If you're looking for early rock'n roll music, or other music from the fifties, such as Rockabilly and 1950's Jazz, look no further. This is where we keep the Chuck Berry sound-alikes, the guitar blues / Rock Around the Clock (Bill Haley and the Comets) sound-alikes and other music that looks back to that exciting and defining time for our musical culture. Country & Americana music and retro jazz music also found here.
Kind, sensitive, sweet and warm, this track features classical guitars, violin and cello. Hopeful harmonies and heartwarming melodies that bring inspiration and hope to the listener. Various versions available to create complete soundtrack out of this single composition. You can have just guitars accompaniment to support you dialog or sweeping violin theme with guitar solos or full mix with all elements and more. Suitable for documentary, nature and leisure videos as well as nature travel and relaxing cottage lifestyle. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 96 BPM]
Acoustic, raw and authentic, this country blues music has an upbeat, nitty-gritty, down-home feel. Its arrangement of two acoustic guitars and percussion is brought to life with their distinctive, unpolished timbres and the rhythm of the mid-20th Century American South. The sound and feel of this track aligns perfectly for content set in the country, slide shows, travel programs and documentaries. Early Country Blues / Nitty Gritty / American South music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 96 BPM]
Lively and quaint, this single, acoustic guitar performance is at the crossroads of country blues and folk fingerstyle guitar. It easy evokes the sentiment of early roots music, the playfulness of country life and its simplicity. Great for rural settings, dramas, comedies, documentaries, period pieces and commercials. Simplicity / Fingerstyle / Quaint music. [Tempo: Medium / 108 BPM]
Tex-mex, surf style track, "a la Tarantino". [Tempo: Slow / 140 BPM]
A fun and jolly 'hot club of france' style track with acoustic guitar, accordeon and violin. Playful and whimsical, suitable for comedy, novelty, parody, animation, casual games and more. The accordeon gives the track a French tint, but it's by my means limited to France or French content. It's just suitably quirky, zany and jolly. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Warm and positively romantic jazz trio, giving off real good feeling. Great piano, bass and drum performances. Classic jazz trio sound. [Tempo: Medium / 123 BPM]
Piano jazz trio, mid paced, happy. Easy, playful, light. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 115 BPM]
Uptempo big band swings hard behind Sinatra-esque vocalist. Clever lyrics built around the “green grass on the other side” clich. Lots of metaphors. A fun, bouncy tune. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 84 BPM]
Modern vocal jazz tune with swing feel and classic piano, acoustic bass, drums backing. Smoldering full-voiced male vocalist croons lyrics that have cosmic, religious overtones about a laughing Buddha who gives peace, love, and transcendence. Fine jazz piano comping and solo work. Beautiful minor key harmonic structure that sends out a positive vibe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 128 BPM]
Classic old school swing influenced by the likes of Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Upbeat, good times, cool and classy Jazz from a golden era. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Uptempo, playful jazz trio. Nice jazz mood for lounge, city life, bustling night, happening people and everything that's cool. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Uptempo jazz guitar trio backs male vocalist. Energetic, fun, and cool. Humorous, poignant lyrics about what its like to be the boss and all of the roles that entails. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 155 BPM]
Upbeat, quirky and romantic music track made with orchestra in a Vintage / Kitsch sound. Repetitive and positive music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 145 BPM]
Festive and lively, this Cajun music track quickly draws the listener into a party of good feeling and energy. With accordions playing melody and chords, the track is pushed along by acoustic guitar, boogie-woogie style bass and drums. Perfect music for comedies, children’s shows and travel/cooking programming. Cajun / Accordion / Energetic. [Tempo: Fast / 175 BPM]
Easy, happy, and good-natured, this early country music track is perfect for comedy and light friend dramas. Melodies made with its slide resonator guitar blend nicely with acoustic guitar, drums and double bass. Perfect music for country travel and lifestyle shows. Hopeful / Early Country / Easy on the Ears Music. [Tempo: Medium / 126 BPM]
An upbeat folk pop song that draws upon vivid imagery. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
