I probably watched this when I was six years old. On New Year’s Eve, we kids went to bed early and our parents would wake us up around 11:00 to watch Guy Lombardo and watch the ball come down in Times Square. As soon as it struck midnight, we’d run to the window, lean out and bang pots with wooden spoons! Rare treats were homemade crackers with clam dip, smoked oysters, and mini sandwiches of cream cheese with chives. We’d each get our very own bottle of Coke with paper straw. We’d always save about half the soda for New Year’s Day. Dad would seal the bottles with a device that was a cork in a rubber sleeve that clamped on with a metal bracket. We also got a sip of champagne. By about 12:30, we’d be back in bed in order to go to Mass in the morning. On New Year’s Day we went to Granddad and Grandma’s for a feast of leg of lamb with mint jelly, mashed potatoes, string beans with slivered almonds on top, and apple pie for dessert. It was always a let down when we returned to school the following Monday.
I was one lucky kid growing up. Why... you might ask. My dad is in this video playing trombone. Dad played with Guy from 1954 until 1958. This is why i love music !!!! Thanks DAD !
In 1972, Dick Clark came out with "New Years Rockin' Eve", to give people an alternative to Guy Lombardo. Today sadly, there is no alternative to NYRE...that is why we must keep the spirit of Guy Lombardo alive each New Year's Eve. So come join us, and celebrate New Year's Eve the whey it SHOULD
@@LandondeeL Good observation. I was born in the late 1960s, so most of my memory is of Dick Clark. But NYRE just... sucks. I'm absolutely certain there are more people my age that would like a more "old school" New Year's Eve.
Wife and I watched this as it turned 2020. We watch Guy Lombardo every New Year's Eve. It wouldn't be New Year's Eve without Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians.
I was 10 when this aired and I vividly remember watching it with my parents and 5 year old sister. Now I'm going to be 77! Where does time go? If you're young right now, savor every moment because life just flies by. And this Guy Lombardo gem is timeless. Just finished watching it as 2022 became 2023. It seems every New Year we look for a better year ahead, hopefully this one actually will be. Happy New Year everyone.
I wish they would just play the reruns on New Year's Eve. Luckily we have You Tube. Today New Year's Eve is boring and I feel lost without Guy Lombardo.
Oh Randy. This is what we did. I swear we share DNA along our bloodlines. I remember this as if it was yesterday. I was born in 58 and this is what I remember in 1964 through 1968 and then things were changing. My parents didn't stay up anymore and I watched the apple drop by myself for a few years. But this review is what it is all about. It does not get better than this. Over time it gets worse. This is family memories followed by pork and kraut on Jan 1st. My parents hid 1 strand of kraut in my potatoes for good luck. We cooked the meal, cleaned up after the meal, ate Christmas cookies and played Monopoly during my active years with my parents. No booze parties or getting us a babysitter. It was so great Randy that I really really know how terrific those years were. You don't think about missing it because you don't think it will ever change. Then it does. These family times are the sweetest memories I ever lived. It's amazing to me how our lives are parallel during childhood. We are blessed and lucky to have parents that put us first and not living their own agendas.
I grew up in the 50's and 60's and watching Guy Lombardo on New Years Eve was almost a right of passage. Watched it every year. Well it has just turned 2021 and most of the tv stations are showing sitcoms over the New Years countdown. Times have changed. TV stations are more interested in making money these days. Sad.
This is so endearingly corny. New Year's Eve is not the same without Mr. Lombardo & Crew so here I am watching a party that happened when I was a 4 year old. Makes me smile.
Sobering to know that the majority of the people you see in this video endured TWO world wars, the Depression, the Korean War. And to see them all enjoying life in the 50s, only to see their children ruin everything
Those "children" had a mind to advance the cause of Democracy and extend it to minorities and women (aka human rights). And they weren't keen on being sent to slaughter in Vietnam, as if having a war (never even declared by Congress) every 30 years were a rite of passage. This cracked their faith in the US gov and its people. What was the Vietnam war for except to feed the military contractors that President Dwight D. Eisenhower had sadly warned (or alerted) us about when leaving office. Tight pincurls on women and hair grease on men had already started to go. Depression- and war-era music gave way to a myriad of beautiful, creative styles created by their own children. Woodstock was a singularly brilliant and peaceful event. It's been over half a century since those things changed. Now the granddaughters of those who fought for democracy are "allowed" to work, have their own financial life, start a business without their husband's written permission, sit on a jury, access public universities and buildings -- rights that ONLY the men in this video had back when Guy Lombardo ruled NYE. No women or people of color in Guy's band. Times have changed again many times over. The taxation policies, predatory lending practices, religious zealotry, political ruthlessness, disgusting incivility and disrespect (bloody insurrection) right in the Capitol, a viral absence of rationality, and lack of healthcare and pensions of today stand in drastic contrast to the 1950's and the policies that brought post-war prosperity and a carefree night out in Manhattan. They now threaten our hard-won Democracy.
