Celebrating the 60th anniversary of his first recorded songs!

"Free As The Breeze"
A Songwriter's Joys and Sorrows

By Roger Lee Hall
PineTree Press, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

How does someone overcome his early traumas

and learn to appreciate more in life

through his music?

There is much to discover in this pdf ebook

with stories about a songwriter's life -

both the good times and the bad ones.

 

The book includes over 100 pictures

including many in color.

The first six chapters

are titled after pop songs he remembered

and the remaining six chapters are titled

after songs he wrote as a songwriter.

 

Chapter titles:

 

1.  “As Time Goes By”–
Growing up in Bloomfield                                 

2.  “Back in the Saddle Again” –
       Riding with Gene, Roy, Tex and Hoppy                                                                              

3. “Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning” –  
        Eastern Military Academy at OHEKA Castle  

4. “Sh-Boom” –  
Movies, TV and Radio  

5.   "Love Me Tender" –
Electric Elvis and Me  

6.   “Sleep Walk"  –  
High School Heartbreak
                                           
7.  “Dream World" -
My First Songs

8.  “The Soho Serenade” –
Memories of The Beatles and Sadie
             
9. “Free As The Breeze” –
Night Walking in New York City

10. "Creator God" -
Songs of Salvation

11. "Dedication" -
Celebrating a Music Bicentennial

12. "Peace" -
Radio Appearances and A Patriotic Ode                                                 
    

      

 

Among his many memories...

 

* He was a young fan of cowboy stars:

Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and especially

Hopalong Cassidy (played by William Boyd),

who he met in New York City at a magazine

photo shoot in 1950.

Later on, he wrote a series of articles in the

Hopalong Cassidy Song Series

for the Hoppy Fan Club.

Here he is pictured with left to right:

Frank Coghlan, child actor who worked with William Boyd

Grace Bradley Boyd (Mrs. Hopalong Cassidy)

and Roger Hall

Read about his Hoppy days in the Memories And Music book titled:

"Following The Stars" -
Music & Memories of Hopalong Cassidy

 

* In his senior year at Bloomfield High School

Roger wrote his first song lyrics.

One of them, "Bright Eyes,"

he wrote for his high school girlfriend, Barbara.

For his high school graduation present

he received a reel-to-reel tape recorder

which he used to record

some of his early pop songs

 

 

Later, while he was in the Army stationed in Germany,

he wrote several songs

and played bongos

Listen to his first pop song,

"Dream World" (1961) -- click here

* In 1965, he had two demos of his songs made

at a music recording studio in Bloomfield, New Jersey,

and one of them was a song

he thought might be used in a movie about London --

To listen to "The Soho Serenade" on YouTube -- click here

*Two other songs were recorded in 1965,

"Peace-Lovin' Blues"

and the song which is his favorite one

and he used it as the title

of his new ebook, "Free As The Breeze,"

It was recorded as a jazz waltz

and is included as a bonus audio file

when ordering this ebook.

In the book he tells how he wrote that song

while he was walking in New York

one hot Summer evening in the 1960s.

The lyrics to his early pop songs are included

in his first memoir book-

 

"Dream World - Songs, Poems and Stories"

* In 1985, he joined ASCAP and

since then he has composed over 100 compositions.

* His songs and other music compositions are

now published exclusively by PineTree Music.

 

* Since the 1970s, he has researched and

performed American music from the 18th century

onwards.

* In 1990, he produced

a special town-wide music program,

"A Stoughton Musicfest"

featuring a short play he wrote

"William Billings Teaches A Singing School"

played by a local actor

with music by several singers

and instrumental music

from local high school students.

One of the selections performed in that program

was his song, "Peace,"

based on a beautiful anti-war poem

written in 1814

during the War of 1812

by a local ten year old girl.

 

 

 

"Free As The Breeze" - A Songwriter's Joys and Sorrows
(PineTree Press,2025)

This pdf ebook has over 100 personal pictures

in color and black and white

The ebook is only available here and not at any other web locations.

To order your copy of this pdf book,

click the "Add to Cart" button below --

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listen to the conversation about his ebook,

with James Gardner

on a Special Episode of the

"Your History - Your Story" podcast

available for free on YouTube -- click here

 

For any questions -- click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Making American Music Come Alive Again!"

 

Center for American Music Preservation

 

Listen as Roger Hall speaks with host James Gardner

on the popular podcast,

"Your History - Your Story,"

which is now available at any of these links:

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-history-your-story/id1535889414?i=1000611257078

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mS6z5JjFwUapMnp3jk5XJ?si=lYjF4XNiT7iHmZmD7qCF9w

You Tube

https://youtu.be/aPlzapgMVkM

 

 

 

See the list of other books by the same author

including about his early years,

"You Are My Sunshine" - - Memories of Bloomfield, NJ

in his Memories And Music Series

 

 

 

Learn about his extensive music career

over many years at his

Official Web Site

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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