This encouraging, upbeat guitar music track pays homage to the north Mississippi hill country blues. The single, acoustic guitar plays a sparse melody between bass notes and strumming. Joining the guitar is tamborine, claps, brushed snare and kick drum. This music is great for travel, cooking and web shows, comedy, drama, and rural themes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 105 BPM]
Raw and loud, this music track nicely combines the swampy timbre of the banjo with the force of a rock ‘n’ roll power trio. The gritty banjo is colored with overdrive and accompanied by bass and drums. Perfect for country/rural themes, comedy, and programs needing a dash of cool absurdity. Banjo / Power Trio / Raw Music. [Tempo: Medium / 91 BPM]
Downhome and lively, this early country music is easy on the ears and catchy. The track builds up nicely with acoustic guitar accompanying slide (resonator) guitar backed up with bass, accordion, and percussion. It’s a great fit for commercials, themes, dramas, documentaries, and country lifestyle shows. Downhome / Lively / Slide Playing music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 94 BPM]
This country-inspired stock music track easy evokes the sentiments of rural life, beautiful nature, and American history. Acoustic guitar interlaces sweetly with mountain dulcimer, slide guitar and a simple kick drum. This track would greatly enhance projects with nature/outdoor themes: dramas, lifestyle blogs, cooking and documentaries. Peaceful / Nature Evoking / Positive. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
This charming, festive royalty-free music track has the sentiment of the old American South-West meets Northern Mexico. It’s light and rhythmic arrangement features steel and nylon string acoustic guitars backed up with drums, percussion, bass, mandolin and piano. This would be a great sonic complement to period pieces, documentaries, comedies and as a show theme. Festive / Mexico / Old South West / Charming. [Tempo: Medium / 138 BPM]
Romantic and dreamy French waltz jazz, with a musette melody and elegant orchestrations. Think Paris at night, elegant Parisian scenes and people. Tradition, history and European culture. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 123 BPM]
A traditional jazz combo version of the famous 1918 song 'After You've Gone' by Turner Layton. Lovely jazz lounge feel. Arrangement, performance and recording by Lynne Music Project. [Please note: This historical composition may, or may not, be in the public domain in the country of your residence, as every country has its own laws on when a historical music composition enters public domain. In the USA it is public domain as of January 1, 2014. Outside the USA, you must investigate your own country's copyright laws before using this music.] [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
A classic jazz combo with male vocalist, singing the jazz standard, 1918 song, After You've Gone. Arrangement, performance and recording by Lynne Music Project in 2024, with Dirk J J van der Merwe on vocals. [Please note: This historical composition may, or may not, be in the public domain in the country of your residence, as every country has its own laws on when a historical music composition enters public domain. In the USA it is public domain as of January 1, 2014. Outside the USA, you must investigate your own country's copyright laws before using this music.] [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
A fun and toe-tapping, classic jazz combo / jazz swing track, available both as a vocal version and an instrumental version. The lyrics are a slightly humorous story about a group of friends that hang out at a place that they don't even like, and the proprietor, Jack, is nowhere to be seen. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 142 BPM]
A fun and toe-tapping, classic jazz combo / jazz swing track, available both as a vocal version and an instrumental version. The lyrics are a lighthearted point of view from a guy who is accident prone, but he takes the positive outlook because, at the end of the day, he's always got the love of his life to come home to. Vocal performed by Chris Weeks. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 72 BPM]
A fun and toe-tapping, classic jazz combo / jazz swing track, available both as a vocal version and an instrumental version. The lyrics are a lighthearted point of view from a guy who is accident prone, but he takes the positive outlook because, at the end of the day, he's always got the love of his life to come home to. Vocal performed by Tom Savage. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 72 BPM]
A soft and delightful jazz piano ballad. A combination of French chanson and 1930's stride style jazz ballad. This piece just makes you want to smile. Easy Jazz / Happy / Restaurant Music. [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
Happy and lighthearted, easy-going and toe-tapping, classic jazz combo in an upbeat swing mood. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 72 BPM]
