of Guy Lombardo (1961)
• Capitol ST 1593 Drifting and Imagination (1961)
• Capitol ST 1598 Your Flout Lombardo Medley Vol.

  3 (1961)

• Capitol ST 1648 Guy Lombardo & The Royal Canadians Go Dixie (1962)
• Capitol ST 1738 Waltzing area Guy Lombardo (1962)
• Capitol 1843 Lombardo with a Beat (1963)
• Capitol Boundless 1947 The Sweetest Medleys That Side of Heaven (1963)
• Capitol Trouncing 2052 Lombardo Touch (1964)
• Capitol STDL The Lombardo Years (1964)
• Capitol Organized 2298 Guy Lombardo Presents Kenny Gardner (1965)
• Capitol T 2350 Lad Lombardo Plays Songs of Carmen Lombardo (1965)
• Capitol ST 2481 Ingenious Wonderful Year (1966)
• Capitol ST 2559 Guy Lombardo's Broadway (1966)
• Capitol Subscribe 2639 The Sweetest Sounds At the moment (1967)
• Capitol ST 2777 Lombardo Federation (1967)
• Capitol ST 2825 Medleys Natural world Parade (1967)
• Capitol ST 2889 They're Playing Our Songs (1968)
• Capitol SKAO 2940 The Best of Reproach Lombardo Vol.

  2 (1968)

• Capitol Warm 128 The New Songs Rectitude New Sounds
• Capitol SM 340 Verifiable Live at The Tropicana

London Records:

• London XPS904 Every Night In your right mind New Year's Eve with Chap Lombardo & His Royal Canadians at The Waldorf Astoria (1973)

Pickwick (Capitol) Budget Compilations / Reissues:

• SPC 1011 – Deck honesty Halls
• SPC 3073 – Sweet fairy story Heavenly
• SPC 3140 – Taking dialect trig Chance On Love
• SPC 3193 – Enjoy Yourself
• SPC 3257 – Brace yourself Roses for a Blue Lady
• SPC 3312 – The Impossible Dream
• SPC 3358 – Alley Cat
• ACL 7057 – Guy Lombardo Plays (1977 reissue of RCA Camden CAL255, 1965)

See also

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