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Carry A Tune Week
This is a Free Web Survey
sponsored by The Tune Lovers Society
Click on these links to go to the sections for...
Carry A Tune Week
(October 4 - 10, 2009)
This year's survey is dedicated to the songs of
one of America's greatest songwriters from the past,
on the centennial year of his birth...Johnny Mercer (1909-1976)
A special tribute to him will be on this web site soon
with
a sample listing of his many great songs.
Help support this annual Carry A Tune Week Survey.
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Definitions:
(a) a pleasing succession of musical tones: Melody.
(b) a dominant theme.
--from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition.
You don’t need to be a singer or an instrumentalist,
but musicians are encouraged to particpate in this event.All you need is the willingness to look back and select some of your favorite American tunes during National Carry A Tune Week.
This week is set aside to remember favorite tunes from at least five years ago.
If you have any questions about tune selections, write to:
Here are just a few tune examples arranged by decades...
1900 - 1910
Song: "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" (100th Anniversary)
Music: Albert Von Tilzer/ Lyrics: Jack Norworth (1908)
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1911-1919
Song: "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
Words & Music by Irving Berlin (1911)
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The 1920s
Song: "Baby Face"
Words & Music: Benny Davis and Harry Akst (1926)
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The 1930s
Song: "Pennies From Heaven"
Music: Arthur Johnston/Lyrics: Johnny Burke (1936)
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The 1940s
Song:: "Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive"
Music: Harold Arlen/ Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
(featured in the film, HERE COME THE WAVES, 1944)
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The 1950s
Song: "Loving You"
Words & Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (1957)
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The 1960s
Song: "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"
Music: Burt Bacharach/ Lyrics: Hal David (1968)
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The 1970s
Song: "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"
Music & Lyrics: Stevie Wonder (1972)
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The 1980s
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Song: "If We Were In Love"
Music: John Williams
Lyrics: Alan &Marilyn Bergman
from the film, YES, GIORGIO (1982)
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The 1990s
"Hymn To The Fallen"
Music by John Williams
from SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
Back in 2001, music preservationist and ASCAP songwriter Roger Lee Hall wanted to remember the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks through music. So he came up with the idea of asking music lovers to select tunes for a week of remembrance in October.
Out of that grass roots idea has developed the annual free web event
known as National Carry A Tune Week.So far there have been over 200 tunes
chosen by listeners and musicians.National Carry A Tune Week is held annually near the birthday of America's
first tune composer, William Billings, born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 7, 1746. To read more about him, go hereFor those old enough to remember, October 7 was also the date that the popular program, YOUR HIT PARADE, was premiered on national TV in 1950. The program had been on radio for many years. Each week the TV program went through the top songs of the week,
with a few older songs included in the program.One other event for October 7... that's the birthday of songwriter Ralph Rainger (1901-1942). He wrote mostly film songs, including "Love in Bloom" (1934). This song was first recorded by Bing Crosby but later became Jack Benny's theme song. Rainger, and his lyricist co-writer, Leo Robin, also wrote the Oscar winning song, "Thanks for the Memory" - sung in THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1938 by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross.
It later became Bob Hope's theme song.National Carry A Tune Week is designed for those who want to remember some of their favorite tunes from their past and carry them with them,
like favorite old photos or memorabillia.In 2009, there will be a celebration of the 250th anniversary
of the first American song. Plans are being made for
a published survey of American songs
and a possible radio special to celebrate this anniversary.For more information, see
for the latest Carry A Tune Week survey?
The Ninth Annual Carry A Tune Week will be October 4 - 10, 2009.
To see all the tunes selected for the previous year, go to:
The only criteria for Carry A Tune Week are the tunes must be of American origin from the past (at least ten years ago) in any of these categories:
I. Patriotic Music (Songs and Marches)
II. Folk Music (Traditional and Singer-Songwriter)
III. Religious Music (Gospel and Sacred)
IV Popular Music (Ragtime, Jazz, Pop, Country, Rock, etc.)
V. Classical Music (Short Works and Songs)
VI. Film Music (Themes and Songs)
Musicians are encouraged to perform one or more tunes during Carry A Tune Week in their concerts, in their house of worship, or elsewhere.
Teachers are urged to choose at least one tune for that week to teach to their students or ask them to find out about a tune.
Listeners are asked to sing or play some of their favorite tunes that week in their car, while exercising, at the office, or at home.
Categories
Tunes may be listed from any of the categories listed below.
These are just a few samples...
I. Patriotic Music:
"America the Beautiful" (Samuel A. Ward)
"Battle Hymn of the Republic" (William Steffe)
"God Bless America" (Irving Berlin)
"Stars and Stripes Forever March" (J.P. Sousa)
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II. Folk Music:
Woody Guthrie: "This Land is Your Land"
Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly): "Goodnight, Irene"
Bob Dylan: "Blowin' in the Wind"
"We Shall Overcome"
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III. Religious Music:
"Amazing Grace" (folk hymn tune)
"Simple Gifts" (Elder Joseph Brackett)
"Lift Every Voice and Sing"
(J. Rosmond Johnson)
"Peace in the Valley" (Thomas Dorsey)
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IV. Popular Music:
Scott Joplin: "The Entertainer"
Hoagy Carmichael: "Star Dust"
Duke Ellington: "Solitude"
Johnny Mercer: "Accentuate the Positive"
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V. Classical Music:
Leonard Bernstein: "A Simple Song" (Mass)
Aaron Copland: "Fanfare for the Common Man"
William Arms Fisher: "Goin' Home"
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Theme)
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VI. Film Music:
Miklos Rozsa: BEN-HUR (Overture)
John Williams: STAR WARS (Main Theme)
Harold Arlen: "Over the Rainbow"
Ralph Rainger: "Thanks for the Memory"
Read about this annual event in Chase's Calendar of Events 2008
under the date of October 5.
