Guy Lombardo was a hugely successful bandleader, violinist and conductor

Guy Lombardo was a hugely successful bandleader, violinist and conductor whose orchestra played the 'sweet' style of dance band and easy listening music which appealed to the broad spectrum of middle America during the 1930s through the '40s and into the early '50s during what is sometimes called the golden age of popular music. He was so extraordinarily successful over a period spanning more than a quarter of a century that his tally of hit records - over 200 - is so long that we have decided to spread the recordings over two 4-CD sets, of which this is Volume 1. This great-value 90-track CD comprises most of his recordings for the Columbia, Brunswick, Victor and Decca labels during the first decade or so of his career which were credited with a Top 20 chart position in Joel Whitburn's 'Pop Memories' or Elston Brooks' 'The Weekly Top Ten Tunes For The Last Fifty Years' books, or the Your Hit Parade chart. It includes some of the original hit recordings of compositions during those years of a number of Great American Songbook classics, many of them featuring his brother Carmen Lombardo on vocals, and among the No. 1s featured here are 'Charmaine', 'Sweethearts On Parade', 'You're Driving Me Crazy', 'By The River Sainte-Marie', 'Moonlight Saving Time', 'Goodnight Sweetheart', 'Too Many Tears', 'We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye' & 'The Last Round-Up'. Along with the companion set 'The Guy Lombardo Hits Collection Vol. 2 1937-54' (Acrobat ACQCD7140) it represents a comprehensive and enjoyable overview of his hit-making career.

Track Listing

• Charmaine
• Beloved
• Coquette
• Sweethearts On Parade
• Where The Shy Little Violets Grow
• I Get The Blues When It Rains
• A Little Kiss Each Morning A Little Kiss At Night)
• Singin' In The Bathtub
• Crying For The Carolines
• Have A Little Faith In Me
• Under A Texas Moon
• Lazy Lou'siana Moon
• A Cottage For Sale
• Rollin' Down The River
• You're The Sweetest Girl This Side Of Heaven
• Singing A Song To The Stars
• Swingin' In A Hammock
• Confessin' (That I Love You)
• Go Home And Tell Your Mother
• I Still Get A Thrill (Thinking Of You)
• Baby's Birthday Party
• You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do)

• Heartaches
• By The River Sainte-Marie
• Whistling In The Dark
• (There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Saving Time
• Without That Gal!
• Begging For Love
• Sweet And Lovely
• Now That You're Gone
• Goodnight Sweetheart
• You Try Somebody Else (We'll Be Back Together Again)
• Too Many Tears
• My Extraordinary Gal
• Paradise
• Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long
• Sharing (My Love For You)
• I'll Never Be The Same
• We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
• I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (The Blue Pajamas Song)
• Puh-Leeze, Mr. Hemingway
• How Deep Is The Ocean
• Pink Elephants
• I'm Sure Of Everything But You

• Just A Little Home For The Old Folks
• Waltzing In A Dream
• Street Of Dreams
• Going, Going, Gone!
• Lover
• Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much
• You'll Never Get Up To Heaven That Way
• Stormy Weather
• Shadow Waltz
• Don't Blame Me
• Time To Go
• This Time It's Love
• By A Waterfall
• The Last Round-Up
• Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore
• Did You Ever See A Dream Walking'
• I Raised My Hat
• Inka Dinka Doo
• Night On The Water
• Little Dutch Mill
• How Do I Know It's Sunday'
• My Old Flame
• Love In Bloom

• Stars Fell On Alabama
• Winter Wonderland
• June In January
• Down By The River
• What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)
• Seein' Is Believin'
• Broadway Rhythm
• Cheek To Cheek
• Red Sails In The Sunset
• I'm Sittin' High On A Hill Top
• Alone At A Table For Two
• The Broken Record
• I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket 
• Lost
• When Did You Leave Heaven
• A Fine Romance
• The Way You Look Tonight
• You Do The Darndest Things, Baby 
• When My Dream Boat Comes Home
• Rainbow On The River
• Boo-Hoo
• I Can't Lose That Longing For You 
• September In The Rain

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Language: English

Run Time: 280 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 10/11/19

UPC: 824046713928