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How did ‘Auld Lang Syne’ become the official New Year’s Eve song in America? “
By
Donna Calvin
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to min’….” “Auld Lang Syne” was played by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians as a New Year’s Eve song for the first time, eighty years ago today — on December 31, 1929. Though it was played as the band’s theme song for years, and it had even occasionally been sung…
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