New Year's Eve Party 1957-1958

From December 31, 1957-January 1, 1958, here's a complete kinescope of the CBS Network telecast of New Year's Eve Party with Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians at the Grill Room of New York City's Roosevelt Hotel.

Guy and the boys are joined by a female singing trio, The Petticoats.

This includes reports from veteran CBS newsman Bob Trout at Times Square as they bring in 1958!

Complete with commercials for Clairol hair products ("Does She, or Doesn't She?").

Guy Lombardo ‎– An Evening With Guy Lombardo - 1958 - full vinyl album

Time for an LP album full of the Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven.

Here's a 1958 RCA Camden album, "An Evening With Guy Lombardo."

All of these track are from Guy's two years at Victor records (1936-38),

A1 The Perfect Song A2 Ti-Pi-Tin A3 Liebestraum A4 Yours And Mine A5 When My Dreamboat Comes Home A6 The Old Apple Tree B1 It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane B2 Sweethearts On Parade B3 It Ain't Necessarily So B4 I Got Plenty 'O' Nuttin' B5 There Is No Greater Love B6 I'll See You In My Dreams

1936 HITS ARCHIVE: The Broken Record - Guy Lombardo (vocal trio)

How 'bout giving a listen to "The Broken Record" with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians?


Carmen Lombardo (one of Guy's brothers), Larry Owen, and Fred Higman provide the vocal here.


Recorded on December 14, 1935 and released on Victor #25210.

1944 HITS ARCHIVE: Humoresque - Guy Lombardo (original 78 single version)

From 1944, here's Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians with his original recording of Antonin Dvorak's Humoresque.


Fred Kreitzer and Francis Vigneau play the Twin Pianos.


Released on Decca #18602.

1946 HITS ARCHIVE: Christmas Island - Andrews Sisters & Guy Lombardo

Time for more Christmas music as the Andrews Sisters, along with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians bring you "Christmas Island."


This 1946 hit was released on Decca #23722.

Guy Lombardo ‎– Jingle Bells 1956

Time for tons of great Christmas music as only Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians can do it.


Time for a 1956 Decca album, "Jingle Bells," with Guy and the boys.


Here are the tracks:


00:00 Jingle Bells- Vocals -Kenny Gardner, Lombardo Trio
02:11 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
Vocals – Kenny Gardner, Lombardo Trio
04:05 Winter Wonderland
Vocals – The Andrews Sisters
06:45 The Merry Christmas Waltz
Vocals- Kenny Gardner
09:31 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Vocals – Richard Geary
12:15 Christmas Chopsticks ('Twas The Night Before Christmas)
Vocals – Lombardo Trio
14:49 White Christmas
Vocals – Tony Craig
17:45 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Vocals – Kenny Gardner , Lombardo Trio
20:03 Christmas Candles
Vocals – The Andrews Sisters
22:42 Frosty The Snowman
Vocals – Kenny Gardner , Lombardo Trio
25:14 Christmas Tree At Home
Vocals – Kenny Martin 

Guy Lombardo ‎– The Sweetest Waltzes This Side Of Heaven - 1960 - full v...

From Capitol Records in 1960 (and in full stereo), we present Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians with "The Sweetest Waltzes This Side of Heaven."

Here are the tracks:

Side One:

A1  Alice Blue Gown 
A2  Till We Meet Again 
A3  Carolina Moon 
A4  Paradise 
A5  Remember 
A6  Missouri Waltz  Side Two:

B1  Tenderly 
B2  Three O'Clock In The Morning 
B3  It's A Sin To Tell A Lie 
B4  Let The Rest Of The World Go By 
B5  In Apple Blossom Time 
B6  Beautiful Ohio

1931 Guy Lombardo - Without That Gal (Carmen Lombardo, vocal)

Time for The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians as the boys play----and Carmen Lombardo sings---"Without That Gal!"


Recorded in New York City on June 4, 1931 and released on Columbia #2475-D.

1942 Guy Lombardo - Idaho (Rose Marie Lombardo & trio, vocal)

Time for music by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, "Idaho."

Rose Marie Lombardo and The Lombardo Trio provide the vocal here.

Recorded in New York City on June 2, 1942 and released on Decca #18399.

1931 HITS ARCHIVE: Moonlight Saving Time - Guy Lombardo (Carmen Lombardo...

"(There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Savings Time," according to Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians.


Guy's brother Carmen handles the vocal here.

Recorded on April 29, 1931 and released on Columbia #2457-D.
 

1931 Guy Lombardo - How The Time Can Fly! (Carmen Lombardo, vocal)

Time for more of "The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven" with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians as the boys present "How The Time Can Fly!"

Guy's brother Carmen handles the vocal here.

Recorded in New York City on June 4, 1931 and released on Columbia #2475-D.

1931 Guy Lombardo - Without That Gal (Carmen Lombardo, vocal)

Here's music by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, "Without That Gal."

Guy's brother Carmen handles the vocal here.

Recorded on June 4, 1931 in New York City and released on Columbia #2475-D.

1933 Guy Lombardo - The Last Round-Up (Carmen Lombardo & trio, vocal)

Time now for more of the Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven, pardners,  with Tex---I mean---Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, "The Last Round-Up," with vocal by Carmen Lombardo and The Trio.

Recorded in Chicago on September 22, 1933 and released on Brunswick #6662.

Fontane Sisters, Guy Lombardo,--Happy Days and Lonely Nights, 1955 TV

In an excerpt from a 1955 telecast of the syndicated Guy Lombardo Show, the Fontane Sisters (Geri, Marge, and Bea) appear as Guy's special guests, accompanied by Guy's Royal Canadians.

New Year's Eve Party 1957-1958

For our final entry of 2018, we present New Year's Eve with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, as it originally aired over the CBS Television Network on December 31, 1957-January 1, 1958.

A female vocal trio, the Petticoats, are Guy's guests.

Included is a report from CBS newsman  Bob Trout at Times Square.

Complete with commercials for Clairol.

1946 HITS ARCHIVE: Christmas Island - Andrews Sisters & Guy Lombardo

Time for Christmas cheer with the Andrews Sisters along with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians as they bring you "Christmas Island."

This 1946 hit was released on Decca #23722.

1950 HITS ARCHIVE: The Third Man Theme - Guy Lombardo (his #1 version)

Time for "The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven" as Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians play "The Third Man Theme," from the 1949 motion picture "The Third Man."

Don Rodney plays the guitar on this one.

This 1950 hit was released on Decca #24839.

1st RECORDING OF: When My Dreamboat Comes Home - Guy Lombardo (1936--Leb...

Here's the original recording of "When My Dreamboat Comes Home" as played for you by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians.

Lebert Lombardo---yes, one of Guy's brothers---handles the vocal here.

Recorded in New York City on September 17, 1936 and released on Victor #25435.

1935 Guy Lombardo - Broadway Rhythm (instrumental)

From the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture Broadway Melody of 1936, here are Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians with "Broadway Rhythm."

Recorded on August 30, 1935 and released on Decca #549.

1934 Guy Lombardo - The Sweetest Music This Side Of Heaven (Carmen Lomba...

"The Sweetest Music This Side Of Heaven" is not only the slogan most closely associated with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, it happens to be the name of this selection by Guy and the boys.


Guy's brother Carmen, who co-wrote this song, handles the vocal here.


Recorded in Los Angeles on April 5, 1934 and released on Brunswick #6874.