It certainly was! Even though I was an infant my late parents and my uncle's family lived together in the 2nd floor of a 2 family house in Woodside, Queens, NYC. Even when I started kindergarten in 1961 we were taught manners y our teacher and so on through several more grades. In Old NYC, in Old America! In the Mad Men era.
Unless you were not white and male or wealthy. Everyone else was relegated to subservient roles and far fewer rights. (Sorry to burst your bubble, but those people were kind and had class too and deserved full participation in life; life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.)
I remember these broadcasts fondly. I was a child in the 1950s. The people were lively, dressed well, living well, and courteous. My deepest regret is nowhere on the screen can I detect even a trace of the 10% of the population that were African-American, who also endured the Depression (perhaps more profoundly), fought a common enemy in Fascist Europe, and worked hard to build our post-war industrial strength. In that respect, I'm glad times have changed.
There will never be another like him...The Royal Canadians’ sound is iconic. While other bands like Sammy Kaye and Jan Garber had a great sound too, it was Lombardo that stayed on top till Guy’s passing. I saw him live on his last Southern tour in Feb. ‘77 when I was 21 and in college. Certainly one of the best music events I ever attended that I can count on both hands.
I'll bet it was mostly kids watching this. Back then Mom and Dad went out, all aglittler in his tux and her sequin dress to the club. We stayed home, ate a lot of junk and watched TV till Mom and Dad came home...then under the covers quickly!
Im 59 and I remember going 2 my aunts house with my grandparents. Played with my cousins ate like a horse and watching guy Lombardo on new years eve with horn makers, the crank makers and pots and pans in the street after midnight making a racket bring in the new year. I asked a bunch of people if they had their pots and pans ready??? Tgey all looked at me like wth???
Thank you for posting this, just now finding it! This was so great to watch on New Year’s Eve 2020, when everything was basically cancelled! Nothing like Guy Lombardo New Year’s Eve - I was not even 2 during this particular time, but as kids, my brother and I loved staying up late to watch the Guy Lombardo show ring in the new year. I spent all day ripping up newspaper into strips to make confetti, and at the ball drop, I’d throw it all in the air and yell “happy new year everybody” as Guy’s orchestra played Auld Lang Syne. I’m 64 now and still yell “happy new year everybody!”, but no traditional Auld Lang Syne anymore - the music doesn’t have the heart it did back then. Maybe I’ve turned into my grandma...
After watching the festivities for 2021 New Year’s Eve on TV tonight I can see why so many people would rather watch Guy Lombardo. Can the folks who put this stuff together make it any crappier.
I use to watch Guy and record the show on my reel-to-reel tape recorder that I got one year for Christmas. I would give almost anything to have those tapes back.
Back then television went off the air early. This was one night it stayed on until after 12. My sister and I used to sit up and watch Guy Lombardo. i was 12 she was 14.
@@whatwouldaudreyhepburndo4260 Right! Nowadays even some words that are commonly used in everyday conversations does not have to be curse words or harsh. You will be found guilty of committing a speech crime. Pronouns must be announced before you talk and sexually identify yourself. Thank you for nothing liberals!
I wish they have that New Year's Eve was a lot of fun wish you people could be there times has changed through the years we're going to tell you something those years were the greatest years the most wonderfull years now I'm old you don't forget memories everybody have a wonderful day and God bless
Michael Oram Damn, that was painful to read with today’s lack of grammar and punctuation. I understand though, the schools are very busy teaching trans genderism, global warming, and how to protest with urine milkshake bombs.
Man oh man can this had gotten any better or grater in New year Eve celebrations......I was only 2 oh I cry and cried boo hoo. Happy New year New York and all who love them.
I was more than likely conceived on this night. Born in early October 1958. I remember sitting at home with a baby sitter playing games watching TV while my parents went out all dressed up to a party. They’d stay til midnight then immediately come home and pick us up and we’d go to an all night Denny’s type place and eat. Good memories
Wow, what I would give to had been there. Even though I was born in '61, I was still brought up with an appreciation for our culture and heritage. Something that has been long forgotten and almost demonized nowadays. It breaks my heart to see that we're now being brought up to despise who we are while we're embracing and submitting to anything other than ourselves...a recipe for a guarantee towards our demise as a nation that was once loved. How sad, how painfully sad.
man, if I somehow went back in time to late 1957 as a major celebrity i would've been at that ballroom dancing, having a wonderful time and be on stage singing and performing and wait for the clock to strike at 12:00 and to be 1958 and do it all over again.
