Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (June 19, 1902 – November 5, 1977) was an Italian-Canadian-American bandleader, violinist, and hydroplane racer. Lombardo formed the Royal Canadians in 1924 with his brothers

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, Lebert and Victor, and other musicians from his hometown. They billed themselves as creating "the sweetest music this side of Heaven." The Lombardos are believed to have sold between 100 and 300 million records during their lifetimes, many featuring the band's lead singer from 1940 onward,

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Early life

Lombardo was born in

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, Ontario, Canada, to Italian immigrants Gaetano Alberto and Angelina Lombardo. His father, who had worked as a tailor, was an amateur singer with a

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voice and had four of his five sons learn to play instruments so they could accompany him. Lombardo and his brothers formed their first orchestra while still in grammar school and rehearsed in the back of their father's tailor shop. Lombardo first performed in public with his brother Carmen at a church lawn party in London in 1914. His first recording session took place where cornetist

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made his recordings—in

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, Indiana, at the

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Studios—both during early 1924.

Royal Canadians

After that solitary Gennett session, they recorded two sessions for Brunswick; a rejected session in Cleveland in late 1926, and an issued session for Vocalion in early 1927. The band then signed to

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and recorded prolifically between 1927 and 1931. In early 1932, they signed to Brunswick and continued their success through 1934 when they signed to

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(1934–35). They then signed to Victor in later 1935 and stayed until the middle of 1938 when again they signed to Decca. In 1938, Lombardo became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Between 1941 and 1948, their sister Rose Marie, the youngest of seven siblings, joined the Royal Canadians as the band's first and possibly only female vocalist. Although Lombardo's "sweet" big-band music was viewed by some in the jazz and big-band community of the day as "boring, mainstream pap," trumpeter

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regularly named Lombardo's band his favorite orchestra. After Guy Lombardo's death in 1977, his surviving brothers Victor and Lebert took over the Royal Canadians, though Victor left the band early in 1978 over creative differences. From 1980 the name was franchised out to various band leaders. Lebert died in 1993, passing rights to the band name to three of his six children. The band was revived in 1989 by

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and remained active .

New Year's Eve radio and TV programs

Lombardo is remembered for almost a half-century of New Year's Eve big band remotes, first on radio, then on television. His orchestra played at the Roosevelt Grill in the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City from 1929 ("radio's first nationwide New Year's Eve broadcast" which popularized

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) to 1959, and from then until 1976 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Live broadcasts (and later telecasts) of their performances were a large part of New Year's celebrations across North America; millions of people watched the show with friends at house parties. Because of this popularity, Lombardo was called "Mr. New Year's Eve". The band's first New Year's Eve radio broadcast was in 1928; within a few years, they were heard live on the

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before midnight Eastern Time, then on the

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after midnight. On December 31, 1956, the Lombardo band did their first New Year's TV special on CBS; the program (and Lombardo's 20 subsequent New Year's Eve TV shows) included a live segment from Times Square. Although CBS carried most of the Lombardo New Year's specials, from 1965 to 1970, the special was syndicated live to individual TV stations instead of broadcast on a network. By the middle 1970s, the Lombardo TV show was facing competition, especially for younger viewers, from ''

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'', but Lombardo remained famous among viewers, especially older ones. Even after Lombardo's death, the band's New Year's specials continued for two more years on CBS before ''

'' came into prominence. The Royal Canadians' recording of the traditional song "

" still plays as the first song of the new year in Times Square followed by "

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" by

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, "

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" by

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, " What a Wonderful World" by

, and " Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole.

Other radio

Beginning June 14, 1953, Guy Lombardo and his orchestra had ''Guy Lombardo Time'', the summer replacement for

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's radio program.

Other television

In 1954, Lombardo briefly hosted a half-hour syndicated series called ''The Guy Lombardo Show'', and in 1956 Lombardo hosted a show on CBS for three months called ''Guy Lombardo's Diamond Jubilee''. Guy Lombardo played himself in the hit series '' Route 66'' in the 1963 episode “But What Do You Do in March?” In 1975, Lombardo played himself again, in the first regular episode of ''

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'', "The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne," which was set at a Dec. 31, 1946 New Year's Eve gathering.

