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It Must Be True
Music by Harry Barris, words by Gus Arnheim and Gordon Clifford
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
Vocal refrain by Carmen Lombardo
Recorded January 28, 1931
Columbia 2390-D
The Royal Canadians formed in 1916, with Guy as leader and violinist, Carmen as singer, saxophone player and composer and Lebert on trumpet. Their first prominent performance occurred at a dance pavilion in Grand Bend, Ontario in 1919. The youngest Lombardo brother, Victor, joined the band in the late 1920s
In 1923, The Royal Canadians moved to Cleveland, Ohio and quickly obtained a permanent gig at a nightclub called the Claremont Trent. The band was taken under the wing of club owner, Louis Bleet, and continued to play in the Cleveland area until 1927, when they moved to Chicago and began broadcasting live on the radio from the Granada Cafe. The Royal Canadians were known for 'the sweetest music this side of Heaven', a description coined by Ashton Stevens of the Chicago Tribune. In 1929, The Royal Canadians began their longest standing gig at the Roosevelt Grill in New York City, lasting 33 years. It was at the Roosevelt that The Royal Canadians began the annual tradition of a New Years Eve telecast on CBS. The Royal Canadians sold at least 100 million records. Between 1929 and 1952 there wasn't a single year that a Guy Lombardo record didn't chart - 21 of them at number one, and many featuring songs by Carmen Lombardo.
It Must Be True
Music by Harry Barris, words by Gus Arnheim and Gordon Clifford
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
Vocal refrain by Carmen Lombardo
Recorded January 28, 1931
Columbia 2390-D
The Royal Canadians formed in 1916, with Guy as leader and violinist, Carmen as singer, saxophone player and composer and Lebert on trumpet. Their first prominent performance occurred at a dance pavilion in Grand Bend, Ontario in 1919. The youngest Lombardo brother, Victor, joined the band in the late 1920s
In 1923, The Royal Canadians moved to Cleveland, Ohio and quickly obtained a permanent gig at a nightclub called the Claremont Trent. The band was taken under the wing of club owner, Louis Bleet, and continued to play in the Cleveland area until 1927, when they moved to Chicago and began broadcasting live on the radio from the Granada Cafe. The Royal Canadians were known for 'the sweetest music this side of Heaven', a description coined by Ashton Stevens of the Chicago Tribune. In 1929, The Royal Canadians began their longest standing gig at the Roosevelt Grill in New York City, lasting 33 years. It was at the Roosevelt that The Royal Canadians began the annual tradition of a New Years Eve telecast on CBS. The Royal Canadians sold at least 100 million records. Between 1929 and 1952 there wasn't a single year that a Guy Lombardo record didn't chart - 21 of them at number one, and many featuring songs by Carmen Lombardo.
