- Although It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown (1976) was the last Peanuts special he scored before his death, all of the Peanuts specials, movies, and TV series that followed also have scores based on his Peanuts themes, particularly the famous composition "Linus and Lucy."
- In 1963, Lee Mendelson had just agreed to produce the first Peanuts special when he was driving through San Francisco. Guaraldi's tune "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" came on the radio, and Mendelson knew he'd found the composer for the special. He found out that Guaraldi was a San Francisco native, tracked him down, and tapped him to composed the music.
- In the first couple of decades that the Peanuts specials aired, the producers were swamped with requests for Vince Guaraldi's music.
- In 1956 he was the pianist on the Columbia Records demonstration recordings of singer Johnny Mathis.
- He had two children: David Anthony Guaraldi (B. August 11, 1955) and Dia Lisa Guaraldi (B. February 16, 1960).
- Nephew of Muzzy Marcellino.
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