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[19/12/2008]【轻音爵士】Guy Lombardo专辑《Songs Of Carmen Lombardo》
【轻音爵士】Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians《Play The Songs Of Carmen Lombardo》 （MP3 320K）
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians. Dance band formed in London, Ont, named in
Cleveland in 1923, and known for 'the sweetest music this side of Heaven,' a description
coined by Ashton Stevens of the Chicago Tribune in 1928.
Guy (Gaetano Alberto) Lombardo - b London, Ont, 19 Jun 1902, naturalized US 1938, d
Houston 5 Nov 1977; honorary D MUS (Western Ontario) 1971 - was its leader from its
inception, ca 1917 as the Lombardo Brothers' Orchestra and Concert Company, until his
death. The 'orchestra' was a quartet: Guy (violinist), his brothers Carmen (flutist,
saxophonist, singer; see previous entry) and Lebert (drummer, trumpeter, b London, Ont,
1904), and Freddie Kreitzer (pianist). The 'company' included, variously, the Lombardos'
sister Elaine (soprano) and father, Gaetano (baritone, b Lipari, Italy, ca 1873, d Stamford,
Conn, 6 Oct 1954), and occasionally a Scottish comedian and dancers.
The Lombardo quartet fulfilled its first significant engagement at an outdoor dance
pavilion at Grand Bend, Ont, during the summer of 1919. With an expanded group, the
Lombardos spent the winter season 1922-3 at the Winter Garden in London and the summer
of 1923 at Port Stanley, Ont. Curtailing its second season at the Winter Garden late in
1923, the Lombardo Brothers' Orchestra - the quartet plus Archie Cunningham (saxophone,
later a popular radio entertainer in Toronto), Jim Dillon (trombone), Eddie Mashurette
(tuba), Francis 'Muff' Henry (guitar), and George Gowans (drums) - went to Cleveland.
It remained in the USA, thereafter, although it toured in Canada in later years.
In 1924 the orchestra, now called Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, took a two-year
residency at a Cleveland nightclub, the Claremont Tent. There it was coached by the owner,
Louis Bleet, who has been credited with slowing the band's tempos and lowering its volume
and with introducing the idea of a medley to accommodate the many requests from his patrons.
These innovations to the dance band style of the day, together with the developing Lombardo
sound, contributed substantially to the Royal Canadians' popularity.
Several elements characterized the Lombardo sound: the smooth vibrato of the saxophones,
led by Carmen's alto; Carmen's emotive singing, often satirized for its marked tremolo and
precise diction; the preponderance of schottisches in the orchestra's repertoire; the use
of the tuba instead of a double-bass, and in a harmonic rather than rhythmic role; and the
quiet drumming of Gowans, barely audible save to the other musicians.
In Cleveland, Guy used the new medium of radio to his advantage, arranging to play an
unsponsored program on station WTAM and thereby developing a substantial following for
the Royal Canadians' appearances in the area. The band made its first recordings 10 Mar
1924 in Richmond, Ind, for Gennett. After performing in and around Cleveland until 1927,
it moved to Chicago, where it played at the Granada Cafe and broadcast over station WBBM.
In 1929 it began a 33-year residency at the Roosevelt Grill in New York. The broadcast
(and later, the telecast) by CBS of the Royal Canadians' annual New Year's Eve performance
at the Roosevelt Grill (and later at the grand ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria) became a
traditional part of festivities throughout North America; the orchestra's rendition at the
stroke of midnight of 'Auld Lang Syne' (a song that had been part of its repertoire since
the days when it played in Scottish communities near London) was heard by millions of celebrants.
The Royal Canadians also took residencies in Los Angeles in the 1930s and long engagements
in other New York nightclubs after leaving the Roosevelt Grill in 1962. The orchestra toured
extensively in the USA and Canada, performing both for dances in small communities and in the
nightclubs of major cities. Though heard most often on the CBS network, it also had radio shows
on NBC and MBS and was seen in a series telecast on WNBT, New York, in the mid-1950s from the
Roosevelt Grill. The Royal Canadians appeared in the movies Many Happy Returns (1934), Stage
Door Canteen (1943), and No Leave, No Love (1946), performed at the inaugural balls for every
US president from F.D. Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower, and again in 1985 for Ronald Reagan,
and played for several World Series at Yankee Stadium, New York.
The personnel of the Royal Canadians, who grew to 16 by the late 1940s, remained remarkably
stable under Lombardo's direction. Besides the Lombardo brothers, three other early members
passed the 40-year mark: Gowans, Kreitzer, and the saxophonist Fred 'Derf' Higman (who had
replaced Cunningham in 1924). The US singer Kenny Gardner, who assumed the role of featured
vocalist from Carmen in 1940, married Elaine Lombardo and remained with the Royal Canadians
for over 30 years. Another Lombardo sister, Rose Marie (b London 22 Nov 1925), sang with the
orchestra 1941-8. Among the other Canadians to play in the orchestra were Bernard Davies, who
replaced Eddie Mashurette ca 1926; and Hugo D'Ippolito, one of several pianists to join Kreitzer
in a two-piano team.
On Guy's death, direction of the orchestra passed through several hands, including those of
another Lombardo brother, Victor (b London 1912, a saxophonist and clarinetist who first
joined the Royal Canadians in 1930 and later led his own band in the Lombardo style), Lebert's
son Bill (who had succeeded Gowans as drummer in 1971), and Art Mooney. The band continued to
tour in 1990 under the leadership of Al Pierson.
Besides their two 78s for Gennett in 1924, the Royal Canadians made more than 45 78s 1927-31
for Columbia and about 40 1932-4 for Brunswick. The orchestra recorded 1934-57 for Decca and
then for Capitol, although Decca continued to issue previously unreleased material after 1957.
The Royal Canadians' recordings 1924-42 are listed in Brian Rust's Complete Dance Band Discography
1917-1942 (New Rochelle 1975). Many of these and later recordings were re-issued 1961-5 in a
four-part series entitled The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven: 1926-32 (Decca 78962), 1932-9
(Decca 74229), 1941-8 (Decca 74328), and 1949-54 (Decca 74329).
At the time of Guy Lombardo's death, about 100 LPs had been released comprising pop songs of
the day (many written by Carmen Lombardo, and many more introduced to the public by the Lombardo
orchestra), show tunes, folksongs, Italian and other national songs, and light classical pieces
- either performed individually or arranged in medleys. The recordings of 'Winter Wonderland,' '
The Third Man Theme,' 'Easter Parade,' and 'Humoresque' were million sellers. By the early 1970s
total sales exceeded 300 million, confirming the status of Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
as the most popular dance band of its day.
Independent of the Royal Canadians but with the participation of his brothers, Guy began producing
musical extravaganzas at the Jones Beach Marine Theater (near his home at Freeport, Long Island,
NY) and continued for over 20 years. He also competed in hydroplane races 1940-2 and 1946-63,
winning many throughout North America.
01 Powder Your Face With Sunshine
02 Seems Like Old Times
03 Boo Hoo
04 There Will Always Be Someone
05 Our Little Ranch House
06 Sweethearts On Parade
07 Return To Me
08 Beyond The Clouds
09 Coquette
10 Sailboat In The Moonlight
11 Oooh Look-A There
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