Many years ago, back in the mid-1970's, I had the pleasure of meeting Guy Lombardo and shaking hands with him when he was appearing in Atlantic City, New Jersey at the old Haddon Hall Hotel. In later years, it became the Resorts International Casino. It was a tradition to watch Guy Lombardo's New Year's Eve Party on TV every year. Did any of you watch it? Boo Hoo - Enjoy Yourself, It's Later Than You Think
Didn't realize the crowds were half a million in 1958. When I was growing up in the '70s and '80s, the crowds in Times Square I think were about half that if that (in no small part because of crime going up and much of Times Square rapidly deteriorating during the late 1960's and that continuing into the early '90s before finally turning around). The one time I went in 1984-'85, I actually watched the ball drop up the hill at 50th and Broadway with a clear shot at the ball with practically no one around me! Today, even there it can be crowded by 5:00 PM as you have people who have a need to be in Times Square for hours on end, as much as 24 hours before the ball actually drops (of course, you have stage performances there now you didn't have 60+ years ago!)! Crowds today in Times Square for the ball can stretch all the way to Central Park South, about seven-eighths of a mile from One Times Square!
This show was wonderful,as all of Guy,s shows from the Roosevelt were,their last being in 65,going to the Waldorf in 66.Alway,s loved their arrangement of South Rambart St.and Kenny,s singing.If you look closely during their playing of Fascination,you'll see Guy,s wife,Lilibell,wearing her ermine stole,next to Guy,s sister,Rosemarie.Interesting that they didn't play Carmen,s great song hit Boo Hoo.They did,however play two of his other hits,Powder Your Face with Sunshine,and Seems Like Old Times.Fun to see Carmen in the trio on the former.
Oh no. That's sad. I was wondering why they left the Roosevelt Grill. Places of history should be respected restored like they did in French Lick Indiana. They restored the French Lick Springs Hotel and the West Baden Hotel to their original glory. It's worth visiting just to see how they restored the hotels just like they were in 1902.
For those who are interested, if you start this video at 11:15:04 pm in your time zone, it will be midnight when the ball drops in the video. (That is, for people who have RUclips Premium and are avoiding the ads. If you don't currently have it, tonight is a good time to start your free trial and watch this uninterrupted.) Even better than getting to relive a great time is the fact that you don't have to endure the crap that passes for talent these days. Although, to be completely honest, I still get a kick out of watching the replay of Mariah Carey train wreck on live TV when the prerecorded audio cuts out and is all she can do to finish the song without throwing the microphone. Good times, good times.
Robert Trout, who reported on the ball drop for CBS on this program in Times Square, was a longtime anchor for CBS News, mainly on radio. Trout anchored the early hours of D-Day and the Japanese surrender on CBS Radio, as well as all but one political convention between1936 and 1976 for CBS Radio. The exception was the 1964 Democratic convention, where in a boneheaded move, Trout and Roger Mudd coanchored CBS's television coverage, after Walter Cronkite was displaced from.the anchor desk after the latter suffered uncharacteristically low ratings during the Republican convention earlier that summer.
Seems to be the earliest kinescope of a Guy Lombardo New Years telecast, Just one hour of straight music with no video or pyrotechnic gimmicks. And as you'll find out, having a single sponsor, Clairol, is more of a hindrance than a help.....also notice the crowd on Times Square.....there is no special lighting for them except for the TV spotlight that moves about them....no special street shows....and everyone is dressed up!!!!! Note how Bob Trout almost misses the ball drop....
They just aired this on our local cable access station -- synched up where the "1958" flashed at exactly midnight, which is impressive by that station's standards. You're right, Clairol is all over that show. I thought they might run an ad in place of the ball drop. For that era, that took a lot of coordination to get the band to start Auld Lang Syne right at midnight.
Landondeel I'd like to wish you a happy new year and its nice to see one other than myself who can appreciate what we once had as a nation and who is giving attention to something from long ago on this same New Years Eve...now that's class, all the best !!
@@viking670 We didn't know that we had it so good. The way the world is today has enlightened me on those blessed era of simpler wholesome times. That's why I watch Andy Griffith, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Our Miss Brooks and many more of that time.
@@walterweddle7644 You forgot the Honeymooners which is a show that I watch on the internet fom time to time. When it comes to mainsrteam television, they still show All in the Family on certain specialty channels.
@@viking670 I watch Ralph Kramdem and Ed Norton. We watch Andy Griffith every day. If I die and go to heaven, I hope it's Mayberry with a DeSoto on every block. Lol I am going to my DeSoto dealer tomorrow and tell them that Groucho sent me.
I wonder if anyone caught sight of Guys' wife, she was sitting at a front table. She had blonde hair and had a fur coat around her shoulders,she was shown during the medley of Fascination and Around the World.
