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National Carry A Tune Week
Survey List (2001-2010)
This survey lists all 320 tunes selected in the six categories with the year of selection indicated (2001-2010). Those marked with (+) have selected YouTube videos. Other tunes on the list may also have videos on YouTube.
This annual Carry A Tune Week online event began in 2001 to commemorate the tragedies of 9/11/2001 and also to commemorate the birth of America's first tune composer, William Billings (1746-1800).
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I. Patriotic Music -- band music or patriotic songs
"America (My Country! 'Tis of Thee)(words: Samuel F. Smith) " - 2004
"America The Beautiful" (lyrics: Katharine Lee Bates/ music: Samuel Ward) - 2002
"America, The Dream Goes On" (lyrics: Alan & Marilyn Bergman/ music: John Williams)- 2001
"Battle Hymn Of The Republic" (1862) - 2008
+"Ballad Of The Green Berets" (Barry Sandler & Robin Moore, 1966) - 2008
"Bonnie Blue Flag" (words: Harry McCarthy) - 2004
"Chester" (William Billings, 1778) - 2003
"Father And I Went Down To Camp" (Yankee Doodle, 1776) - 2010
"God Bless America" (words & music by Irving Berlin)- 2001/ 2007
"Independence" (William Billings, 1778) - 2004
"Lamentation Over Boston" (William Billings, 1778) - 2001
"Land of Our Hearts" (lyrics: John H. Ingram/ music by George Whitefield Chadwick, 1917) - 2005
"Lincoln and Liberty" (1860) - For the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial, 2009
"Rights of Conscience" (words & music by Isschar Bates, 1810) - 2007
"Spirit of Freedom" (music by Kent Cooper) - 2005
"The Stars and Stripes Forever" (music by John Philip Sousa, 1896) - 2005
"That's What's The Matter" (music by Stephen Foster) - 2001
"Yankee Doodle" - 2003
+"You're a Grand Old Flag" (1906) (words & music by George M. Cohan) -
YouTube (sung by James Cagney) - 2010
II. Folk Music -- traditional or contemporary singer-songwriter"The Blackest Crow" (traditional folk song) - 2005
"Blowin' in the Wind" (words & music by Bob Dylan, 1963) - 2005
"The Devil and the Farmer's Wife" (traditional folk song
"Diamonds And Rust" ( Joan Baez) - 2003
"The Emigrant Song" (Mary McCaslin) - 2001
"Frankie and Johnny" (folk song) - 2005
"Going Down The Valley" (Jessie Brown-J.H. Fillmore, 1890) - YouTube - 2004/2010
+"Goodnight, Irene" (words & music by Huddie Ledbetter and Alan Lomax) - YouTube (sung by the Weavers) - 2010
+"Hobo's Lullaby" by Woody Guthrie - YouTube (sung by Woody Guthrie) - 2010
"Home on the Range" (1873) - 2007
"I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" (words & music by Tom Paxton)-2005
"If I Had a Hammer" (words & music by Lee Hays and Pete Seeger, 1958) - 2005
"I Ride An Old Paint" (Western song) - 2002
"In The Pines" - 2009
"Joe Hill's Last Will" (1961) - 2007
"Keep Me From Blowing Away" (Paul Craft, 1970s) - 2005
"Let The Mystery Be" (words & music by Iris DeMent, 1992) - 2008
"The Last Thing On My Mind" (1960s) - 2007
"Living in the Country" (1956) - 2007
"Midnight Special" (Huddie Ledbetter/ Leadbelly) - 2004
"Our Town" (Iris DeMent) - 2001/ 2007
"Rank Strangers" (Ralph Stanley) - 2003
"She Sits At Her Loom" (words & music by Aubrey Atwater, 1996) - 2005
"Streets Of Laredo" (Cowboy ballad) - 2003/ 2008
"This Land is Your Land" (words & music by Woody Guthrie, 1940) - 2005
"Times Are Gettin' Hard" - 2008
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (words & music by Bob Dylan, 1963) - 2005
"When I Go to West Virginia (Coal Mine Owner's Daughter) (Aubrey Atwater, 1996) - 2005
"When Love Was Young" (words & music by Iris DeMent) - 2010
+"Where Have All The Flowers Gone" (words & music by Pete Seeger, 1962) - In memory
of Mary Travers, 2009
III. Religious Music -- sacred or gospel
"Amazing Grace" (words by John Newton, 1799/ music by unknown composer first published in William Walker's tunebook, The Southern Harmony, in 1835) -2005
"Canaan's Land" - 2005
