Complex sentence: Palmieri, a top Manhattan studio guitarist, was also a respected jazz guitarist and the only one of Godfrey's musicians to remain with the show from it 1945 debut until the final 1972 broadcast.
Split into simpler sentences: Palmieri, a top Manhattan studio guitarist was also a respected jazz guitarist. He was the only one of Godfrey's musicians to remain with the show from the debut in 1945 until the final 1972 broadcast.