Amazing; the sound of an age of sanity....just contrast this with today's new year's eve programming....no profanity, double meanings or "street" lyrics...and..look at the crowd in Times Sq....just like now.....
Who was the CBS announcer on the live shot from Times Square? I remember him, but I can't recall his name. I believe he did CBS News back in those days.
I was just subjected to several hours of New Year's Eve "music", including the execrable Post Malone, the caterwauling Christine Aguilara and any manner of horrible acts. The hosts of the various shows were uniformly terrible, Steve Harvey, Ryan Seacrest, Carson Daly, Chrissy Teigan, Andy Cohen, Anderson Cooper etc. Meh! They don't even play Auld Lang Syne anymore! I had to hit RUclips to remember what it used to be like. I was only two when this was broadcast, but I do remember Guy in later years.
I probably watched this when I was six years old. On New Year’s Eve, we kids went to bed early and our parents would wake us up around 11:00 to watch Guy Lombardo and watch the ball come down in Times Square. As soon as it struck midnight, we’d run to the window, lean out and bang pots with wooden spoons! Rare treats were homemade crackers with clam dip, smoked oysters, and mini sandwiches of cream cheese with chives. We’d each get our very own bottle of Coke with paper straw. We’d always save about half the soda for New Year’s Day. Dad would seal the bottles with a device that was a cork in a rubber sleeve that clamped on with a metal bracket. We also got a sip of champagne. By about 12:30, we’d be back in bed in order to go to Mass in the morning.
On New Year’s Day we went to Granddad and Grandma’s for a feast of leg of lamb with mint jelly, mashed potatoes, string beans with slivered almonds on top, and apple pie for dessert. It was always a let down when we returned to school the following Monday.
I was one lucky kid growing up. Why... you might ask. My dad is in this video playing trombone. Dad played with Guy from 1954 until 1958. This is why i love music !!!! Thanks DAD !
John Mildner was it Carmen or was he part of the band support?
My dad was a Big Band and Dixieland trombonist. Although, he never played with Guy Lombardo! That's very cool, and a great memory of your dad for you!
Hi Erin, Guy had 3 brothers, Carmen and Lepert played with Guy, not only that, but they wrote most of there songs.
Was it Glenn Millers former trombonist Frank D´annolfo? He played with the Lombardo band at that time i guess.
When dad played with Guy, their were two trombonist's, My dad and a fellow by the name of Danny Repol
Guy once said on Laugh-in "when I die I'm taking new Years with me" he sure did ...
my playlist contains his version of auld lang syne.... guy had been dead for about 15 years by the time i was born
In 1972, Dick Clark came out with "New Years Rockin' Eve", to give people an alternative to Guy Lombardo. Today sadly, there is no alternative to NYRE...that is why we must keep the spirit of Guy Lombardo alive each New Year's Eve. So come join us, and celebrate New Year's Eve the whey it SHOULD
@@LandondeeL Good observation. I was born in the late 1960s, so most of my memory is of Dick Clark. But NYRE just... sucks. I'm absolutely certain there are more people my age that would like a more "old school" New Year's Eve.
@@royrowland5763 I was born in 51. My memories at New Years eve are always of Guy Lombardo....Mr. New Years Eve. !!!!!!
CBS blew it this past NYE when they showed what passed for NYE 2020.A rerun of his last show would have been appropriate.
Wife and I watched this as it turned 2020. We watch Guy Lombardo every New Year's Eve. It wouldn't be New Year's Eve without Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians.
Right on I love this such better times. watch this every year was 10 years old then watched it as a Kid at Home on the Philco TV
I was 10 when this aired and I vividly remember watching it with my parents and 5 year old sister. Now I'm going to be 77! Where does time go? If you're young right now, savor every moment because life just flies by. And this Guy Lombardo gem is timeless. Just finished watching it as 2022 became 2023. It seems every New Year we look for a better year ahead, hopefully this one actually will be. Happy New Year everyone.
just a question (if you don't mind) : what was your favourite decade? was it the 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 2000s or something?
That would definitely be the 60's, thanks for asking. And yours?
New year's Eve is not the same without Guy. Today it's no big deal. Thanks Guy for the great New Year's Eve of the past.
I wish they would just play the reruns on New Year's Eve. Luckily we have You Tube. Today New Year's Eve is boring and I feel lost without Guy Lombardo.
