Carmen Lombardo, songwriter: Reference Sources
David Jasen, in his entry for Guy Lombardo, says Lombardo's orchestra, The Royal Canadiens" was "the most successful dance band of all time," and that Guy's brother Carmen was "key" to that success.
Carmen wrote many of the orchestra's arrangements, was an important vocal soloist, sang lead in the vocal trio, played saxophone, and composed the music for several of its hit recordings, including "Coquette" (1928. for which he shared the music credit with Johnny Green and which had words by Gus Kahn), "Sweethearts on Parade" (1928, words by Charles Newman), and "Seems Like Old Times" (1946, which became Arthur Godfrey's radio theme song and had a lyric by John Jacob Loeb).
Research Resources: Carmen Lombardo
- Amazon (publications, recordings, videos, sheet music, etc.)
- DBOPM (Database Of Popular Music: song list; awards; hit songs; co-writers)
- Discogs.com (songwriting and arranging credits)
- http://dotydocs.theatreinlondon.ca (The Story of Carmen Lombardo on a website devoted to his brother, Guy Lombardo)
- Indiana University Sheet Music Collection (In Harmony): songwriter
- Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) (Broadway productions and song credits)
- Internet Movie Database (brief biography, filmography, movie song credits)
- iTunes
- New York Public Library (catalog entries for books, personal papers, recordings, scores, etc.)
- The New York Times (articles about or related to the songwriter)
- Wikipedia (Carmen Lombardo article)
- Booton Herndon, The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven: The Guy Lombardo Story, Intro. by Guy Lombardo, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1964 (includes material on Carmen Lombardo).
- ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, New York: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Cattell/Bowker, Fourth edition, 1980 (dates, collaborators, shows/movies, songs, etc., entry p. 308)
- David A. Jasen, Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song, New York: Routledge, 2003 (entry for Guy Lombardo, pp. 266-267).
Notes
- (Jasen, "Guy Lombardo" entry, pp. 266-267)
Questions
What is Carmen Lombardo, songwriter?
David Jasen, in his entry for Guy Lombardo, says Lombardo's orchestra, The Royal Canadiens" was "the most successful dance band of all time," and that Guy's brother Carmen was "key" to that success.
How should Carmen Lombardo, songwriter be cited?
Cite this page as "Carmen Lombardo, songwriter: Reference Sources," Cafe Songbook, https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songwriters/l_sws/lombardo_carmen.html
Which Cafe Songbook pages are related?
Also read "Coquette" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/c/coquette.html); Johnny Green, songwriter (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songwriters/g_sws/green_johnny.html); "Seems like Old Times" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/s/seems_like_old_times.html); Abe Lyman, songwriter (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songwriters/l_sws/lyman_abe.html).
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