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Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians with Al Pierson Guy Lombardo was a Canadian bandleader and violinist famous in the United States. With his three brothers (Carmen, Lebert, and Victor) and other musicians from his hometown of London, Ontario, he formed the big band The Royal Canadians in 1924. The band became famous for the motto "The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven." The musical team played at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City from 1929 to 1959, and their New Year's Eve broadcasts (which continued until 1976 at the Waldorf Astoria) were a major part of New Year's celebrations across North America.A The band was noted for playing the traditional song "Auld Lang Syne" as part of the celebrations. Their recording of the song still plays as the first song of the new year in Times Square. The Lombardos are believed to have sold more than 300 million phonograph albums during their lifetimes, a considerable feat given that many homes had no record players in the 1920s and 1930s. Besides its signature song, "Auld Lang Syne," the most important ingredient of the Guy Lombardo Orchestra is consistency in playing wonderful tunes such as "Seems Like Old Times," "Boo Hoo," "Coquette," "Sweethearts on Parade," and "Ain't She Sweet" — all written by Carmen Lombardo. In 1989, Al Pierson took up the baton of the famed Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians and has gained ever greater acclaim throughout the continental U.S. and Canada for his recreation of the sound of Guy Lombardo's original band. Mr. Pierson is broadcast weekly on PBS in many of America's cities and towns and is known as "Mr. Personality," in a class with the likes of Liberace and Victor Borge. Tickets: reserved seating