Oh Randy. This is what we did. I swear we share DNA along our bloodlines. I remember this as if it was yesterday. I was born in 58 and this is what I remember in 1964 through 1968 and then things were changing. My parents didn't stay up anymore and I watched the apple drop by myself for a few years. But this review is what it is all about. It does not get better than this. Over time it gets worse. This is family memories followed by pork and kraut on Jan 1st. My parents hid 1 strand of kraut in my potatoes for good luck. We cooked the meal, cleaned up after the meal, ate Christmas cookies and played Monopoly during my active years with my parents. No booze parties or getting us a babysitter. It was so great Randy that I really really know how terrific those years were. You don't think about missing it because you don't think it will ever change. Then it does. These family times are the sweetest memories I ever lived. It's amazing to me how our lives are parallel during childhood. We are blessed and lucky to have parents that put us first and not living their own agendas.
I grew up in the 50's and 60's and watching Guy Lombardo on New Years Eve was almost a right of passage. Watched it every year. Well it has just turned 2021 and most of the tv stations are showing sitcoms over the New Years countdown. Times have changed. TV stations are more interested in making money these days. Sad.
This is so endearingly corny. New Year's Eve is not the same without Mr. Lombardo & Crew so here I am watching a party that happened when I was a 4 year old. Makes me smile.
"When I die I'm taking New Years' Eve with me"
I was 4 years old then too. How I enjoyed it when I was finally old enough to stay up and watch Guy.
Sobering to know that the majority of the people you see in this video endured TWO world wars, the Depression, the Korean War. And to see them all enjoying life in the 50s, only to see their children ruin everything
Yeah! The liberal blue nosed snob hippie movement of the 1960s!
Those "children" had a mind to advance the cause of Democracy and extend it to minorities and women (aka human rights). And they weren't keen on being sent to slaughter in Vietnam, as if having a war (never even declared by Congress) every 30 years were a rite of passage. This cracked their faith in the US gov and its people. What was the Vietnam war for except to feed the military contractors that President Dwight D. Eisenhower had sadly warned (or alerted) us about when leaving office. Tight pincurls on women and hair grease on men had already started to go. Depression- and war-era music gave way to a myriad of beautiful, creative styles created by their own children. Woodstock was a singularly brilliant and peaceful event. It's been over half a century since those things changed. Now the granddaughters of those who fought for democracy are "allowed" to work, have their own financial life, start a business without their husband's written permission, sit on a jury, access public universities and buildings -- rights that ONLY the men in this video had back when Guy Lombardo ruled NYE. No women or people of color in Guy's band. Times have changed again many times over. The taxation policies, predatory lending practices, religious zealotry, political ruthlessness, disgusting incivility and disrespect (bloody insurrection) right in the Capitol, a viral absence of rationality, and lack of healthcare and pensions of today stand in drastic contrast to the 1950's and the policies that brought post-war prosperity and a carefree night out in Manhattan. They now threaten our hard-won Democracy.
It certainly seems like it was a kinder, classier world back then.
@@eternalsourcetemple I hear that a lot!
It certainly was! Even though I was an infant my late parents and my uncle's family lived together in the 2nd floor of a 2 family house in Woodside, Queens, NYC. Even when I started kindergarten in 1961 we were taught manners y our teacher and so on through several more grades. In Old NYC, in Old America! In the Mad Men era.
A much better time and place.
Now illegals are crapping in the Roosevelt.
Unless you were not white and male or wealthy. Everyone else was relegated to subservient roles and far fewer rights. (Sorry to burst your bubble, but those people were kind and had class too and deserved full participation in life; life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.)
I remember these broadcasts fondly. I was a child in the 1950s. The people were lively, dressed well, living well, and courteous. My deepest regret is nowhere on the screen can I detect even a trace of the 10% of the population that were African-American, who also endured the Depression (perhaps more profoundly), fought a common enemy in Fascist Europe, and worked hard to build our post-war industrial strength. In that respect, I'm glad times have changed.
There will never be another like him...The Royal Canadians’ sound is iconic. While other bands like Sammy Kaye and Jan Garber had a great sound too, it was Lombardo that stayed on top till Guy’s passing. I saw him live on his last Southern tour in Feb. ‘77 when I was 21 and in college. Certainly one of the best music events I ever attended that I can count on both hands.
This is what my folks watched each New Years Eve....good times growing up.
I'll bet it was mostly kids watching this. Back then Mom and Dad went out, all aglittler in his tux and her sequin dress to the club. We stayed home, ate a lot of junk and watched TV till Mom and Dad came home...then under the covers quickly!
Was The Best of Times!
Im 59 and I remember going 2 my aunts house with my grandparents. Played with my cousins ate like a horse and watching guy Lombardo on new years eve with horn makers, the crank makers and pots and pans in the street after midnight making a racket bring in the new year. I asked a bunch of people if they had their pots and pans ready??? Tgey all looked at me like wth???
Read my comment! We leaned out the window and banged pots with wooden spoons.
