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File No. 894934 · Adjudicated
Guy Lombardo
Musician — Royal Canadians, New Year's Eve 'Auld Lang Syne' broadcasts
Born
1902
Birthplace
LONDON, ONTARIO
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
LONDON, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Ontario
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Has never brought it up
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
His New Year's Eve broadcasts from New York became the longest-running continuous network program in broadcast history, airing from 1929 to 1976.
The verdict
The bandleader who brought New Year's Eve to America moved south to chase the big time but never forgot where he came from. Spent his early years in London, Ontario before relocating to the States in his twenties, where he became synonymous with "Auld Lang Syne" and champagne toasts. A Canadian export who made it big down south, eh.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org