HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST CHROMATIC PLAYERS OF ALL TIME

In a career that spanned nearly sixty years, Pete Pedersen would compose, arrange, perform and conduct his way into the hearts of music lovers everywhere. His untimely death in 2002 was particularly felt deep within the harmonica community.

He began his career as one of (and later, leader of) Borrah Minevitch’s Harmonica Rascals, went on to join the Don Henry Trio ("Sabre Dance") and the Harmonic-Aires, before going solo in the mid 1950s. Over the years he would perform at countless music festivals and harmonica-related events around the world, and write, arrange and/or record thousands of now-classic jingles, songs and scores, two concertos for harmonica, and nearly all of Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats’ arrangements, including the multi-million selling hit, “Peg O’ My Heart.”

In 2007 a brass note in Pete's honor was placed on The Beale Street Walk of Fame.

Located in Memphis, Tennessee, Beale Street is the state’s #1 tourist attraction. Pete’s note, at the corner of Second and Beale is right in front of B.B. King’s Blues Club, where it is flanked by Charlie Musselwhite’s note on the left, and B.B. King’s note on the right.

Talk about being in good company!



INTERESTED IN PURCHASING PETE’S MUSIC? See the information below, then email us at petescds.com for the total cost of your order. Shipping & handling charges are based on the weight of your shipment and destination.

PETE’S CD’s                                                              

Click on the next to a Song Title to hear a sample of that tune.

GROOVIN’ HIGH — ($18.00 US FUNDS + S&H)
	Great songs, great jazz! Tunes include: Jitterbug Waltz    My Funny Valentine Have You Met Miss Jones    I Mean You Here’s That Rainy Day Groovin’ High Sophisticated Lady Joy Spring    Body and Soul    I’ll Remember April How Insensitive

SOME OF THESE DAYS & SOME OF THOSE DAYS — ($18.00 US FUNDS + S&H)

A musical sampler that shows Pete’s amazing versatility. Tunes include: Some of These Days (Featuring Pete talking about his early days in show business) Opus One Unforgettable An American In Paris    Cheek to Cheek/Take 2    Pete's Waltz /Waltz of the Flowers    Wind Beneath My Wings La Corrida del Toro/Test Piece #2 Latin Quarter Revisited Pictures of a Woman/Test Piece #1 Song of India    It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas For You For Me For Evermore Cheek to Cheek/Take 1

TO PURCHASE PETE’S BIOGRAPHY — BE OF GOOD CHEER: Memories of Harmonica Legend Pete Pedersen — go to authorhouse.com and click on the bookstore icon at the top of the home page, or call their toll-free book order hot line at 1-888-280-7715.

Written by Jaine Rodack — Pete’s long-time lyricist and significant other, BE OF GOOD CHEER is a book for harmonica lovers, jingle enthusiasts, nostalgia and show-biz buffs.

• You’ll go on the road with Borrah Minevitch’s Harmonica Rascals.
  
  
• Mix and mingle with some of old Hollywood’s brightest stars.
  
  
• Rub elbows with harmonica greats and TV legends.
  
  
• Learn the story behind the celebrated arrangement of “Peg O’ My Heart.”
  
  
• Travel to the Chicago of Pete’s youth, LA, New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Dallas, Memphis, Toronto, Asia and Europe.
  
  
• Visit Diana Street, where scores of singing commercials and classic jingle packages were produced.
  
  
• Make the disco scene, from behind the scenes.
  
  
• Pour over dozens of photographs from Pete and Jaine’s personal collection.
  
  
• And share the wit and wisdom that was Pete’s trademark.
  
  

SHIPPING TO EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL OR AFRICA? Log on to www.authorhouse.co.uk and click on the Bookstore icon at the top of the page.

And check out the two-page article on Pete and BE OF GOOD CHEER in the latest issue of Hohner’s on-line magazine, Easy Reeding! Just go to their web site—hohnerusa.com, and type in “Easy Reeding” in the “Search” box at the very top right of the page. Then follow the prompts to the July 2008 issue, and read on! The article “One Singular Sensation: Remembering Pete Pedersen” is on pages eight and nine!