New Year's Eve just isn't the same without Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians in NYC
Thank you for posting this, just now finding it! This was so great to watch on New Year’s Eve 2020, when everything was basically cancelled! Nothing like Guy Lombardo New Year’s Eve - I was not even 2 during this particular time, but as kids, my brother and I loved staying up late to watch the Guy Lombardo show ring in the new year. I spent all day ripping up newspaper into strips to make confetti, and at the ball drop, I’d throw it all in the air and yell “happy new year everybody” as Guy’s orchestra played Auld Lang Syne. I’m 64 now and still yell “happy new year everybody!”, but no traditional Auld Lang Syne anymore - the music doesn’t have the heart it did back then. Maybe I’ve turned into my grandma...
... As soon as I always hear the "guests" for any year 2000+ show.. I end up coming here. Happy 2022 New Year!
So-celebrities? But what makes them worthy of “celebr”ating? Usually little to nothing! What’s their talent?
One of my fondest memories is watching my aunt and uncle from upstate New York try to find their friends on guy Lombardo’s program.
After watching the festivities for 2021 New Year’s Eve on TV tonight I can see why so many people would rather watch Guy Lombardo. Can the folks who put this stuff together make it any crappier.
Who's ready to jump in my time machine and go back for a few hours?
I’ll go back for ever
This was truly Guy at his best.What a shame that popular music has become what it is today.Just plain awful,I can’t listen to anything on the radio.
Our annual New Years eve viewing treat. Thanks for keeping it here.!
I use to watch Guy and record the show on my reel-to-reel tape recorder that I
got one year for Christmas. I would give almost anything to have those tapes back.
Back then television went off the air early. This was one night it stayed on until after 12. My sister and I used to sit up and watch Guy Lombardo. i was 12 she was 14.
Thanks! I forgot about that. You brought back memories.
My grandparents where there at the ball dropping back on 12/31/1957...
I was just 10 years old and remember watching this on our Philco TV back in the day. Those were good days, glad I was young then and not now!
I was also 10 years old, Happy New Year's 2020, perfect 2020 vision in 2020!!!!
I was also 10 years old, happy New Years. To All!
This was the day when Music was so wonderful, not the stuff of today!
The days when the Music was Amazing and women were women and Men were Men.
@@whatwouldaudreyhepburndo4260 😊
Mr. I am born in the wrong year. There is good music today as well your just not looking hard enough
@@whatwouldaudreyhepburndo4260 Right! Nowadays even some words that are commonly used in everyday conversations does not have to be curse words or harsh. You will be found guilty of committing a speech crime. Pronouns must be announced before you talk and sexually identify yourself. Thank you for nothing liberals!
@@luislaplume8261 Back when people had class!
What a treat!
Sweetest Music this side of Heaven.
It's soooooooo refreshing to see a New Years broadcast without any politics in it!!! Switched from CNN and FOX to RUclips and it's so much better!!
INCOG99 YEAH you are so right.
It's funny how the only people who complain about "politics" are those who disagree with the particular "politics".
Wife and I rang in the new year with Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians.
Happy New Year folks! God bless you all in this oncoming year!
Happy New Year!
@@walterweddle7644 Thank you, and Happy New Year to you as well!
I was in my crib, about 8 weeks old. I suppose I got hungry at some point ... lol
I remember Guy Lombardo back in the '70s, he looked young back in '57.
I must listen to him on New Year’s Eve.
I have clear memories of watching this. If I'm not mistaken, this was on CBS.
Yes! Channel 2 in NYC.
Robert trout in Times Square
I wish they have that New Year's Eve was a lot of fun wish you people could be there times has changed through the years we're going to tell you something those years were the greatest years the most wonderfull years now I'm old you don't forget memories everybody have a wonderful day and God bless
My folks watched Guy Lombardo ring in the New Year's Eve. I play Guy Lombardo on New Year's Eve.
Michael Oram Damn, that was painful to read with today’s lack of grammar and punctuation. I understand though, the schools are very busy teaching trans genderism, global warming, and how to protest with urine milkshake bombs.
R.I.P Guy Lombardo
I was 11 and we had no television. Thank you so much for sharing this.
From this To rap music what a decline.
Lucky to have these videos preserved
Man oh man can this had gotten any better or grater in New year Eve celebrations......I was only 2 oh I cry and cried boo hoo. Happy New year New York and all who love them.
I was more than likely conceived on this night. Born in early October 1958.
I remember sitting at home with a baby sitter playing games watching TV while my parents went out all dressed up to a party. They’d stay til midnight then immediately come home and pick us up and we’d go to an all night Denny’s type place and eat. Good memories
Wow, what I would give to had been there. Even though I was born in '61, I was still brought up with an appreciation for our culture and heritage. Something that has been long forgotten and almost demonized nowadays. It breaks my heart to see that we're now being brought up to despise who we are while we're embracing and submitting to anything other than ourselves...a recipe for a guarantee towards our demise as a nation that was once loved. How sad, how painfully sad.