"Come, Join in One Accord" (music by Roger Lee Hall, 1980)
"Come Life, Shaker Life" (Shaker song by Issachar Bates) - 2004
"Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" (tune: NETTLETON in John Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part II, 1813/ text: Robert Robertson) - 2006
"Creator God, We Give You Thanks" (words: Betty Anne J. Arner/music: Roger Hall - hymn: 1978) - 2008
"A Cup of Rejoicing" (Shaker hymn, 1846) - 2007
+"Deep River" - Afro-American Spiritual - YouTube (sung by Paul Robeson) - 2010
+"Down in the Valley to Pray" - Traditional Appalachian, adapted by Doc Watson -
YouTube (sung by Alison Krauss)
"Draw Me Close/ Forever/ The Heart Of Worship" (music by Michael W. Smith) - 2008
"Gentle Words" (Shaker song by Sister Polly M. Rupe, 1867) - 2003/ 2009
"How Can I Keep From Singing?"(words by Anne Warner/ music by Rev. Robert Lowry, 1864) - 2006
"How Glorious is Our Heavenly King (SHARON by William Billings, 1778) - 2007
"The Humble Heart" (Shaker hymn - words by Sister Eunice Wyeth/ music by Elder Thomas Hammond, about 1820) - 2005
+"I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" (words: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1863/ music by Johnny Marks, 1956) - 2008
"I Will Come Down in the Valley" (Shaker song by Sister Eva Frank,
Sabbathday Lake, Maine, about 1889) - 2005
"In Yonder Valley" (Shaker song) - 2003
"Jesus Loves Me" (Gospel song, 1862) - 2007
"Love is Little" (Shaker song) - 2002
"More Love" (Shaker hymn, 1870) - 2007
"Simple Gifts" (words & music by Elder Joseph Brackett) -2001/ 2009
"They Who Seek the Throne of Grace" (hymn by Roger Lee Hall, 1979) - 2005
"(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley" (Gospel song, 1937) - 2007
"Tree of Life" (words & music by Elder Otis Sawyer, Sabbathday Lake, Maine, about 1876) -
2005/ 2007
"Welcome, Welcome" (Shaker song by Sister Rosetta Cummings, 1869) - 2006
"We Will All Go Home With You" (Shaker song from Canterbury, NH,1862) - 2009
"What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (words: Joseph Medlicott Scriven/
music by Charles Converse, 1868) - 2006
+"What Wondrous Love Is This?" (Traditional American folk hymn from the
Southern Harmony collection,1835) -
YouTube - 2010
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IV. Popular Music -- jazz, easy listening, theater, country, rock, etc.
+"Abraham, Martin And John" (words & music by Dick Holler, 1968) - 2008
+"Addicted to Love" (words & music by Robert Palmer) - YouTube - 2010
"All The Things You Are" (lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II/music: Jerome Kern) - 2001/2004
"America" from WEST SIDE STORY (lyrics: Stephen Sondheim/ music: Leonard Bernstein, 1957) - 2007
"At Seventeen"(music & lyrics by Janis Ian, 1975) - 2005
"Always" (words & music by Irving Berlin) - 2003
"Are You Making Any Money?" (music & lyrics by Herman Hupfeld, 1933) - 2005
+"Autumn In New York" (Vernon Duke, 1935) - 2008
"Autumn Leaves" (lyrics by Johnny Mercer, 1955) - 2007
"Back in the Saddle Again" (music & lyrics by Ray Whitley and Gene Autry, 1940) - 2005/2007
+"Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" (Robert Palmer) - YouTube - 2010
"Beat It" (words & music by Michael Jackson, 1983) - 2006
"Bermuda" (words & music by Cynthia Strother and Eugene R. Strother) - 2003
"Blue Moon" (lyrics: Lorenz Hart/ music: Richard Rodgers) - 2003/2008
"Blue Skies" (words & lyrics by Irving Berlin, 1927) - 2005/2008
"Boogie Blues" (words & music by Gene Krupa and Ray Biondi, 1945) - 2005
"Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" (lyrics: E.Y. Harburg/ music: Jar Gorney) - 2003
"But Not For Me" (lyrics: Ira Gershwin/ music: George Gershwin, 1930) - 2007
"Buttons and Bows" (music & lyrics by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans,1948) - 2005
"Call of the Canyon" (music & lyrics by Billy Hill, 1940) - 2005/ 2007
"Carl Yastremski" (baseball song, 1967) - 2007
