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'''Guy Lombardo'' (London, 1902 — New York, 1977) was an American bandleader of...
'''Guy Lombardo'' ([[London]], 1902 — [[New York]], 1977) was an [[America]]n [[bandleader]] of the "Swing Era" of the 1950s and 1960s. Born in London, he emigrated to the [[United States]] in 1924, where he formed a musical quartet with three of his brothers; Lombardo, in addition to leading the band, played the [[violin]]. They set up shop in the ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel, [[New York City]], where their music was a staple of [[New Year's Eve]] celebrations.
By the 1940s, Lombardo's name had become synonymous with his hit song "[[Auld Lang Syne]]", which was annually piped from the Roosevelt ballroom out to [[Times Square]], to the delight of revelers at that iconic New Year's party. In 1943, Lombardo was selected to pull the lever at the first "ball drop" at [[One Times Square]], which quickly became an annual event.
Lombardo was posthumously inducted into both the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2007)<ref>[http://www.limusichalloffame.org/inductees/07inductees.html Long Island Music Hall of Fame] inductees, 2007</ref> and the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame (2002).<ref>[http://www.cmhf.ca/index.jsp?page_id=INDLIST&filterType=L&filter=L Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame] inductees (last names beginning with L)</ref>
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[[Category:Musicians]]
By the 1940s, Lombardo's name had become synonymous with his hit song "[[Auld Lang Syne]]", which was annually piped from the Roosevelt ballroom out to [[Times Square]], to the delight of revelers at that iconic New Year's party. In 1943, Lombardo was selected to pull the lever at the first "ball drop" at [[One Times Square]], which quickly became an annual event.
Lombardo was posthumously inducted into both the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2007)<ref>[http://www.limusichalloffame.org/inductees/07inductees.html Long Island Music Hall of Fame] inductees, 2007</ref> and the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame (2002).<ref>[http://www.cmhf.ca/index.jsp?page_id=INDLIST&filterType=L&filter=L Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame] inductees (last names beginning with L)</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Musicians]]