Special 25th Annual National Carry A Tune Week!

Sunday October 5 - Sunday, October 11, 2025

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24th Carry A Tune Week (October 6-13, 2024)

Help celebrate the centennial anniversary
of the birth of Henry Mancini (1924-1994)

Play or sing any of his songs
like his first Oscar-winning tune
with lyrics by Johnny Mercer --

Click here to see the tunes chosen for 24th Carry A Tune Week

Please disregard other web pages that are not up-to-date.

This is the only official page for this annual web event
run since 2001 by

American Tune Lovers Society (ATLS)

"Helping to keep in tune with history"

• How did this annual event begin?
  
  
• To participate in Tune Week web event
  
  
• Sample tunes for each of the six categories
  
  
• List of tunes from past Carry A Tune Weeks

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  How did this annual event begin?

• Back in 2001, American music preservationist and ASCAP composer, Roger Hall, wanted to pay tribute to the victims of the horrific 9/11 terrorist attacks.

  So he came up with the idea of asking web readers to select favorite tunes from their past in remembrance of a loved one or some treasured event in their life and "carry" them in remembrance.

  This is now the 24th year of this annual free web event. So far there have been over 500 American tunes chosen
  for Carry A Tune Week.

  Read below how you can contribute to this week by sending in your tunes.

   

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• National Carry A Tune Week (NCATW)
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  This year's Carry A Tune Day is Monday, October 7 (William Billings Birthday, born in Boston in 1746).
  
  Billings best known song was a favorite during the American Revolution titled,
  "Chester" - possibly named after a dead patriot soldier.
  
  The song was later arranged for band or orchestra by American composer, William Schuman, in the 20th century.
  

  

  Listen to the song sung by The Yankee Tunesmiths and Old Stoughton Musical Society Chorus:
  
  "Chester" - William Billings - two versions: 1778 (Billings words) and 1786 (Philip Doddridge words)

  Read about William Billings, Father of American Choral Music -- click here

 

 

 

Total Tunes Selected from 2001 to 2023 = 550

 

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Definitions for a "tune" --

(a) a pleasing succession of musical tones.

(b) a dominant theme.

--from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.

To participate in this free annual event

This event is open to all web readers in the USA and other countries too.

All tunes must be written in the USA and written or recorded before 2001. You may wonder why the tunes must be before 2001 and only from the U.S.A.

The week was begun in memory of those lost during the terrorist attacks on 9/11/ 2001, so it was felt appropriate to have only American tunes written before that year in memory of those who were lost on that terrible day in 2001.

Selecting Your Tunes

Do you have favorite tunes that have special meaning for you?

You might pick a favorite tune from your school days, from a favorite song you heard on radio or on the web,
from a love relationship, in memory of a departed family member or friend, or some other time in your past.

This week is designed for those who want to recall favorite tunes from their past and
"carry" them that week to remember them, like favorite old pictures.

For the web survey choose only one favorite tune or one tune in each of these

Tune Categories:

I. Patriotic -- band music, patriotic songs

II. Folk -- traditional folk, singer-songwriter

III. Religious -- sacred instrumental or vocal, spirituals, gospel music

IV. Popular -- blues, jazz, easy listening, ethnic, country, r&b, rock, disco, or other music before 2001

V. Classical -- songs or arias, instrumental themes

VI. Film -- film score themes, movie songs

If you don't know which category to place your tune(s) in, just indicate the tune title and as much information as you can.

Your personal memories of your tune(s) are encouraged but are not required, unless you wish to enter the contest to win a Free CD for best personal comments.

Musicians -- are encouraged to perform at least one American tune in commemoration of
National Carry A Tune Week in their concerts, online or at any event.

Teachers -- are requested to choose one to six American tunes for that week to assign to their students for them to find out about them and sing or play them in class.

Listeners -- are asked to play one or six favorite American tune during this week at home, in your car, while exercising or walking, or any other appropriate place.

 

Please provide the names of the songwriters or composers and year of origin if they are known,

When contacting, please send in your full name -- which will NOT be published or sent to any advertisers.

Only your first name will be listed on the survey list unless you wish to remain anonymous.

Send in only ONE TUNE title in one of the six tune categories.

Or, send in ONE TUNE titles for each of the six tune categories.

 

 

Send your tune picks to this email -- National Carry A Tune Week

 

 

 

 

For sample tune titles see the list below -- click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remembrance of Tunes Past

 

List of the tunes chosen for the...

23rd National Carry A Tune Week in 2023 -- click here

22nd National Carry A Tune Week in 2022 -- click here

21st National Carry A Tune Week in 2021 -- click here

20th National Carry A Tune Week in 2020 -- click here

19th National Carry A Tune Week in 2019 -- click here

18th National Carry A Tune Week in 2018 -- click here

17th National Carry A Tune Week in 2017 -- click here

16th National Carry A Tune Week in 2016 -- click here

 

The 2015 Tune Week was dedicated to
one of the best known popular American singers
on the 100th anniversary year of his birth...

 

Frank Sinatra

 

 

 

 

For Movie and Radio Fans

A Guide to Film Music: Songs and Scores

 

A book about popular Cleveland disc jockey

The Bill Randle Chronicles:
From Electric Elvis to The Shakers

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few tune samples in each category.

Please pick your own favorite tunes and send in the titles to NCATW.

 

I. Patriotic:

"Chester" - William Billings

"Battle Hymn of the Republic"

God Bless America" (Irving Berlin)

"The Stars and Stripes Forever March" (John Philip Sousa)

 

 

II. Folk:

"Goodnight, Irene" (Huddie Ledbetter aka "Lead Belly")

"This Land Is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie)

"The Times They Are A'Changin'" (Bob Dylan)

"Where Have All The Flowers Gone" (Pete Seeger)

 

 

 

III. Religious:

"Amazing Grace" (Folk hymn)

"Lift Every Voice And Sing" (James Weldon Johnson)

"Nearer My God To Thee" (Lowell Mason)

"Simple Gifts" (Elder Joseph Brackett)

 

 

 

IV. Popular:

"Don't Be Cruel" (Otis Blackwell)

"Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington)

"Star Dust" (Hoagy Carmichael)

"I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton)

 

 

 

 

V. Classical Music (Vocal and Instrumental):

"Fanfare For The Common Man" (Aaron Copland)

"Glitter and Be Gay" from CANDIDE (Leonard Bernstein)

"Be Glad Then, America" (William Billings- arr. by William Schuman)

"A Real Slow Drag" from TREEMONISHA (Scott Joplin)

 

 

VI. Film Music (Themes and Songs):

Song: "As Time Goes By" from CASABLANCA (Herman Hupfeld)

Song: "Moon River" from BREAKFAST AT TIFANNY'S (Henry Mancini)

Main Theme from GONE WITH THE WIND (Max Steiner)

Main Theme from STAR WARS (John Williams)

 

 

 

Centennial Tributes To Songwriters On AMP

 

A Centennial Tribute to Henry Mancini

 

 

A Centennial Tribute to Sammy Cahn