+"Cool, Cool Considerate Men" from 1776 (words & music by Sherman Edwards, 1969) - 2009
"Day By Day" (lyrics: Sammy Cahn/music: Axel Stordahl & Paul Weston) - 2002
"Distracted" (1980) - 2007
"Don't Fence Me In" (music & lyrics by Cole Porter, 1944) - 2004/ 2005
+"Dream" (words and music by Johnny Mercer, 1944) - 2009
+ "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" (lyrics: Gus Edwards/ music: Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt, 1931) - 2009
"Dream World" (music & lyrcis by Roger Lee Hall and Jake Smith, 1961) - 2007
+"End of the Line" - The Traveling Wilburys - YouTube - 2010
+"The Folks Who Live On The Hill" (lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II/ music: Jerome Kern, 1937) - 2008
+"For Your Love" (words & music by Ed Townsend, 1958) - 2008
+"Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)"- 2008
+"Goodnight My Love" - 2008
"Grandfather's Clock" (words & music by Henry Clay Work,1876) - 2003
+"Handle With Care" - The Traveling Wilburys - YouTube - 2010
"Hard Times Come Again No More" (words & music by Stephen Foster, 1855) - 2003
+"Have You Ever Been In Love?" - 2008
"Hello Young Lovers" (lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II/music: Richard Rodgers) - 2002
+"Hey There" (words & music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, 1954) - 2009
"High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" (music: Dimitri Tiomkin/ lyrics: Ned Washington)-2005
"Hold Me Back (Frankie and Johnny)"(1992) - 2007
"Hold the Line" (David Paich, 1978) - 2007
"I Am What I Am" from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (words & music by Jerry Herman, 1983) - 2007
+"I Apologize" (words & music by Al Hoffman, Al Goodhart, Ed Nelson, 1931) - In memory of Marilyn Hopkins - 2008
I'll Tell The Man In The Street" (music: Richard Rodgers/ words: Lorenz Hart, 1938) - 2008/ 2010
+"I'm Alive" - 2008
"I'm Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover" (music: Harry Woods/ lyrics: Mort Dixon, 1927) -
2005/ 2007
"I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story (1957)
"I'm So Excited" (The Pointer Sisters & Trevor Lawrence, 1984) - 2007
"I Feel Pretty" from WEST SIDE STORY (S. Sondheim & L. Bernstein, 1957) - 2007
"The Impossible Dream" from MAN OF LA MANCHA (lyrics: Joe Darion/ music: Mitch Leigh, 1965) -2007
"I Say a Little Prayer" (lyrics: Hal David, music: Burt Bacharach, 1967) - 2007
+"It's Now Or Never" (words & music adapted by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold,1960) -YouTube (sung by Elvis Presley) - 2010
"It Was A Very Good Year" (words & music by Ervin Drake, 1961) - 2003
"I've Got The Sun In The Morning" (words & music: Irving Berlin) - 2001
"I Whistle A Happy Tune" (lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II/music: Richard Rodgers) - 2001/ 2007/ 2009
"Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair" ( words and music by Stephen Foster, 1854)-2006
"K-K-K-Katy" (music & lyrics by Geoffrey O'Hara, 1918) - 2005
"Keep Me From Blowing Away" (words & music by Paul Craft) - 2003
"Last Night When We Were Young" (music: Harold Arlen/lyrics: E.Y. Harburg, 1936) - 2005
"The Last Round-up" (words& music by Billy Hill, 1933) - 2004
"Let Our Love Never Fade" - Words and music by Mike and Heather Humrichhouse (1995) - 2010
"Lorena" (words: Rev. H.D.L. Webster/music: J.P. Webster) -2002
"Lost In The Stars" (lyrics: Maxwell Anderson/ music: Kurt Weill, 1949) - 2001
"Mama Don't Allow It" (words & music by Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport, 1927) - 2004
"Manana" (words & music by Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour, 1948) - 2005
"Man of La Mancha" (Joe Darion-Mitch Leigh, 1965) - 2007
"Mary's Boy Child" (words & music by Jester Hairston, 1956) - 2004
"Mexicali Rose"(music: Jack B. Tenney/ lyrics: Helen Stone, 1922) - 2005
"Mood Indigo" (words & music by Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Albany "Barney" Bigard, and Irving Mills, 1931) - 2005
