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Guerrero's originals, "Winter's Never Cold (When You're Around)" and "A Swingin' Little Christmas Time", both big band songs, helped the album to reach No. 8 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts in 2016. In 2017, the album was the #5 Holiday album in the country, propelled largely by the title track.
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and many other contemporary jazz notables. The album also led to
Guerrero's first national touring dates as a headliner, performing mostly in clubs and at the Milwaukee Summerfest. The album also featured the song "The Buckethead Shuffle" which was arranged in 1990 for big band and released by Hal
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Guerrero was the founder and host of the KSBR Birthday Bash, one of
Southern California's leading contemporary jazz festival events. Guerrero founded the event in 1988 and led it through its final show in 2017. Beginning in a small room at the former Dana Point Resort, this unique concert (the
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In 2022, Guerrero was featured in the single "Everybody Loves a Lover" by Arlene & The
Vantastix. The song was released on Valentine's Day and also featured Arlene's real-life husband, Dick Van Dyke, whom Guerrero had previously worked with.
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had arranged, was at #17. By the end of December, 2017, the song "A Swingin' Little Christmas" had become the #5 Christmas song in the country and charted at #10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Charts (non-holiday).
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headlining artists come without their bands and play each other's music in an unrehearsed jam session format organized by Guerrero) grew to an audience of thousands and attracted contemporary jazz artists like
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White Light Productions was dissolved as a record company. Hunt negotiated a record deal for Guerrero with Nova Records, at the time one of the country's most successful independent contemporary jazz labels.
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was released in 1989 and several songs ended up receiving substantial airplay around the country. The songs "Slam Shack", "Pancho", and "Mangione" helped drive the song into the
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Guerrero maintains his personal recording studio, Third Bedroom Studios, in his home where much of his personal recording work is done. He also maintains a large collection of
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Leonard Publications. It became one of their top-selling releases that year and has remained a staple in high school, college and even professional big bands around the world.
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