Film

Lombardo and his orchestra were part of the 1934 film '' Many Happy Returns''. and he also made a cameo appearance in the 1970 film '' The Phynx''. Clips of his own show appeared in the 1977 film '' Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' starring

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Hydroplane racing

Lombardo was also an important figure in Step Boat speedboat racing, winning the Gold Cup in 1946 in his record-breaking speedboat, ''Tempo VI'', designed and built by John L. Hacker. He then went on to win the Ford Memorial competition in 1948 and the President's Cup and the Silver Cup in 1952. From 1946 to 1949, Lombardo was the reigning U.S. national champion. Before his retirement from the sport in the late 1950s, he had won every trophy in the field. In 1959 Lombardo was attempting a run on the absolute water speed record with the jet engine-powered Tempo Alcoa when it was destroyed on a radio-controlled test run doing over . After the destruction of the Tempo Alcoa, Lombardo retired from hydroplane racing. In 2002 he was inducted into the

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for his accomplishments. Beginning in 1958, Lombardo endorsed the Guy Lombardo Royal Fleet, a line of fiberglass boats manufactured and sold by the United States Boat Corporation of Newark, New Jersey, a division of U.S. Pools Corporation. The boats were manufactured under license from Skagit Plastics of La Conner, Washington. The endeavor was short-lived and ended in 1961 with the closure of Skagit Plastics. In his later years, Lombardo lived in Freeport, Long Island, New York, where he kept ''Tempo'', ''Tempo VI'', and ''Tempo VII'' (built in 1955). He invested in a nearby seafood restaurant called "Liota's East Point House" that eventually became "Guy Lombardo's East Point House". Lombardo became a promoter and musical director of

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. The venue was built with him in mind by

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, a fan of Lombardo. One of Lombardo's productions at Jones Beach was ''

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'' in 1961. His final production there was the 1977 staging of ''

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'' with

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in the title role.

Life

While playing at the Music Box in Cleveland, Lombardo met Lillibeth Glenn. They married in 1926.

Death

On November 5, 1977, Lombardo died of a heart attack. Another source says he died "of a lung ailment." His wife, who died in 1982, was at his bedside when he died in Houston Methodist Hospital. He's interred at the Pinelawn Memorial Park in East Farmingdale, NY.

Tributes

Guy Lombardo Star on Canada's Walk of Fame

Lombardo was featured on a postage stamp issued on December 17, 1999, as part of

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's Millennium Collection. Guy Lombardo has three stars on the

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in Los Angeles. In 2002, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame and had a star on its Walk of Fame in Toronto. Lombardo was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2007. The home where Guy Lombardo and his siblings grew up is still standing in London, Ontario, at 202 Simcoe Street. A plaque to the Lombardos has been moved from the exterior wall of the

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Retail Store at Richmond and Horton streets in London to the store's entranceway off the parking lot, denoting the site of a subsequent home of the Lombardos. In his later home of Freeport, New York, there is Guy Lombardo Avenue. There is a bridge named after Lombardo in London, Ontario near Wonderland Gardens, as well as Lombardo Avenue in north London near the

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. The Guy Lombardo Society is dedicated to preserving the music and history of Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians.

Guy Lombardo museum

From the mid-1980s until 2007, there was a museum dedicated to Guy Lombardo in London, Ontario, near the intersection of Wonderland Road and Springbank Drive. In September 2007, lacking visitors and funding, the museum was closed. Although the city owned many of the exhibits, most of the collection can be found at the private home of former part-time curator Douglas Flood. City staff recommended that the museum not be reopened. In early 2015 Flood scheduled an auction of remaining items from the collection, under protest from members of the Lombardo family. Lebert Lombardo's children also have an extensive collection of artifacts, including photographs, record albums, sheet music, awards, and the band's framed first paycheck from 1918 in their homes and storage units in Fort Myers and

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, Florida. They have tried to donate the collection to various universities and museums but have had no takers. The Library of Congress has a collection of Lombardo films.

Singles discography

Before the start of ''Billboard'' magazine's top 40 charts in 1940, Lombardo had over 140 hits from 1927–1940, including twenty-one No. 1 singles. The five biggest being " Charmaine", "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane", "Boo-Hoo", "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye", and " Red Sails in the Sunset". The following singles made the "Top Ten" of the American ''Billboard'' singles charts from 1927–1940:

Columbia

The following appeared on the

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label: * 1927 – Charmaine * 1928 – Beloved * 1928 –

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* 1928 – Sweethearts on Parade * 1929 – College Medley Fox Trot (The Big Ten) * 1929 – I Get the Blues When It Rains * 1929 –

Singin' in the Bathtub "Singing in the Bathtub" is a song written in 1929 by Michael H. Cleary, with lyrics by Herb Magidson and Ned Washington for the film ''The Show of Shows''. ''The Show of Shows'' was Warner Bros.' answer to MGM's ''The Hollywood Revue of 1929'', ...