Everyone had class. And dressed up.
@@lisatrautner9426 I hear that ladies would wear white gloves to town.
I couldn’t agree more!
Fun to see one of TV’s interesting and entertaining personalities of that time,Henry Morgan.
1957-1958 (Jazz, classics, manners, & Guy Lombardo)
2020-2021 (Drunk stars, COVID, popular love music, CNN, & the Great Depression all over again)
man, if I somehow went back in time to late 1957 as a major celebrity i would've been at that ballroom dancing, having a wonderful time and be on stage singing and performing and wait for the clock to strike at 12:00 and to be 1958 and do it all over again.
Many years ago, back in the mid-1970's, I had the pleasure of meeting Guy Lombardo and shaking hands with him when he was appearing in Atlantic City, New Jersey at the old Haddon Hall Hotel. In later years, it became the Resorts International Casino. It was a tradition to watch Guy Lombardo's New Year's Eve Party on TV every year. Did any of you watch it? Boo Hoo - Enjoy Yourself, It's Later Than You Think
25:00 enjoy yourself, it's later than you think! :-)
Didn't realize the crowds were half a million in 1958. When I was growing up in the '70s and '80s, the crowds in Times Square I think were about half that if that (in no small part because of crime going up and much of Times Square rapidly deteriorating during the late 1960's and that continuing into the early '90s before finally turning around). The one time I went in 1984-'85, I actually watched the ball drop up the hill at 50th and Broadway with a clear shot at the ball with practically no one around me! Today, even there it can be crowded by 5:00 PM as you have people who have a need to be in Times Square for hours on end, as much as 24 hours before the ball actually drops (of course, you have stage performances there now you didn't have 60+ years ago!)!
Crowds today in Times Square for the ball can stretch all the way to Central Park South, about seven-eighths of a mile from One Times Square!
My mom would give birth to my older sister in 1958
Guy’s brother Carmen fronted a similar band in Europe during the 50’s. It was called Carmen Lombardo and His Royal Czechoslovakian’s.
The people waving to us . So crazy in 2020 we are watching them now. It's so creepy but so cool.
Gotta go buy me some Clairol products
This show was wonderful,as all of Guy,s shows from the Roosevelt were,their last being in 65,going to the Waldorf in 66.Alway,s loved their arrangement of South Rambart St.and Kenny,s singing.If you look closely during their playing of Fascination,you'll see Guy,s wife,Lilibell,wearing her ermine stole,next to Guy,s sister,Rosemarie.Interesting that they didn't play Carmen,s great song hit Boo Hoo.They did,however play two of his other hits,Powder Your Face with Sunshine,and Seems Like Old Times.Fun to see Carmen in the trio on the former.
Now look at the Roosevelt, packed to the gills with illegals who don't give a darn about American traditions or values. Just here to take.
Any idea what would have been on the menu that night?!
Another New Year’s Eve Without Guy.It’s been 42 years since his last one.
Carl Triangolo New year's Eve is not the same since Guy Lombardo passed away.
@@kenrozmislowicz1635 No wonder. Guy himself once said "When I die, New Year's Eve dies with me". And he was right.
Finally found a full version of this recording. I used to think that its only 10 minutes long
"Does she OR doesn't she?"
York Classic Vinyl Nowadays a blatant regard for Garnier 66 is expected.
Today, feminazis would be all over this...
Saw a Clairol commercial today with some young girl in it.
I remember struggling to stay awake as a 6 year old to hear the announcer on WNEW Channel 5 say......LIVE FROM NEW YORK......
R.I.P Stephanie Grant, August 21st, 1958 - October 14th, 2017.
Old Long Since! So sad to think that The Roosevelt will probably be torn down, all the memories thrown into a dumpster.
Oh no. That's sad. I was wondering why they left the Roosevelt Grill. Places of history should be respected restored like they did in French Lick Indiana. They restored the French Lick Springs Hotel and the West Baden Hotel to their original glory. It's worth visiting just to see how they restored the hotels just like they were in 1902.
@@walterweddle7644 They ably restored the public areas about 20 years ago. Last of the Terminal City era railway hotels.
Unforgettable ❤
This is so cool.
Stroke of midnight is at about 45 minutes in.
I just downloaded this music... 1
I went to his restaurant for our prom in 58 Freeport LI
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉
26:50 Great version of The Tennessee Waltz
A time forever gone!!
Thanks Jim
Awesome
Been watching videos of New Year's Eve on you tube sent by Dale Henderson.
Love this video. Thanks for sharing it!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021 !!!!!!
Happy New Year 2022 !!!!