"Moonlight in Vermont" (lyrics: John Blackburn/music: Karl Suessdorf, 1944) - 2007
"Morning Has Broken" (lyrics: Eleanor Farjeon/ music: Cat Stevens, 1971) -2002
+"My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time" (lyrics: Mann Curtis/ music: Vic Mizzy,1945) -
YouTube (sung by Perry Como)
"My Way" (English words by Paul Anka/music by Jacques Revaux and laude Francois, 1969) - 2006
+"The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane" (words & music by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett, 1955) - 2008
+"A New Day Has Come" - 2008
"Night and Day" (words & music: Cole Porter, 1932)
"Open Thy Lattice Love" (words by George P. Morris/ music by Stephen Foster, 1844) - 2006
"Our Town" (lyrics: Sammy Cahn/ music: James Van Heusen) -2008
+"Perfidia" (lyrics: Milton Leeds/ music: Alberto Dominquez/ , 1941) - 2008
+"Rain, Tax (It's Inevitable)" - 2008
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" (lyrics: Hal David/ music: Burt Bacharach) - 2001
+"Right In Front Of You" - 2008
"Satin Doll" (lyrics: Johnny Mercer/ music: Billy Strayhorn and Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, 1958) - 2005
"Saving Myself For You" (lyrics by Sammy Cahn/ music by Saul Chaplin, 1938) - 2004
"A Shine On Your Shoes" (lyrics: Howard Dietz/ music: Arthur Schwartz) - 2001
+"Singing The Blues" (words & music by Melvin Endsley, 1957) - 2009
"Skylark" (lyrics by Johnny Mercer/ music by Hoagy Carmichael, 1942) - 2004
"The Soho Serenade" (words & music by Roger Hall, 1961) - 2003
"Someone To Watch Over Me" from Broadway show, OH, KAY! (lyrics by
Ira Gershwin/music by George George, 1926) - 2004
+"Speak Low" (lyrics: Ogden Nash/ music: Kurt Weill, 1943) - 2008
"Stormy Weather" (lyrics: Ted Koehler/ music: Harold Arlen, 1933) -2007
"Suspicious Minds" (words & music by Mark James, 1969) - 2006
"The Sweetest Sounds I Ever Heard" from the Broadway musical, NO STRINGS (words & music by Richard Rodgers, 1962) - 2004
+"Sweet Violets" (words & music adapted by Cy Coben and Charles Grean, 1951) - 2008
"Take Five" (music by Dave Brubeck, 1961) -2007
"Take Me Home Country Roads" (words & music by Bill Danoff, John Denver, Taffy Nivert, 1971) - 2007
"Take Me Out To The Ball Game" (music: Albert Von Tilzer/ words: Jack Norworth, 1908) - 2008/ 2009
"They Can't Take That Away From Me"(words: I. Gershwin/music: G. Gershwin) - 2003
"These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)" (lyrics: Holt Manvell/ music: Jack Strachey and Harry Link, 1936) - 2007
"They Were You" from THE FANTASTICKS (music: Harvey Schmidt /lyrics: Tom Jones, 1960) - 2005
+"The Thing" (words & music by Charles Grean, 1950) - 2008 [100]
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (words & music: Bob Nolan, 1934) - 2002/ 2005
"Turn Around" (Malvina Reynolds-Alan Greene, 1958) - 2006
+"Unforgettable" (words & music by Irving Gordon, 1951) - 2009
"The Vacant Chair" (words & music by George F. Root, 1862) - 2004
Van Lingle Mungo" (music by Dave Frishberg, 1969) - 2008
+"Vaya Con Dios" (May God Be With You) (words & music by Larry Russell, Inez James, and Buddy Pepper, 1953) - In memory of Les Paul - 2009
+"What'll I Do?" (words & music by Irving Berlin, 1924) -
YouTube (from THE GREAT GATSBY soundtrack arranged by Nelson Riddle)
YouTube (sung by Linda Ronstadt, arranged by Nelson Riddle) - 2004/ 2010
"You Are My Sunshine" (Jimmie Davis-Charles Mitchell, 1940) - 2006
"You Belong To Me" (words & music by Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, Chilton Price, 1952) - 2008
"You Go To My Head" (Haven Gillespie/ music: J. Fred Coots) - 2003/ 2008
"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher" - words& music by Gary L. Jackson, Raynard Minor, Carl Smith, 1967) -2004
V. Classical Music -- classical themes and concert songs
"Adagio for Strings" (music by Samuel Barber, 1938) - 2007
"Be Glad Then, America" from New England Tritptch (music by William Billings/ arranged and orchestrated by William Schuman, 1956) - 2006- 2006- 2006
