Carmen Lombardo
Carmen Lombardo (July 16, 1903 – April 17, 1971) was lead saxophonist and featured vocalist for his brother Guy Lombardo's orchestra. He was also a successful composer. In 1927, Carmen Lombardo was the vocalist of the hit record Charmaine, performed by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians.
Carmen Lombardo
Uncredited · Radio Mirror, November 1935 · Public domain
- Name
- Carmen Lombardo
- Born
- July 16, 1903
- Birthplace
- London, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- April 17, 1971 (aged 67)
- Place of death
- Miami, Florida, U.S.
- Occupation
- Musician
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Carmen Lombardo visse dal 16 luglio 1903 al 17 aprile 1971 e fu autore di canzoni e cantante.
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Carmen Lombardo nacque il 16 luglio 1903 a Londra, Canada. Carmen Lombardo morì il 17 aprile 1971 a Miami, Florida.
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• Name — Carmen Lombardo • Born — July 16, 1903 • Birthplace — London, Ontario, Canada • Died — April 17, 1971 (aged 67) • Place of death — Miami, Florida, U.S. • Occupation — Musician
Early years
Early years
Lombardo was born in London, Ontario, Canada. As a child, he took flute lessons, and later learned to play saxophone. He had three brothers who also became musicians: Guy, Lebert, and Victor.
Career
Career
As a young man played in the Lombardo Brothers Concert Company with Guy on violin and another brother, Lebert, on trumpet or piano. As the band grew, Guy became conductor, and the band developed into The Royal Canadians in 1923, in which Carmen both sang and wrote music. He frequently collaborated with American composers and his music was recorded by Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, and others. Many of his compositions have also been used in Woody Allen films. When singing songs like "Alone at a Table for Two" he would allow his voice to tremble, and seem nearly to break into tears-he was caricatured in Warner Brothers cartoons as "Cryman" Lombardo. In the late 1960s, actor-raconteur Tony Randall made several TV appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in which he sang songs written by Carmen Lombardo in a voice imitating (and somewhat exaggerating) Lombardo's style. On one appearance, Lombardo and Randall performed a duet of Lombardo's "Boo Hoo (You've Got Me Crying for You)", which was one of the songs that Randall typically included in his Lombardo routine.
Death
Death
Lombardo died of cancer in Miami in 1971, aged 67.
Compositions by Carmen Lombardo
Lombardo's popular compositions included: • The 1928 classic "Sweethearts on Parade", which was number one for three weeks in 1929 on the U.S. pop charts of the day. • "A Lane in Spain", a popular recording by Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra in 1927. • "Ridin' Around in the Rain", written with Gene Austin in 1934. Popular versions were by Austin, Bing Crosby and Earl Burtnett. • "Coquette", • "Boo Hoo (You've Got Me Crying For You)", a major hit for the Guy Lombardo orchestra. • "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" (1937) with John Jacob Loeb, • "Seems Like Old Times", • "Get Out Those Old Records", • "Return to Me" (1957) with Danny Di Minno. • "You're Beautiful To-Night, My Dear". • "Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile, Smile, Smile)", written with Stanley Rochinski in 1948–49. Lombardo and John Jacob Loeb's 1942 song "There Won't Be a Shortage of Love" was the first song written in response to American government rationing in World War II. He wrote five songs for the 1934 film Many Happy Returns, in which the orchestra appeared. Lombardo wrote the words and music with John Jacob Loeb for Guy Lombardo's stage productions of Arabian Nights (1954, 1955), Paradise Island (1961, 1962), and Mardi Gras (1965, 1966) at Jones Beach Marine Theater, New York.
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- 1.Clipped From The Amarillo Globe-Times. The Amarillo Globe-Times. 7. 1934-04-17.
- 2.Elaine Keillor. Music in Canada: Capturing Landscape and Diversity. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. 207. 18 March 2008. 978-0-7735-3391-2.
- 3.Carmen Lombardo. Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.
- 4."Carmen Lombardo Dead at 67; Helped Lead Royal Canadians". New York Times, April 18, 1971, Robert E. Tomasson
- 5.Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research Inc. 276. 1986. 0-89820-083-0.
- 6.Don Tyler. Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era. McFarland. 229. 2 April 2007. 978-0-7864-2946-2.
- 7.Warren W. Vaché. The Unsung Songwriters: America's Masters of Melodies. Scarecrow Press. 275. 2000. 978-0-8108-3570-2.
- 8."Carmen Lombardo biography" , songwritershalloffame.org, accessed February 15, 2010
- 9.John Bush Jones. The Songs that Fought the War: Popular Music and the Home Front, 1939-1945. UPNE. 211–. 2006. 978-1-58465-443-8.
- 10.Spoonts, Lucille. Lombardo Brothers Agree on Two Things -- Fishing and Music; Dynamos of Energy. The Amarillo Globe-Times. 7. April 17, 1934.
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