Mid-tempo, relaxing mood with a bit of sentimental melody outlined by piano and violin. Performed by retro-styled swinging jazz combo could be placed anywhere between 20's and 50's of the twentieth century. This performance is influenced by classical or european "restaurant music" mixed with mainstream american jazz music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
Western / Mexican style ballad. Shoot out at the OK Corrall! Twangy electric, Spanish guitars, church bell. Builds in stages over 3 choruses. [Tempo: Medium / 106 BPM]
Bouncy Cajun style blues rock. Slide guitars and accordeon. Down and dirty, grinding and swaying. Bass enters second time. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 107 BPM]
Warm and woozy, smooth jazz piano track with upright bass and brush drums, performed live. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]
Thumping, old style blues/jazz featuring Dobro & lap steel guitar over a traditional jazz band backing of guitars, bass and drums. Playful, happy blues-jazz. [Tempo: Medium / 71 BPM]
Authentic sounding 1950's Jamacian ska in the style of Studio One and Trojan Records. Upbeat horns, bass and rhythms and featuring a saxophone and military-style swing trumpet. [Tempo: Fast / 122 BPM]
Romantic France. Easy and nice playing musette. Paris cafe. European. Love, Romantic, Delight/Bliss, Soulful. Piano, Accordion. Romantic/Melodrama, French. [Tempo: Slow / 93 BPM]
Classical/Contemporary. Exciting, Romantic, Pensive, Soulful. Strings, Symphony Orchestra, Violin. Epic/Historical. New classical. Feel of Europe. [Tempo: Slow / 69 BPM]
Traditional Jazz. Light, Love, Soft/Smooth, Exciting, Romantic, Pleasant/Nice, Easy, Friendly. Piano, Jazz Band. Romantic/Melodrama, Retro. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
Jazz trio (guitar, acoustic bass, drums) and male vocals really swing in this fun up-tempo number. Humorous and poignant lyrics about an overbearing boss. Dynamic guitar work in the style of Barney Kessel, Jimmy Bruno. Track has a feel of being recorded live in the studio. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 83 BPM]
Gentle rag featuring acoustic guitar and dobro. A version without the dobro is also available. Nice country / bluegrass / folk / americana track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 81 BPM]
Raw blues shuffle / rockabilly with slide guitar and harmonica. Dirty and fun. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
Fast, swinging drums leads to a funky house groove with some vintage jazz underneath. Fun, crazy horn melody, cool walking bass line, piano and guitar chords. Great for advertising, comedies, opening credits or any fun project. Short, 30-seconds track. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
Light, easy and joyful jazz. Live jazz ensemble; Piano, drums, acoustic bass. Playful, happy and easy-going. Classy and tasteful. [Tempo: Medium / 138 BPM]
A fragile and introspective, melancholic and longing acoustic track with a sense of old Europe / Italy / France / Sicily or other traditional European culture. Sparse sound with acoustic guitar, violin, mandolin and solemn trumpet, backed by sparse jazz drums and upright bass. A feeling of loss or hopelessness. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
A country song about a small town diner/restaurant, where the towns folk discuss gossip and politics. Guitar, upright bass, drums, fiddle, national resonator guitar, percussion. [Tempo: Fast / 118 BPM]
Happy-go-lucky, swinging, Broadway style big band Jazz. Romantic and upbeat with punchy brass, melody on soprano sax and trumpet and rhythm section of drums, bass and guitar. Great for theatrical productions, romantic comedies, commercials, nostalgic moments and 30s-60s period drama tv and film. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 125 BPM]
A jazzy-upbeat and positive, big band orchestration in the style of a 50's movie or TV show. Perfect for this role, or as a positive underscore for an upbeat video. Plenty of harp flourishes, a catchy jazz melody, with potential for festive uses. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
Mellow, elegant, easy-going jazz with piano and trumpet. Classy, relaxed and beautiful. 100% live performance. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Laidback and carefree vintage Jazz with finger snaps, sizzling drums, cheeky horns and smooth piano. Great for movies and documentaries in need of that old-school sound such as New York cityscapes, smokey jazz clubs, historic film footage and cool characters. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
This upbeat, happy-go-lucky rockabilly track features some very greasy guitars, a quirky organ, swingin' drums, handclaps and a cowbell. It's a fast-paced toe-tapper that has hints of The Stray Cats and The Violent Femmes. It's simple, it's fun, and it's perfect for high-energy happy scenes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 180 BPM]