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Wow, that was fast! As of Friday evening, the book is #3 on Hot New Releases and #20 on Non-Fiction Music!

My thanks to all of you for your support…and please continue to keep it on the Best Seller list. Tell your friends, “Like” the book on Facebook, etc. What a thrill to see Nelson’s name on a Best Seller list again! 🙂

Here’s the link to order the Kindle book, either for yourself or as a gift.

This book was our first to be released online in softcover back in 2001. Now Nelson Eddy: The Opera Years has another first – our very first Kindle book!

You can download it instantly from Amazon.com at this link.

Our other books will one-by-one also be released as e-books but this process will take a few months. (Sweethearts, in particular, may not be out until the end of the year.) I will keep you posted.

Nelson Eddy: The Opera Years can also be read on your iPhone or iPad as long as you download the free Kindle app. There are also free Kindle apps for Blackberrys, Android phones and tablets. You can even download a free Kindle reader for your computer! Here is the link for all the available readers. Some of the benefits are that you can read your Kindle books on all your devices plus you can enlarge the text size to your liking.

If you have been thinking about getting an e-reader, I recommend the Kindle Fire since it has a large screen, shows full color and has many more features. At this link you can see all the available Kindles and learn more about them. One great feature is that if you’re signed up for Amazon’s Prime Shipping, they have a Kindle lending library and you can borrow Nelson Eddy: The Opera Years for free along with thousands of other books like the entire Harry Potter series.

Take advantage of the special introductory price.You can also purchase it as a gift for someone.  We would like to see it on the Amazon Best Seller list so spread the word!

We have added a new category on our website for one-of-a-kind items. This means we may have only 1 or 2 in stock of these items so it is first come, first serve.  Complete your collection; see what’s available today at this link.

We have posted  for your viewing pleasure  both presentations done by Linda Tolman and written by Madeline Bayless. They were featured and filmed in Los Angeles at our club events.

Thanks to both Madeline and Linda…and enjoy!

Summer sale! Type in this coupon code at checkout for 25% off any CDs or DVDs: STAYCOOL.

We have 7 new CDs releases. They are: JN199, JN200, JN201, JN202, JN203,  JN204 and JN205.

Here is the link to see the list of all our CDs.  The DVDs are here.

Most other items in our catalog are also on sale this week. See the entire catalog here.

DVR alert! Turner Classic Movies has scheduled one of Nelson Eddy’s best solo films this month. Details:

Tuesday, July 17, LET FREEDOM RING, 6:30 pm Eastern

It was 111 years ago today that Nelson Eddy was born. Hard to believe…but thank goodness that his talent and legacy will not be forgotten. New generations continue to discover his films and music. We want to know how it was for those of you fortunate enough to have seen him in his prime, or to have experienced his films when they first burst onto the silver screen. Yes, we will remember!

Here is some of his music for you to listen to or download. First, the haunting “Through the Years”, a song so typical of his constant search to sing songs with deeper meanings than audiences knew. For the last 14 years of his life, traveling with his nightclub act, there was always one song that was privately sung to the woman he considered “his wife”, Jeanette MacDonald. He could never publicly proclaim that love but that didn’t stop him from taking a “private” moment on stage, with lights dimmed and  a spotlight on him, to perform a deeply emotional song whose lyrics proclaimed that even into old age, his feelings would never change.

Next, we present an operatic aria that shows Nelson’s talent in that medium, the “Toreador Song” from Carmen. He spent over ten years in his early career as an opera singer and learned over 30 roles.  Nelson’s only foray into vaudeville was in 1929 when he performed excerpts from Carmen to movie audiences who had come to see a William Haines film. Nelson also sang Carmen excerpts in his movie Balalaika and live at the Hollywood Bowl.

Nelson loved the Russian language and even wrote a movie biopic of  the great Russian singer Feodor Chaliapin. Nelson had hoped to star in the movie both as Chaliapin and as a young Nelson Eddy starting his career and meeting his idol.In “Song of the Volga Boatman” we hear Nelson not only singing in Russian but the great power and control he had over his voice.

Finally, we come to Maytime which was Jeanette MacDonald’s favorite of her films. For Nelson, this movie was also special. When asked what his favorite duet was with Jeanette he answered that it was a number subsequently cut from Maytime: “Farewell to Dreams”. Once again, the lyrics of this haunting song seemed to mirror his personal life with Jeanette. Most fans will count among their favorites the duet that did make it into the film, “Will You Remember.” Yes, Nelson, we will remember. Happy Birthday!