* 1929 – Where the Shy Little Violets Grow * 1930 – A Cottage for Sale * 1930 – Baby's Birthday Party * 1930 – Confessin' (That I Love You) * 1930 – Crying for the Carolines * 1930 – Go Home and Tell Your Mother * 1930 – Have a Little Faith in Me * 1930 – I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You) * 1930 – Lazy Lou'siana Moon * 1930 – Rollin' Down the River * 1930 – Singing a Song to the Stars * 1930 – Swingin' in a Hammock * 1930 –

Under a Texas Moon ''Under A Texas Moon'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical Western film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was based on the novel ''Two-Gun Man'' (from 1929) which was written by Stewart Edward White. It was the second all-color, all-talk ...

* 1930 –

You're Driving Me Crazy "You’re Driving Me Crazy" is an American popular song composed (music and lyrics) by Walter Donaldson in 1930 and recorded the same year by Lee Morse, Rudy Vallée & His Connecticut Yankees and Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (with vocal b ...

(What Did I Do) * 1930 – You're the Sweetest Girl This Side of Heaven * 1931 – (There Ought to Be a) Moonlight Saving Time * 1931 – Begging for Love * 1931 – By the River Sainte-Marie * 1931 – Goodnight Sweetheart * 1931 – Now That You're Gone * 1931 –

Sweet and Lovely "Sweet and Lovely" is an American popular song of 1931, composed by Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, and Harry Tobias. Recordings of the song which charted in 1931 are: * Gus Arnheim & His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra with a vocal refrain by Don ...

* 1931 – Whistling in the Dark * 1931 – Without That Gal! * 1931 – You Try Somebody Else (We'll Be Back Together Again)

Brunswick

The following appeared on the

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label: * 1932 – How Deep Is the Ocean * 1932 –

I'll Never Be the Same "I'll Never Be The Same" is a popular song based on an instrumental called "Little Buttercup" written by Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli. After several musicians had recorded the instrumental version, lyrics were written by Gus Kahn. The co ...

* 1932 – I'm Sure of Everything But You * 1932 – Just a Little Home for the Old Folks * 1932 – Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long * 1932 – My Extraordinary Gal * 1932 –

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* 1932 – Pink Elephants * 1932 – Puh–Leeze, Mr. Hemingway * 1932 – Too Many Tears * 1932 – Waltzing in a Dream * 1932 – We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye * 1933 –

By a Waterfall "By a Waterfall" is a 1933 song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Irving Kahal. It was featured in an extravagant choreographic arrangement in the film ''Footlight Parade'' by Busby Berkeley that features his trademark human waterfall, with ...

* 1933 – Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? * 1933 – Don't Blame Me * 1933 – Going, Going, Gone! * 1933 –

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* 1933 – Stormy Weather * 1933 – Street of Dreams * 1933 – The Last Round–Up * 1933 – This Time It's Love * 1934 – Fare Thee Well * 1934 –

My Old Flame "My Old Flame" is a 1934 song composed by Arthur Johnston with lyrics by Sam Coslow for the film ''Belle of the Nineties''. It has since become a jazz standard. History "My Old Flame" first appeared in the 1934 film ''Belle of the Nineties'' when ...

* 1934 – Night on the Water * 1934 –

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Decca (1934–1935)

The following appeared on the

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label: * 1934 –

Winter Wonderland "Winter Wonderland" is a song written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard Bernhard Smith. Due to its seasonal theme, it is often regarded as a Christmas song in the Northern Hemisphere. Since its original recording by Richard Himbe ...

* 1934 – Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore * 1935 – Broadway Rhythm * 1935 –

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* 1935 – I'm Sittin' High on a Hill Top * 1935 – Red Sails in the Sunset * 1935 – Seein' Is Believin' * 1935 – What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)

Victor (1936–1938)

* 1936 – Lost * 1936 – The Broken Record * 1936 –

The Way You Look Tonight "The Way You Look To-night" is a song from the film '' Swing Time'' that was performed by Fred Astaire and composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. Fields remarked, ...

* 1936 – When Did You Leave Heaven * 1936 – When My Dream Boat Comes Home * 1937 – A Sail Boat in the Moonlight * 1937 – Boo–Hoo * 1937 – I Know Now * 1937 – It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane * 1937 –

September in the Rain "September in the Rain" is a popular song about nostalgia by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, published in 1937. The song was introduced by James Melton in the film '' Melody for Two''. It has become a standard, having been recorded by many artists sin ...