To read the complete descriptions for the tunes sent in,
click on this link:National Carry a Tune Week 2008
To read more, look in Chase's Calendar of Events 2007 under the date
of October 7, 2007 for information about National Carry A Tune Week.Complete survey list of tunes in alphabetical order:
"Adagio fro Strings" (1938)
"America" from West Side Story (1957)
"Autumn Leaves" (1955)
"Back in the Saddle Again" (1939)
"But Not For Me" (1930)
"Call of the Canyon" (1940)
"Carl Yastremski" (1967)
"A Cup of Rejoicing" (1846)
"The Dark Night is Ending" (1988)
"Distracted" (1980)
"Dream World" (1961)
"Earth's Only Paradise" from Ode to the Virginian Voyage (1957)
"The Empty Handed Traveller" from the opera, The Consul (1950)
"God Bless America" (1938)
"Hold Me Back (Frankie and Johnny)"(1992)
"Hold the Line" (1978)
"Home on the Range" (1873)
"How Glorious is Our Heavenly King (SHARON)" (1778)
"I Am What I Am" from La Cage aux Folles (1983)
"If We Were In Love" from the film YES, GIORGIO (1982)
"I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover" (1927/ 1948)
"I'm So Excited" (1984)
"I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story (1957)
"The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha (1965)
"I Say a Little Prayer" (1967)
"I Whistle a Happy Tune" from The King and I (1951)
"Jesus Loves Me" (1862)
"Joe Hill's Last Will" (1961)
"The Last Thing On My Mind" (1960s)
"Let The Rest of the World Go By" (1919)
"Living in the Country" (1956)
"The Look of Love" from CASINO ROYALE (1967)
"Look unto me" from the cantata, Song of Our Saviour (1881)
"Man of La Mancha" (1965)
"Moonlight in Vermont" (1944)
"More Love" (Shaker hymn, 1870)
"Our Town" (1991)
"Over the Rainbow" from THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
"Prelude" from PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE (1952)
"Rights of Conscience" (Shaker hymn, 1810)
"Stormy Weather" (1933)
"Sure on this shining night" (1941)
"Take Five" (1961)
"Take Me Home Country Roads" (1971)
"That Old Black Magic" from STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM (1942)
"There'll Be) Peace in the Valley" (1937)
"These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)" (1936)
"The Tree of Life" (Shaker hymn, about 1810)
"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" from SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUTTo read the complete descriptions for the tunes sent in,
click on this link:National Carry a Tune Week 2007
List of tunes in alphabetical order:
"Beat It" (1983)
"Be Glad Then, America" (1956)
"Come thou fount of every blessing" (about 1813)
"GIANT" (theme from the movie, 1956)
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (1944)
"How Can I Keep From Singing?" (1864)
"Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair" (1854)
"Love Me Tender" (1956)
"My Way" (1969)
"Open Thy Lattice Love" (1844)
"Suspicious Minds" (1969)
"Turn Around" (1954)
"Welcome, Welcome" (1869)
"What a friend we have in Jesus" (1868)
"Wooden Heart" (1960)
"You Are My Sunshine" (1940)
List of tunes in alphabetical order:
"Amazing Grace" (folk hymn)
"Are You Making Any Money?" (1933)
"At Seventeen" (1975)
"Back in the Saddle Again" (1940)
"The Blackest Crow" (traditional folk song)
"Blowin' in the Wind" (1963)
"Blue Skies" (1927)
"Boogie Blues" (1945)
"Buttons and Bows" (1948)
"Cakewalk" (1951
"Call of the Canyon" (1940)
"Canaan's Land" (gospel song)
"Crucifixion" (1786)
"Days of Wine and Roses" (1961)
"The Devil and the Farmer's Wife" (traditional folk song)
"Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'" from HIGH NOON (1952)
"Don't Fence Me In" (1944)
"Empty Saddles" (1936)
"Flying Theme" from E.T. (1982)
"Frankie and Johnny" (1912)
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (1944)
"The Humble Heart" (Shaker hymn, 1820)
"I Can't But Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" (folk song)
"If I Had a Hammer" (1958)
"I'm Looking Over a Four-leaf Clover" (1927/1948)
"I Will Come Down in the Valley" (Shaker song,1889)
"Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" (1942)
"K-K-K-Katy" (1918)
"Keep Me From Blowing Away" (1970s)
"Land of Our Hearts" (1917)
"Last Night When We Were Young" (1936)
"Main Title from THE SUNDOWNERS (1960)
"Main title from TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1961)
"Manana" (1948)
"Mare Nostrum" from VICTORY AT SEA (1950s)
"Mexicali Rose" (1923)
"Mood Indigo" (1931)
"A Night Song" (1895)
"Orchids in the Moonlight" (1933)
"Prelude" from THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
"Prelude" from KING OF KINGS (1961)
"Satin Doll" (1958)
"She Sits at Her Loom" (1996)
"The Silver Horn" (1883)
"Something's Gotta Give" (1955)
"Spirit of Freedom" (1956)
"The Stars and Stripes Forever" (1896)
"Summertime" (1935)
"They Were You" (1960)
"They Who Seek the Throne of Grace" -- for the victims of Hurricane Katrina
"This Land is Your Land" (1940/1956)
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (1963)
"Tree of Life" (Shaker song, 1876)
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (1934)
"Variations on AMERICA" (1891/1963)
"When I Go To West Virginia" (1996)
"When I Fall in Love" (1952)
"You Were Meant For Me" (1929)
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