Guy Lombardo Discography

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  16 Most Requested Songs
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  20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Guy Lombardo
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  Enjoy Yourself The Hits Of Guy Lombardo
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  Guy Lombardo Unsorted
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  I`ll See You in My Dreams
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  Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven
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  The Best of Guy Lombardo
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  The Best of Guy Lombardo: The Early Years
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  Winter Moods With Guy Lombardo

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Forming The Royal Canadians in 1924 with his brothers Carmen, Lebert, and Victor and other musicians from his hometown, Lombardo led the group to international success, billing themselves as creating "The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven." The Lombardos are believed to have sold more than 300 million phonograph albums during their lifetimes.

His very first recording session took place where trumpter Bix Beiderbecke made his legendary recordings — in Richmond, Indiana, at the Gennett Studios — both during early 1924. Their early music was equally balanced between spirited "hot" jazz and more sedate "sweet" dance music, but they gradually favored the more lucrative easy listening sound they made famous.

Lombardo`s orchestra played at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City from 1929 to 1959, and their New Year`s Eve broadcasts (which continued with Lombardo until 1976 at the Waldorf Astoria) were a major part of New Year`s celebrations across North America. Even after Lombardo`s death, the band`s New Year`s specials continued for air two more years on CBS.

In 1938, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. The Royal Canadians were noted for playing the traditional song "Auld Lang Syne" as part of the celebrations. Their recording of the song still plays as the first song of the new year in Times Square.

Although Lombardo`s big band music was viewed by some in the jazz and swing community of the day as "corny," trumpeter Louis Armstrong famously enjoyed Lombardo`s music.

Lombardo was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2007.

Guy Lombardo was also an important figure in hydroplane racing, winning the Gold Cup in 1946 and the Ford Memorial competition in 1948. A museum in London, Ontario is dedicated to his musical and hydroplane racing achievements. In 2002 he was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame for his accomplishments.

In his later years, Lombardo lived in Freeport, Long Island, New York, where he kept his boat, Tempo IV. He also invested in a nearby seafood restaurant (or clam shack) originally called "Liota`s East Point House." It was soon "Guy Lombardo`s East Point House." Lombardo later became an earlier promoter and musical director of Jones Beach Marine Theater, which is a still-popular concert venue south of Freeport.