* 1937 –

So Rare "So Rare" is a popular song published in 1937 by composer Jerry Herst and lyricist Jack Sharpe. It became a hit for Jimmy Dorsey in 1957. The version by Carl Ravell and his Orchestra, from a session on 4 June 1937, was the earliest recording of ...

* 1937 – The Love Bug Will Bite You * 1938 – Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen * 1938 – I Must See Annie Tonight * 1938 – It's a Lonely Trail (When You're Travelin' All Alone) * 1938 – Let's Sail to Dreamland * 1938 – Little Lady Make Believe * 1938 – So Little Time * 1938 – Ti–Pi–Tin

Decca (1939–1952)

* 1939 – Cinderella Stay in My Arms * 1939 –

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* 1939 – I Ups to Her and She Ups to Me * 1939 – I'm Sorry for Myself * 1939 – In an 18th Century Drawing Room * 1939 – Little Sir Echo * 1939 – Penny Serenade * 1939 – South American Way * 1939 – South of the Border * 1939 – The Umbrella Man The following singles made the "Top Ten" of the ''Billboard'' Singles Charts, 1940–1952. * 1940 – Confucius Say * 1940 – When You Wish Upon A Star * 1941 – The Band Played On * 1942 – Johnny Doughboy Found a Rose in Ireland * 1944 –

Speak Low "Speak Low" (1943) is a popular song composed by Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Ogden Nash. Background It was introduced by Mary Martin and Kenny Baker in the Broadway musical ''One Touch of Venus'' (1943). The 1944 hit single was by Guy Lombard ...

* 1944 – It's Love-Love-Love * 1944 – Together * 1945 – Always * 1945 – A Little on the Lonely Side * 1945 –

Bell Bottom Trousers "Bell Bottom Trousers" is a reworking of the folksong " Rosemary Lane". A sea shanty version has bawdy lyrics, but a clean version of the tune was written in 1944 for modern audiences by bandleader Moe Jaffe. Moe Jaffe version This version enjo ...

* 1945 – June Is Bustin' Out All Over * 1945 – No Can Do * 1946 – Seems Like Old Times * 1946 – Symphony * 1946 – Money Is the Root of All Evil * 1946 –

Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy" is a popular song about Pennsylvania Dutch cooking, with music by Guy Wood and words by Sammy Gallop. It was published in 1945. Recording history The song became a major hit in 1946 both for Dinah Shore and the St ...

* 1946 – The Gypsy * 1946 – Christmas Island * 1947 – Managua-Nicaragua * 1947 –

Anniversary Song "Waves of the Danube" ( ro, Valurile Dunării) is a waltz composed by Iosif Ivanovici in 1880, and is one of the most famous Romanian tunes in the world. The song has many variations throughout the piece, reminiscent of the music of Johann Strauss. ...

* 1947 – April Showers * 1947 – I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder * 1948 – I'm My Own Grandpaw * 1949 – Red Roses for a Blue Lady * 1950 –

Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)" is a popular song published in 1949, with music written by Carl Sigman and lyrics by Herb Magidson. Cover versions A popular version of the song, recorded by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, was ...

* 1950 –

The Third Man Theme "The Third Man Theme" (also written "3rd Man Theme" and known as "The Harry Lime Theme") is an instrumental written and performed by Anton Karas for the soundtrack to the 1949 film ''The Third Man''. Background ''The Third Man'' is a 1949 British ...

* 1950 –

Dearie "Dearie" is a popular song. The music was written by David Mann, and the lyrics, by Bob Hilliard. The song was published in 1950. The song is about reminiscences, and often sung as a duet. When done as a duet, each one of the singers asks the ...

* 1950 – All My Love (Bolero) * 1950 – Harbor Lights * 1950 –

The Tennessee Waltz "Tennessee Waltz" is a popular country music song with lyrics by Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King written in 1946 and first released in January 1948. The song became a multimillion seller via a 1950 recording – as "The Tennessee Waltz" ...

* 1952 –

Blue Tango "Blue Tango" is an instrumental composition by Leroy Anderson, written for orchestra in 1951 and published in 1952. It was later turned into a popular song with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. Numerous artists have since covered "Blue Tango". Song hi ...