"Blessing and Glory" (music by Edwin Arthur Jones, 1874) - 2004
"Blues" from INTERPLAY (ballet by Morton Gould, 1945) - 2001
"Cakewalk" (music by Hershey Kay, 1951/ adapted from 19th century piano music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk) - 2005
+"A Christmas Carol" (words & music by Charles Ives, 1894) -
YouTube (sung by Gerald Finley)
YouTube (sung by Chancel Choir, First Presbyterian Church, Salt Lake City Utah)
"Crucifixion" (music by William Billings, 1786) - 2005
"The Dark Night is Ending" (music arranged by Roger Lee Hall, 1988) - 2007/ 2008
"Earth's Only Paradise" from ODE TO THE VIRGINIAN VOYAGE, music by Randall Thompson, 1957) - 2007
+"El Salon Mexico" (music by Aaron Copland, 1938) - 2008
"The empty handed traveller" from the opera, THE CONSUL, music by Gian Carlo Menotti, 1950 - 2007
"Hosea" or "Come Back to Me"( written by Gregory Norbet) - 2003
"How Lovely Shines The Morning Star" from NOEL (music by George Whitefield Chadwick, 1909) - 2009
Hymn to the Environment: "Creator God, We Give You Thanks"(words: Betty Anne Arner/music: Roger Hall) - 2003
"I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" from the opera, PORGY AND BESS (lyrics by Ira Gershwin & DuBose Heyward/ music by George Gershwin, 1935) - 2004/ 2008
"Look unto me" from the cantata, SONG OF OUR SAVIOUR - music by E.A. Jones, 1981 - 2007
"My dareem vam nashee pyesnee/ We give you a gift of our songs" (words & music by Roger Hall) - 2008
"My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free" (music by Francis Hopkinson, 1759) - 2009
"A Night Song" (music by Charles Ives, 1895) - 2005
"Piano Variations on a Shaker Marching Tune" (music by Roger Lee Hall, 1971)-2004
"Praise Ye The Lord" (music by Edwin Arthur Jones, 1874) - 2002
"The Promise of Living" from the opera, THE TENDER LAND,music by Aaron Copland, 1954) - 2001
"The Silver Horn" (words & music by Henry Clay Work, 1883) - 2005
"Summertime" from the opera, PORGY AND BESS ( lyrics: DuBose Heyward/ music: George Gershwin) - 2003/ 2005
"Sure on this shining night" (music by Samuel Barber, 1941) - 2007
"Stop Time Rag" (music by Scott Joplin) -2004
Variations on AMERICA (orchestrated by William Schuman, 1963 /based on an organ piece by Charles Ives, 1891) - 2005
"Variations on a Shaker Melody" (music by Aaron Copland, 1967) - 2002
VI. Film Music -- film score themes or movie songs
"Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive" from HERE COME THE WAVES -- lyrics: Johnny Mercer/music by Harold Arlen, 1944) - 2009
"Alive and Kickin'" (words & music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane) -2002
+"Anywhere I Wander" from the film, HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON (words & music by Frank Loesser, 1952) - 2008
"As Time Goes By" (words & music: Herman Hupfeld, 1931 in CASABLANCA film) - 2002
+"Baby, It's Cold Outside" from NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER (words & music by Frank Loesser, & 1949) - YouTube (from the movie soundtrack) - 2010
THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL - Main Title (music by David Raksin, 1952) - 2004
+"Barn Dance"/"Lonesome Polecat"/ "Spring, Spring, Spring" from SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (lyrics: Johnny Mercer/music: Gene DePaul, 1954) - 2010
YouTube ("Spring, Spring, Spring" from the soundtrack)
YouTube ("Lonesome Polecat" from the soundtrack)
YouTube ("Barn Dance" performed by John Wilson Orchestra, UK, 2009)
+"Be My Love" from THE TOAST OF NEW ORLEANS (lyrics: Sammy Cahn/music: Nicholas Brodsky, 1950) - 2009
"Blue Shadows On The Trail" from Disney film, MELODY TIME (lyrics by Johnny Lange/ music by Elliott Daniel, 1948) - 2004
"Cheek to Cheek" from film musical, TOP HAT (music & lyrics by Irving Berlin, 1935)-2004
"Cortina" from THE PINK PANTHER (music by Henry Mancini, 1964) - 2004
