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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 in 2001
to help preserve neglected American tunes from the past by providing
recordings of the music.The focus is on American tunes (classical, folk, popular)
mainly from 18th, 19th and early 20th century.
Please read the information which follows and consider supporting ATLS
To contact ATLS -- click here
Add your voice to this free annual event sponsored by
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 and 1778)
Send in your tune titles for the annual event at this link...
25th Annual National Carry A Tune Week (October 5-11, 2025)
Help Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of
The American Revolution with songs from the 1770s,
including an original version of "Yankee Doodle"
"Yankee Doodle" - American Patriotic Song Quartet
Here are a few limited edition AMRC CDs
sold by the Tune Lovers Society
to help in its mission to preserve American tunes:
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)
American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)
See the list of over 50 AMRC CDs available
with music from several centuries of American music
American Music Resource Editions
See the titles available--click here
Over two centuries of recorded American song!
America's Singing History, Volume 1:
1759 - 1859
America's Singing History, Volume 2:
1861- 1961
Read how to get your copy of these AMRC CDs --
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" --
Tune Anniversaries
2025
75th anniversary of the hit song
the biggest hit record of 1950
as sung by The Weavers
202470th 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
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
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"
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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:
See the list of composers on the
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?
Help support the Center for American Music Preservation (or CAMP)
Order music from the
American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)
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