Albums discography

Decca: * Decca DL 9014 Guy Lombardo Presents ''Arabian Nights'' (1954) * Decca DL 8070 A Night At The Roosevelt With Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (1954) * Decca DL 8097 Lombardoland USA (1955) * Decca DL 8119 Guy Lombardo & His Twin Pianos (1955) * Decca DL 8135 Soft and Sweet (1955) * Decca DL 8136 Enjoy Yourself (1955) * Decca DL 8205 Waltztime (1956) * Decca DL 8208 The Band Played On (1956) * Decca DL 8249 Lombardoland Volume 1 (1956) * Decca DL 8251 Twin Piano Magic (1956) * Decca DL 8254 Everybody Dance to the 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 Side of Heaven Vols. 1–4 (1957) * Decca DL 8843 Instrumentally Yours (1959) * Decca DL 8894 Sidewalks of New York (1959) * Decca DL 8895 Movieland Melodies (1959) * Decca DL 8898 Show Tunes (1959) * Decca DL 8962 Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven, A Musical Autobiography 1926–1932 (1960) * Decca DL 4123 The Sweetest Pianos This Side of Heaven (1960) * Decca DL 4149 Far Away Places (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 Side of Heaven 1932–1939 (1962) * Decca DL 4268 The Best Songs Are the Old Songs (1962) * Decca DL 4280

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(1962) * Decca DL 4288 Dancing Piano (1962) * Decca DL 4328 The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven 1941–1948 (1963) * Decca DL 4329 The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven 1949–1954 (1963) * Decca DL 4371 Play A Happy Song (1963) * Decca DL 4380 Golden Minstrel Songs for Dancing (1963) * Decca DL 4430 Golden Folk Songs for Dancing (1963) * Decca DL 4516 Italian Songs Everybody Knows (1964) * Decca DXB 185 The Best of Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (1964) * Decca DL 4567 Snuggled on Your Shoulder (1964) * Decca DL 4593 Golden Medleys (1965) * Decca DL 4735 Dance Medley Time (1966) * Decca DL 4812 Guy Lombardo's Greatest Hits (1967) Vocalion: * 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 A Decade on Broadway 1946–1956 (1956) * Capitol T 892 Lively Guy (1957) * Capitol T 916 A Decade on Broadway 1935–1945 (1958) * Capitol ST 1019 Berlin by Lombardo (1959) * Capitol ST 1121 Dancing Room Only (1959) * Capitol ST 1191 Lombardo Goes Latin (1959) * Capitol ST 1244 Your Guy 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 Christmas (1960) * Capitol ST 1453 Bells Are Ringing (1960) * Capitol ST 1461 The Best of Guy Lombardo (1961) * Capitol ST 1593 Drifting and Dreaming (1961) * Capitol ST 1598 Your Guy Lombardo Medley Vol. 3 (1961) * Capitol ST 1648 Guy Lombardo & The Royal Canadians Go Dixie (1962) * Capitol ST 1738 Waltzing with Guy Lombardo (1962) * Capitol 1843 Lombardo with a Beat (1963) * Capitol ST 1947 The Sweetest Medleys This Side of Heaven (1963) * Capitol ST 2052 Lombardo Touch (1964) * Capitol STDL The Lombardo Years (1964) * Capitol T 2298 Guy Lombardo Presents Kenny Gardner (1965) * Capitol T 2350 Guy Lombardo Plays Songs of Carmen Lombardo (1965) * Capitol ST 2481 A Wonderful Year (1966) * Capitol ST 2559 Guy Lombardo's Broadway (1966) * Capitol ST 2639 The Sweetest Sounds Today (1967) * Capitol ST 2777 Lombardo Country (1967) * Capitol ST 2825 Medleys On Parade (1967) * Capitol ST 2889 They're Playing Our Songs (1968) * Capitol SKAO 2940 The Best of Guy Lombardo Vol. 2 (1968) * Capitol ST 128 The New Songs The New Sounds * Capitol SM 340 Recorded Live at The Tropicana

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: * London XPS904 Every Night Is New Year's Eve with Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians at The Waldorf Astoria (1973) Pickwick (Capitol) Budget Compilations / Reissues: * SPC 1011 – Deck the Halls * SPC 3073 – Sweet and Heavenly * SPC 3140 – Taking a Chance On Love * SPC 3193 – Enjoy Yourself * SPC 3257 – Red 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)

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Official website biography

Guy Lombardo recordings
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Royal Canadians

New Year's Eve radio and TV programs

Other radio

Other television

Film

Hydroplane racing

Life

Death

Tributes

Guy Lombardo museum

Singles discography

Columbia

Brunswick

Decca (1934–1935)

Victor (1936–1938)

Decca (1939–1952)

Albums discography

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