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National Carry A Tune Week
This is a Worldwide Free Web Event
sponsored by The Tune Lovers Society
Click on these links...
- Tenth Annual Carry A Tune Week 2010
- List of tunes for Carry A Tune Week 2009
- List of tunes for Carry A Tune Week 2008
National Carry A Tune Week is listed in this respected annual directory:
Chase's Calendar of Events 2009 --
look under date of Sunday, October 4
Help support this annual Carry A Tune Week Survey.
Click on these links:
This year's survey is dedicated to
one of America's greatest songwriters from the past,
on the centennial year of his birth,Johnny Mercer (1909-1976)
See the tribute to this popular songwriter at
"Accent-tchu-ate The Positive" -
Johnny Mercer in Hollywood
This year also marks the 50th anniversary of
a landmark television series which had distinctive
themes by Bernard Herrmann and other composers...
The Twilight Zone Revisited (Two Part Tribute)
Definitions for "tune" --
(a) a pleasing succession of musical tones: Melody.
(b) a dominant theme.
--from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition.
Annual Carry A Tune Week Survey
This is not a contest to see if you can sing or play a tune like on a TV show.
National Carry A Tune Week is designed to "carry" some of your favorite tunes from Ten or more years ago (or up until 1999) with you during that week in October as a fond memory from the past.
You might pick tunes from your school days, from a love relationship, in memory of a departed family member or freind, or any other time from your past.
This is a Free and Fun Event and open to other countries besides the U.S.A.
There is no money involved in entering, but you must send in your tune list if you wish to be listed for this annual event.
You don’t need to be a singer or an instrumentalist to take part, but musicians and music teachers are especially encouraged to particpate.
All you need is the willingness to look back and select up to 10 of your favorite American tunes during this National Carry A Tune Week.
The only requirements for Carry A Tune Week are that all the tunes must be American in origin from the past (at least 10 years ago).
If you are a musician or songwriter you can select your own tunes as well as those by others.
Musicians are encouraged to perform one or more tunes during National Carry A Tune Week in their concerts or elsewhere.
Teachers are urged to choose at least one tune for that week to teach 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 at home, in their car, at work, while exercising, or elsewhere.
You are encouraged to send in your list of favorite tunes with brief comments to this Carry A Tune web survey.
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Sample Tunes
These are just a few examples...
I. Patriotic Music:
"America the Beautiful"
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"
"God Bless America"
"Stars and Stripes Forever March"
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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"
Pete Seeger: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?"
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III. Religious Music:
"Amazing Grace" (Folk hymn)
"Simple Gifts" (Elder Joseph Brackett)
"Lift Every Voice and Sing"
(J. Rosmond Johnson)
"(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley" (Thomas A. Dorsey)
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IV. Popular Music:
Scott Joplin: "The Entertainer"
Hoagy Carmichael-Mitchell Parrish: "Star Dust"
Duke Ellington: "Solitude"
Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer: "Blues In The Night"
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V. Classical Music:
Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Schwartz:
"A Simple Song" (from 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 (Main Theme)
John Williams: STAR WARS (Main Theme)
Henry Mancini-Johnny Mercer: "Moon River"
Ralph Rainger-Leo Robin: "Thanks for the Memory"
Here is sheet music for a few more tunes,
arranged by decades during the 20th Century...
1900 - 1910
Song: "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"
Words by Jack Norworth/
Music by Albert Von Tilzer (1908)
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1911-1919
Song: "Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning"
Words & Music by Irving Berlinwritten for the World War I show, YIP, YIP, YAPHANK (1918)
Song: "Swanee"
Words by Irving Caesar/
Music by George Gershwin (1919)Introduced by Al Jolson in the stage musical, SINBAD
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1920-1929
Song: "Baby Face"
Words & Music: Benny Davis and Harry Akst (1926)
Song: "You Were Meant For Me"
Words by Arthur Freed/
Music by Nacio Herb Brownfrom the Oscar-winning movie musical,
THE BROADWAY MELODY (1929)
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1930-1939
Song: "All The Things You Are"
Music by Jerome Kern/
Words by Oscar Hammerstein IIfrom the stage show, VERY WARM FOR MAY (1939)
Song: "I've Got You Under My Skin"
Words and Music by Cole Porter
from the movie musical, BORN TO DANCE (1936)
Song: "Pennies From Heaven"
Musicby Arthur Johnston/
Words by Johnny Burkefrom the movie of the same title
starring Bing Crosby (1936)
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1940-1949
Song:: "Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive"
Music: Harold Arlen/ Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
sung by Bing Crosby in the movie musical,
HERE COME THE WAVES (1944)
Song:: "At Last"
Music by Harry Warren/
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
featured in the movie with Glenn Miller and His Band,
ORCHESTRA WIVES (1942)
Song:: "When You Wish Upon A Star"
Music by Leigh Harline
Words by Ned Washington
sung by Cliff Edwards in the Walt Disney animated movie,
PINOCCHIO (1940)
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1950-1959
Song: "Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)"
Words & Music by Larry Russell, Inez James, Buddy Pepper
Hit record by Les Paul and Mary Ford (1953)
Song: "Loving You"
Words & Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
from the movie with the same title (1957)
Song:: "Peter Gunn Theme"
Music by Henry Mancini
featured in the television series,
PETER GUNN --
First Grammy Award - Album of the Year (1958)
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1960-1969
Song:: "Call Me Irresponsible"
Words by Sammy Cahn/ Music by James Van Heusen
Academy Award-winning song from the film,
PAPA'S DELICATE CONDITION (1963)
Song: "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"
Musicby Burt Bacharach/
Words by Hal Davidfrom the hit stage musical, PROMISES, PROMISES (1968)
Song: "The Shadow Of Your Smile"
Musicby Johnny Mandel/
Words by Paul Francis WebsterAcademy Award-winning song from the film,
THE SANDPIPER (1965)
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1970-1979
Song: "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"
Music & Lyrics: Stevie Wonder (1972)
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1980-1989
Song: "Let The River Run"
Music & Lyrics by Carly SimonAcademy Award-winning song from the film,
WORKING GIRL (1988)
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1990-1999
"Hymn To The Fallen"
Film theme by John Williams
from the film, 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.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 also 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" - from 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.
2009 marks the 250th anniversary
of the first American song.For more information, see
Essential American Recordings Survey (EARS)
National Carry A Tune Week
from 2001 to 2009= 304 tunes
Tenth Annual
National Carry A Tune Week
(October 3 - 9, 2010)
If you plan to celebrate this annual event,
write to:
Ninth Annual Carry A Tune Week (October 4 - 10, 2009)
To read the complete descriptions and YouTube music
for the tunes sent in,
click on this link:National Carry a Tune Week 2009
Eighth Annual Carry A Tune Week (October 5 - 11, 2008)
To read the complete descriptions and YouTube music
for the tunes sent in,
click on this link:National Carry a Tune Week 2008
Seventh Annual Carry A Tune Week (October 7 - 13, 2007)
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.To read the complete descriptions for the tunes sent in,
click on this link:National Carry a Tune Week 2007
Sixth Annual Carry A Tune Week (October 1- 7, 2006)
To read the complete descriptions for the tunes sent in,
click on this link:National Carry a Tune Week 2006
Fifth Annual Carry A Tune Week (October 2 - 8, 2005)
To read the complete descriptions for the tunes sent in,
click on this link:National Carry a Tune Week 2005
See the list of
American songwriters and composers
selected for the
100 Essential Film Scores of the 20th Century
A Century of American Songs, Part One (1759 - 1859)
A Century of American Songs, Part Two (1861-1961)
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