+"A Couple of Song and Dance Men" from BLUE SKIES (words and music by Irving Berlin, 1946) - 2009
"Crucifixion" theme from BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (music by Franz Waxman, 1935)-2004
"Days of Wine and Roses" from THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES (music: Henry Mancini/ lyrics: Johnny Mercer, 1962) - 2005
"Dearly Beloved" (lyrics: Johnny Mercer/music: Jerome Kern) - 2002
"Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin" from western film, HIGH NOON (lyrics by Ned Washington/ music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1952) - 2004
"Dust" from western film, UNDER WESTERN SKIES (words & music by Johnny Marvin, 1938) - 2004
DUEL IN THE SUN (Main Title) from the film (score by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1946) - 2003
"Easy To Love" from film musical, BORN TO DANCE (music & lyrics by Cole Porter, 1936)- 2004
"Empty Saddles" from RHYTHM ON THE RANGE (music: Billy Hill, 1936 ) - 2005
"Flying Theme" from E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (John Williams, 1982) - 2005
"A Foggy Day (in London Town)" from film musical, A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS (lyrics by Ira Gershwin/music by Geoge Gershwin, 1937) - 2004
+"Follow The River" from the film, NIGHT PASSAGE (lyrics: Ned Washington/ music: Dimitri Tiomkin, 1957) - 2008
FOREVER AMBER - Main Title (music by David Raksin, 1947) - 2004
GIANT - Main Title (score by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1956) - 2006
+"The Green Leaves of Summer" from THE ALAMO (lyrics: Paul Frances Webster/music: Dimitri Tiomkin, 1960) - 2003/ 2010 -
YouTube (played by Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen)
"Gunfight At The O.K. Corral" from the film ( lyrics: Ned Washington/ music: Dimitri Tiomkin, 1957) - 2003/ 2009
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (words & music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, 1944) - 2005/ 2006
"The High and the Mighty" from film, THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY (lyrics by Ned Washington/ music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1954) - 2004
+"Home Is Where The Heart Is" (lyrics: Hal David/ music: Sherman Edwards, 1962) -2008
+"Hooray For Hollywood" from HOLLYWOOD HOTEL (lyrics: Johnny Mercer/music: Richard Whiting, 1937) - 2009
"If We Were In Love" from the film YES, GIORGIO (lyrics: Alan & Marilyn Bergman/ music: John Williams, 1982 - In memory of Luciano Pavarotti) - 2007
+"I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen" from THE QUIET MAN (arranged by Victor Young, 1950) - YouTube (from the soundtrack) - 2010
+"It's A Lovely Day Today" from the film, CALL ME MADAM (words & music by Irving Berlin, 1950) - 2008
+"I've Got A Gal in Kalamazoo" from ORCHESTRA WIVES (lyrics:Mack Gordon/ music by Harry Warren, 1942) - 2009
"Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" from film THE FOREST RANGERS (lyrics: Frank Loesser/ music: Joseph J. Lilley, 1942) - 2003/ 2005/ 2008
LAURA - Main Title ( music by David Raksin, 1944) - 2004
THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER - Main Theme (music by Jerry Goldsmith, 1963)-2004
"The Look of Love" (lyrics: Hal David/music: Burt Bacharach) -2002/ 2007
"Love Me Tender" (based on a Civil War era song: "Aura Lee"/ new words and arranged tune by Ken Darby, 1956) - 2006
"Mare Nostrum" from VICTORY AT SEA (music by Richard Rodgers, orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett) - 2005
"Maria's Song" from THE SEA HAWK (lyrics: Howard Koch/music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1940) - 2009
"Martin's Summer" from THE TWILIGHT ZONE TV series (music by Bernard Herrmann, 1959) - 2009
+MR. LUCKY - TV theme by Henry Mancini, 1960 - 2008
+"My Rife, My Pony and Me" from RIO BRAVO (lyrics: Paul Francis Webster/music: Dimitri Tiomkin, 1959) - 2009
+"Ol' Man River" from SHOW BOAT (lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II/ music: Jerome Kern, 1928 - sung by Paul Robeson in the 1936 film version) - 2009
