American Tune Lovers Society (ATLS)

Helping to keep in tune with history!

 

 

The American Tune Lovers Society (ATLS) is affialted with the Center for American Music Preservastion (CAMP) and was formed to help preserve and protect American tunes from the past by providing recordings of the music from the 18th, 19th, 20th centuries.

The focus of ATLS are on American tunes (classical, folk, popular)
from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

Please read the information which follows and consider supporting ATLS

 

To contact ATLS -- click here

 

 

 

 

 


Join in this free annual event sponsored by

American Tune Lovers Society!

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

 

 

 

 

What are your favorite American tunes?

They might be...

Big Band music
Jazz music
Country & Western songs
Oldies songs
Gospel music
Easy Listening songs

Or maybe you would prefer...

Choral tunes
Instrumental classical themes
Film soundtrack themes
Songs from Broadway musicals

Why not help support this society now?

 




Join The American Tune Lovers Society
and help in its mission
to help preserve American tunes from the past
by ordering any of these limited edition CDs:



01: American Places - Musical Travels (Classical)

02: Gentle Words - A Shaker Music Sampler (Folk)

03: It's Magic - 100th Birthday Celebration of Sammy Cahn (Pop)

04: John William Radio Tributes (Film music)

To join ATLS,
just pay an admission fee of $25.00
and you will receive for your membership
one of the four CDs listed above.
Just indicate which CD you wish to receive and
be sure to include your mailing address.

Click the "Add to Cart" below

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Sponsored by The American Tune Lovers Society


Every year this free annual web event takes place
the week near the October birthday of
America's first important tune composer, William Billings,
best known for his patriotic war song, "CHESTER" (1770/1778)

 

 

 

American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)

See the list of over 50 CDs available
with American music

click here

American Music Resource Editions

See the titles available--click here

 


 

 

 

 

 

 


Over two centuries of recorded American song!

America's Singing History, Volume 1:
From Pre-Revolution to Abolition, 1759-1859


America's Singing History, Volume 2:
From Civil War to Cold War, 1861-1961

Read how to get your copy of these AMRC CDs -- click here

 

 

 

 

Elder Joseph Brackett Day - May 6

Sponsored by
American Tune Lovers Society

 

Read about this day
celebrating the birthday of the Shaker composer
of the popular religious folk song, "Simple Gifts" -- click here


 

 

 

 

 

 

Tune Anniversaries

2024

 

Sh-Boom (1954)

70th anniversary of early crossover hit tune
from Rhythm & Blues record by The Chords who wrote the song
to Pop cover record by The Crew-Cuts


 

 

 

 

 

 

2023

75th anniversary of "It's Magic" movie song sung by Doris day
in the movie,
ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS
with the tune by Jule Styne and words by Sammy Cahn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022



 

75th anniversary of hit song,
"Time After Time" (1947)
music by Jule Styne,
words by Sammy Cahn


 

 

 

 

 

2021

 

65th anniversary of "Don't Be Cruel"
early rock n' roll song by Otis Blackwell
made popular by
Elvis Presley

 

 

2020

250th anniversary of the first American
tune collection with music by William Billings in 1770


"Majesty" - William Billings and The Stoughton Musical Society

 

 

 

60th anniversary of "It's Now Or Never"
multi-million selling record by Elvis Presley

 

 

 


2019

AMRC 0011: "Swanee" -
A Century of American Songs, 1819-1919

 

 

AMRC 0026: "Song of the Marching Men" -
from THE NEW EARTH (1919)
music by Henry K. Hadley

 

 

 

 

2018

"Land of Our Hearts"
a patriotic song from 1918

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014

"Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground" (1864)

2013

Stephen Foster's Civil War era hymns (1863)

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (1863)

2012


150th anniversary of first publication of

"Battle Hymn of the Republic"

 

 

2011


150th anniversary of publication of

"John Brown" (aka: John Brown's Body)

 

100th anniversary of Irving Berlin's first hit song

"Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1911)

 


 

 

2010

 

Carousel Of American Music: The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco Concerts

70th anniversary of the milestone music event
with dozens of famous songwriters performing their own music
now available on a 4 CD box set titled:

Carousel of American Music:
The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco Concerts

 

 

 


 

 

2008

Play Ball!

The 100th anniversary of the most popular baseball song:

"Take Me Out To The Ball Game"

Are you a fan of old western songs?

Then take a look at this music tribute page
to B-western stars and songwriters,
affiliated with The American Tune Lovers Society:

Cowboy Songs Corral

 

 

 

 

 

See the list of composers on the

Tunemaker Hall of Fame

 

 

 

 

 

Essential American Recordings Survey (EARS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recommended American Tune Recordings

 

 

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)

 

 

How many tunes do you remember from these years?

50 song hits from 1963

50 song hits from 1962

50 song hits from 1961

50 song hits from 1960

50 song hits from 1959

50 song hits from 1958

50 song hits from 1957

50 song hits from 1956

 


 

 

Help support the American Tune Lovers Society

Order a CD from the

American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)

 

 


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