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    Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (June 19, 1902 – November 5, 1977) was a Canadian and American bandleader, violinist, and hydroplane racer whose unique...
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    Carmen Lombardo (July 16, 1903 – April 17, 1971) was lead saxophonist and featured vocalist for his brother Guy Lombardo's orchestra. He was also a successful...
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    Freddie Slack, Eddie Heywood, Bob Crosby (Bing's brother), Desi Arnaz, Guy Lombardo, Les Brown, Bunny Berigan, Xavier Cugat, Paul Whiteman, Ted Lewis, Nelson...
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  • Frosty the Snowman (category Guy Lombardo songs)
    artists including Jimmy Durante, Nat King Cole and Guy Lombardo. The versions by Nat King Cole and Guy Lombardo also reached the American charts. A Phil Spector-produced...
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    Clark, who conceived New Year's Rockin' Eve as a youthful competitor to Guy Lombardo's popular and long-running New Year's Eve specials on CBS. The special...
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  • Winter Wonderland (category Guy Lombardo songs)
    Christmas Music. In 1946 The Andrews Sisters recorded the song with Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians In Johnny Mathis' version, heard on his 1958...
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  • Attilio Lombardo (born 1966), Italian football (soccer) player Carmen Lombardo (1903–1971), Canadian musician, brother of Guy Lombardo Dave Lombardo (born...
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  • white audiences and was successfully showcased by bandleaders such as Guy Lombardo and Shep Fields, but the Casa Loma Orchestra and the Benny Goodman Orchestra...
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  • by Mack David, and published in 1943. The best-known recording was by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (vocal by Skip Nelson). It was recorded on January...
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    Lebert Lombardo (February 11, 1905 – June 16, 1993) was a musician with the Royal Canadians and a younger brother of Guy Lombardo. Lombardo was born in...
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  • I'm My Own Grandpa (category Guy Lombardo songs)
    Latham and Jaffe released The Jesters original. A version by Guy Lombardo and The Guy Lombardo Trio became a hit in 1948. The song was also recorded by Phil...
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  • Guy Lombardo's Diamond Jubilee is an American musical television program that was broadcast on CBS from March 20, 1956, until June 19, 1956. Guy Lombardo...
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    was an attraction for hungry musicians during the Great Depression. Guy Lombardo met Prima while he was performing at club Shim Sham during the Mardi...
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    the focal point for national media coverage of the holiday. Bandleader Guy Lombardo and his band—The Royal Canadians—were well known for their annual broadcast...
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  • The Way You Look Tonight (category Guy Lombardo songs)
    recording was a top seller in 1936. Other versions that year were by Guy Lombardo and Teddy Wilson with Billie Holiday. The song was sung by Fred Astaire...
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    history. 1929: Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians performed it on New Year's Eve for decades until at least 1977: The intro to Lombardo's 1947 Decca Records...
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  • Armstrong's favorite "Sweet Jazz" Big bands was also formed in Canada by Guy Lombardo. His Royal Canadians Orchestra specialized in performances of "the Sweetest...
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    still a relatively low-profile event. Guy Lombardo began leading the house band of the Roosevelt Grill in 1929. Lombardo held an annual New Year's Eve radio...
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    arranger Neil Hefti. Some bandleaders, such as Guy Lombardo, performed works composed by others (in Lombardo's case, often by his brother Carmen), while others...
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  • Webb (1933), Bing Crosby (recorded June 1, 1942), Harry James (1942), Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (1947), and Liberace (1954). Whitburn, Joel (1986)...
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  • 1929. He later wrote country songs for artists such as Eddy Arnold and Guy Lombardo. In 1950, probably his best known composition, "Frosty the Snowman" was...
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  • Enjoy Yourself (It's Later than You Think) (category Guy Lombardo songs)
    lyrics by Herb Magidson. A popular version of the song, recorded by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, was made on 27 November (some sources give 28...
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    Eve without Guy Lombardo". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. Retrieved January 1, 2007. Terry, Carol Burton. "New Guy Lombardo? Dick Clark sees...
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  • "Christmas Island", a song originally recorded by The Andrews Sisters with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians in 1946, and subsequently recorded by many others...
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    Victor Lombardo (April 10, 1911 – January 22, 1994) was a musician and member of his brother Guy Lombardo's band, the Royal Canadians. Lombardo was born...
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    with Dan Hornsby among others. By 1927, the "Sweet Jazz" bandleader Guy Lombardo also joined Columbia and recorded forty five 78 rpm's by 1931. In 1928...
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  • Stars Fell on Alabama (category Guy Lombardo songs)
    popular recordings of "Stars Fell on Alabama" was by the Guy Lombardo Orchestra; Guy Lombardo's brother Carmen performed the vocals. Recorded on August...
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  • Gardner (March 20, 1913 – July 26, 2002) was an American singer for Guy Lombardo's band the Royal Canadians. Kenneth A. Gardner was born on March 20, 1913...
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  • Gold 1946 "Christmas Island"/ "Winter Wonderland" Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians Decca Gold 1946 "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas...
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  • (Fremus – CDFR 0507) 1954: Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, "Oh! Ma-Ma" (Disque "Gramophone" – K-8170); album Guy Lombardo Plays (RCA Camden – CAL-255)...
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