51:40 I'm sure Guy would have said on the next "I've Got A Secret": "Henry Morgan was in the audience that New Year's Eve".
For those who are interested, if you start this video at 11:15:04 pm in your time zone, it will be midnight when the ball drops in the video. (That is, for people who have RUclips Premium and are avoiding the ads. If you don't currently have it, tonight is a good time to start your free trial and watch this uninterrupted.)
Even better than getting to relive a great time is the fact that you don't have to endure the crap that passes for talent these days.
Although, to be completely honest, I still get a kick out of watching the replay of Mariah Carey train wreck on live TV when the prerecorded audio cuts out and is all she can do to finish the song without throwing the microphone. Good times, good times.
This is great! 🎉 🎊 🎩 👒😃😙
I wanna go back to the 1950s
Robert Trout, who reported on the ball drop for CBS on this program in Times Square, was a longtime anchor for CBS News, mainly on radio.
Trout anchored the early hours of D-Day and the Japanese surrender on CBS Radio, as well as all but one political convention between1936 and 1976 for CBS Radio.
The exception was the 1964 Democratic convention, where in a boneheaded move, Trout and Roger Mudd coanchored CBS's television coverage, after Walter Cronkite was displaced from.the anchor desk after the latter suffered uncharacteristically low ratings during the Republican convention earlier that summer.
How pleasant.
Seems to be the earliest kinescope of a Guy Lombardo New Years telecast, Just one hour of straight music with no video or pyrotechnic gimmicks. And as you'll find out, having a single sponsor, Clairol, is more of a hindrance than a help.....also notice the crowd on Times Square.....there is no special lighting for them except for the TV spotlight that moves about them....no special street shows....and everyone is dressed up!!!!! Note how Bob Trout almost misses the ball drop....
They just aired this on our local cable access station -- synched up where the "1958" flashed at exactly midnight, which is impressive by that station's standards. You're right, Clairol is all over that show. I thought they might run an ad in place of the ball drop. For that era, that took a lot of coordination to get the band to start Auld Lang Syne right at midnight.
Landondeel
I'd like to wish you a happy new year and its nice to see one other than myself who can appreciate what we once had as a nation and who is giving attention to something from long ago on this same New Years Eve...now that's class, all the best !!
@@viking670 We didn't know that we had it so good. The way the world is today has enlightened me on those blessed era of simpler wholesome times. That's why I watch Andy Griffith, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Our Miss Brooks and many more of that time.
@@walterweddle7644 You forgot the Honeymooners which is a show that I watch on the internet fom time to time. When it comes to mainsrteam television, they still show All in the Family on certain specialty channels.
@@viking670 I watch Ralph Kramdem and Ed Norton. We watch Andy Griffith every day. If I die and go to heaven, I hope it's Mayberry with a DeSoto on every block. Lol I am going to my DeSoto dealer tomorrow and tell them that Groucho sent me.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024 !!!!!
I wonder if anyone caught sight of Guys' wife, she was sitting at a front table. She had blonde hair and had a fur coat around her shoulders,she was shown during the medley of Fascination and Around the World.
Rosemarie Lombardo Rogers is also sitting at that table.
Rosemarie is talking to Elaine, I believe.
Amazing; the sound of an age of sanity....just contrast this with today's new year's eve programming....no profanity, double meanings or "street" lyrics...and..look at the crowd in Times Sq....just like now.....
"Does she or doesn't she?"
Who was the CBS announcer on the live shot from Times Square? I remember him, but I can't recall his name. I believe he did CBS News back in those days.
Robert Trout CBS veteran
Think it was Robert Trout
60 years ago
Ultra hi-res version please?
LOL. I’m having trouble figuring out the primary sponsor of this show!
Mark its a hair dye
1994 VS 1958
1958 year that dodgers came to LA
I was just subjected to several hours of New Year's Eve "music", including the execrable Post Malone, the caterwauling Christine Aguilara and any manner of horrible acts. The hosts of the various shows were uniformly terrible, Steve Harvey, Ryan Seacrest, Carson Daly, Chrissy Teigan, Andy Cohen, Anderson Cooper etc. Meh! They don't even play Auld Lang Syne anymore! I had to hit RUclips to remember what it used to be like. I was only two when this was broadcast, but I do remember Guy in later years.
Who's that singing with Kenny and Cliff?
One more thing when was The Roosevelt Hotel
The way back machine.
44:50 is when the ball actually drops and it becomes 1958, in case anybody wants to synchronize their New Year's celebrations with the video.
OMG
I was Asking if that is CBS, NBC, or ABC But its CBS!
What year did Dick Clark start broadcasting on Times Square?
Anymore video's from 1960's
I have audio tapes of 1960's shows, but very little video.