"Orchids in the Moonlight" (music: Vincent Youmans / lyrics: Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn, 1933 from FLYING DOWN TO RIO - 2005
+"Our Town" (Theme) from OUR TOWN (music score by Aaron Copland, 1940) - 2009
"Over The Rainbow" from the film, THE WIZARD OF OZ (lyrics by E.Y. Harburg/music by Harold Arlen, 1939) - 2004/ 2007
"Prelude" from THE DAY THE EARTH STILL (score by Bernard Herrmann, 1951) -2005
"Prelude" from KING OF KINGS (score by Miklos Rozsa, 1961) - 2005
"Prelude" from PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE (score by Miklos Rozsa, 1952) - 2007
THE RIVER - Main Theme (documentary film score by Virgil Thomson, 1937)-2004
"Singin' in the Rain"(music: Nacio Herb brown/ lyrics: Arthur Freed, 1929) - 2005
"Something's Gotta Give" (words & music by Johnny Mercer, 1955) - 2005
+SPARTACUS (Love Theme) (music by Alex North, 1960) - YouTube (from the soundtrack) - 2010
STAR WARS (Main Title) from film of same title (score by John Williams,1977) -2003
+"The Song of RAINTREE COUNTY" (lyrics: Paul Francis Webster/ music: Johnny Green, 1957 - 2010 - YouTube (sung by Nat King Cole)
THE SUNDOWNERS (Main Title) (music score by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1960) - 2005
"Take Me Back To Those Wide Open Spaces" from the Hopalong Cassidy western,
TRAIL DUST (words & music by Harry Tobias and Jack Stern, 1936) - 2004
"That Old Black Magic" from STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM (1942) - 2007
+"Thanks For The Memory" from THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1938 (lyrics: Leo Robin/ music: by Ralph Rainger, 1938) - In Memory of Grace Bradley Boyd - YouTube (sung by Shirley Ross and Bob Hope) - 2010
+"That's Entertainment" from the film, THE BAND WAGON (yrics: Howard Dietz/ music: Arthur Schwartz, 1953) - 2008
+"There's No Business Like Show Business" from film with same title, 1954 (words & music by Irving Berlin) - 2008
+"Tuesday's Theme" from the film, BACHELOR FLAT (music by Johnny Williams, 1962) - 2008
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ( Main Title) (music by Elmer Bernstein, 1962) - 2004/2005
VERTIGO (Love Theme) - from film of same title (score by Bernard Herrmann,1958)-2003
WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - Main Theme (music by Elmer Bernstein, 1962) - 2004
"What's New, Pussycat?" from film of same title (lyrics: Hal David/ music: Burt Bacharach, 1965) - 2003
"When I Fall in Love" from ONE MINUTE TO ZERO (music: Victor Young /lyrics: Edward Heyman, 1952 ) - 2005
"Wooden Heart" from G.I. BLUES, 1960 (based on a German folk song/ words & music adapted by Bert Kaempfert, Kay Twomey, Ben Wiseman and Fred Wise) - 2006/ 2009
"Yankee Doodle Dandy" from the Hollywood musical of same title (1942) - 2003
"You're Just In Love" from CALL ME MADAM, 1951 ( words & music by Irving Berlin) - 2008
"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" from SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT (music & lyrics by Cole Porter) - 2007
+"You, My Love" from YOUNG AT HEART, 1954 - 2008
"You Were Meant For Me" from THE BROADWAY MELODY (lyrics: Arthur Freed/ music: Nacio Herb brown, 1929) - 2005
Total tunes selected (some more than one year)
for National Carry A Tune Week
from 2001 to 2010 with duplicates = 320
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Read the list of tunes and comments
for each annual survey at these links:-
National Carry A Tune Week 2010
National Carry a Tune Week 2009
National Carry a Tune Week 2008
National Carry a Tune Week 2007
National Carry a Tune Week 2006
National Carry a Tune Week 2005
National Carry a Tune Week 2005
Tune Lists
A Century of American Songs, 1759 - 1859
A Century of American Songs, 1861-1961
Essential American Recordings Survey [EARS]
100 Essential Film Scores of the 20th Century
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