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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 Ellery Queen , "The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne," which was set at a Dec. 31, 1946 New Year's Eve gathering.
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The Your Hit Parade chart was established in April 1935, which operated under a proprietary formula to determine the popularity of a song based on five factors, including 1) record sales (divided between a) retail and b) wholesale), 2) sheet-music copies of the song (both retail and wholesale), 3) number of radio plays, a category that is sub ...
Vocalists from Lombardo's orchestra sang on the new version of the radio show, which also featured a guest female vocalist each week; the guest vocalist was called the "Lucky Star of the Week". Guy Lombardo was host of the show until January 16, 1953, when the Hit Parade radio program aired for the last time.
Both singles were released in August, and then at the end of the month, "Top Hat" premiered. The timing must have been perfect, because "Cheek to Cheek" headed straight to #1, where it stayed for eleven weeks, and finished the #1 hit of 1935. Fred topped his career high of ten weeks for "Night And Day".
As for how it became associated with the holiday, credit Guy Lombardo. The Canadian-born bandleader would lead his group, the Royal Canadians, in playing “Auld Lang Syne” on his popular radio ...
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (vocal: Carmen Lombardo) (recorded June 13, 1927) Jimmie Lunceford & Orchestra; Mantovani & His Orchestra (recorded again in stereo in 1958; the stereo version is the most played version) Billy May & His Orchestra (instrumental) Moms & Dads; Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra (recorded October 27, 1951)
"So Rare" is a popular song published in 1937 by composer Jerry Herst and lyricist Jack Sharpe. [1] It became a no. 2 chart 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 the song, although it is unclear whether it was the first released version.