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The Tune Lovers Society
The Tune Lovers Society is designed to preserve and protect American tunes from the past.
Not only 20th century music, but also tunes from the 18th and 19th centuries as well.
One goal of TLS is a book about vintage American tunes.
Another goal is a series of CDs featuring American tunes from the past.
For a list of tunes available on CD, see
American Music Recordings Archive (AMRA)
Society for Earlier American Music (SEAM)
Essential American Recordings Survey
(E.A.R.S.)
In celebration of
the 250th anniversary of the
FIRST SONG WRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN:
"My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free"
by Francis Hopkinson
A survey of recommended recordings
of American music from 1759 to 1959.
To read this survey,
go to:
If you know of a possible publisher, or
would like to help fund the publication of
a book of this E.A.R.S. list,
write to:
Reference Guides:
A Guide to Film Music: Songs amd Scores
A Guide to Shaker Music - With Music Supplement
Remembering Radio: Great Songwriters and Singers
Historical Recordings:
America in Song, Vol. I: American Revolution to World War I
Lincoln and Liberty: Music From Abraham Lincoln's Era
Songs by Francis Hopkinson (America's First Songwriter)
Contents
Tune Lovers Society Membership
What are your favorite American tunes?
They might be...
Big Band & Jazz
Country & Western songs
Elvis Presley songs
Gospel music
Easy Listening songs
Or maybe you would prefer...
Choral music
Classical themes
Early Americana music
Film score themes
Songs from stage and screen
Now you can join a web group for any of this music.
Also, you may volunteer to be part of the TLS executive board to help raise funds
for a book and CD series on historic American music.
Why not join this society now?
Membership is currently FREE, but if you donate at least $20, you will receive a CD as a Free Gift.
To receive your Free CD,
just send your mailing address
and click on this button to
Once you join, you are encouraged to take part in any way you can,
especially by spreading the word to others.
Let's keep America's rich tune heritage alive!
Sign up now!
Yours tunefully,
Roger Lee Hall
Founder and President, The Tune Lovers Society (TLS)
Membership is open to anyone on the Internet including from any country.
If you would like to sign up, send in your first and last name and e-mail address (it will be kept private) and preferably also your music interests.
Send your membership request to:
Read about this song by Issachar Bates at
National Carry A Tune Week
Sponsored by The Tune Lovers Society
Tenth Annual
National Carry A Tune Week will be held
October 3 - 9, 2010
Read more about this event at
Click on these links to each year's annual event:
Ninth Annual Week: October 4 - 10, 2009
Eighth Annual Week: October 5 - 11, 2008
Seventh Annual Week: October 7 - 13, 2007
Sixth Annual Week: October 1 - 7, 2006
Fifth Annual Week: October 2 - 8, 2005
Fourth Annual Week: October 3 -9, 2004
Third Annual Week: October 6 - 12, 2003
Second Annual Week: October 7 - 13, 2002
First Annual Week: October 7 - 13, 2001
Recommended Listening
Here are a few recommended recordings of Patriotic Songs on CDs which may still be available at Amazon.com
America the Beautiful - Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Boston Pops Orchestra,
John Williams, conductor [Philips CD, 1996]
American Jubilee - May Festival Chorus & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, conductor
[Telarc CD, 1988]
Battle Cry of Freedom - Robert Shaw Chorale [BMG/RCA Victor, 1991]
God Bless America - Mormon Tabernacle Choir [Sony Classics, 1992]
This is My Country - Marilyn Horne; Leontyne Price; Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler; Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy; St. Louis Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin; Robert Shaw Chorale [BMG/RCA Victor, 1993]
Here is a recommended series of popular songs by the original artists on RCA:
Nipper's Greatest Hits - The 1920s ("My Blue Heaven"/ "Charleston"/ "Black and Tan Fantasy"/"Rhapsody in Blue" & more)
Nipper's Greatest Hits - The 1930s, Vol. 1 ("Happy Days are Here Again"/"Stardust"/ "You're the Top"/ "Moonlight Serenade" & more)
Nipper's Greatest Hits - The 1940s, Vol. 1 ("Frenesi"/ "Chatanooga Choo Choo"/ "Blues in the Night"/ "Stormy Weather" & more)
Nipper's Greatest Hits - The 1950s, Vol. 1 ("Be My Love"/ Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White"/ "Banana Boat (Day-O)"/ "Catch a Falling Star" & more)
Nipper's Greatest Hits - The 1960s ("The Old Lamplighter"/ "Twistin' the Night Away"/ "Everybody's Talkin'"/ "Suspicious Minds" & more)
Nipper's Greatest Hits - The 1970s ("It's Impossible"/ "Burning Love"/ "Lady"/"Turn the Beat Around"
& more)
Tunemaker Hall of Fame
Each year, ten American composers or songwriters from the past
are selected for the Tunemakers Hall of Fame.These composers and songwriters (but not lyricists) are chosen to recognize their considerable skill and talent in writing distinctive and memorable music.
To see the complete list see
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A Century of American Songs, Part One
(1759 - 1859)
A Century of American Songs, Part Two
(1861 - 1961)
Essential American Recordings Survey (EARS)
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