Top Downloads
(as of 2023-09-24)

All Time	Last 12 Months	Last 30 Days
RIV 242 - Fur Elise (Patter) RIV 347 - Ode To Joy RIV 524 - You Raise Me Up RIV 1015 - Lone Ranger (Patter) RIV 615 - Bollywood Patter RIV 295 - Fuji Mountain Breakdown (Patter) RIV 506 - Mariah RIV 403 - Good Bad Ugly (Patter) RIV 805 - Queen Of The Dance (Patter) RIV 1022 - Boogie Sticks (Patter)	RIV 1214 - Hot and Spicy (Patter) RIV 1257 - Barrels Of Fun (Patter) RIV 1216 - Top Gun Patter RIV 1121 - Be Our Guest RIV 1252 - An Irish Lullaby RIV 1267 - Smooth Santanna Patter RIV 1282 - Dragon Fire (Patter) RIV 1249 - Hot Cocca (Patter) RIV 1273 - Scarborough Fair RIV 1233 - Irish Countryside (Patter)	RIV 1282 - Dragon Fire (Patter) RIV 1291 - Wellerman Ragtime Patter RIV 1297 - Destination (Patter) RIV 1022 - Boogie Sticks (Patter) RIV 1257 - Barrels Of Fun (Patter) RIV 1267 - Smooth Santanna Patter RIV 1298 - Cutting The Boogie (Patter) RIV 1086 - Who Let The Dogs Out RIV 1265 - Ain't No Mountain High Enough RIV 1276 - Angel Wings (Patter)

NOTE: RIV 1062 - Silent Night does not appear in its proper location in this listing because it had to be split up into several smaller downloads. It is currently by far the top download for the year 2019!

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September Releases

Posted on Monday September 11, 2023

It's September, the month in which summer turns into fall, and we have seven new titles to celebrate: three patters and four singing calls...

• RIV 1309 - Happy Times (Patter)
• RIV 1308 - Emerald Isle, The (Patter)
• RIV 1307 - Call Me Irish (Patter)
• RIV 1306 - Sound Of Silence, The (Vocal by Steve Edlund)
• RIV 1305 - Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes (Vocal by Jason Raleigh, Pam Courts)
• RIV 1304 - All That Jazz (Vocal by Mike Seastrom (courtesy of Rhythm Records) and Heather Reynolds)
• RIV 1303 - I Don't Know A Thing About Love (Vocal by Nelda Eaton)

All That Jazz features tracks in both male and female keys, with a female vocal by Heather and a male vocal by the wonderful (and recently retired from dentistry) Mike Seastrom of Rhythm Records. Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes features two harmony tracks, one with Jason's voice and one with Pam's, and several vocals including Jason alone, Pam alone, both together singing, and yodeling. And with St. Patrick's Day only six months away, there are a couple of Irish-themed patters to add to your collection!

August Releases

Posted on Tuesday August 22, 2023

We're a little late getting the August releases out because our webmaster got slightly overloaded in the past few weeks, but they're now up on the website. We have three new patters, and three new singing calls:

• RIV 1301 - Love Struck Baby (Vocal by Brent Mawdsley)
• RIV 1300 - Bring On The Good Times (Vocal by Brent Mawdsley)
• RIV 1299 - Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am (Vocal by Jason Raleigh)
• RIV 1298 - Cutting The Boogie (Patter)
• RIV 1297 - Destination (Patter)
• RIV 1296 - Hammer And Anvil (Patter)

"Love Struck Baby" is a Stevie Ray Vaughan tune from 1983, while "Bring On The Good Times" is a 2015 song from Lisa McHugh. But surprisingly, "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am" is a Dean Martin tune released in 1950 that Jason puts a bit of a country spin on. Take a listen to all of them!

Also, take a look at one of our releases from January, "My Old Home In Mayo" (RIV 1245) — Krista Baird has just supplied a great female vocal for it, to accompany Jack O'Leary's male vocal.

July (and June) Releases

Posted on Friday July 07, 2023

We have three new patters and four singing calls to run out for you in July:

• RIV 1295 - Country Rhythm In Your Soul (Vocal by Brent Mawdsley)
• RIV 1294 - Cactus Swing (Vocals by Tim Tyl and Regina Schulz)
• RIV 1293 - When Will I See You Again (Vocal by Elaine Davis)
• RIV 1292 - Thanks To You (Vocals by Brent Mawdsley and Heather Reynolds)
• RIV 1291 - Wellerman Ragtime Patter
• RIV 1290 - Wildtime (Patter)
• RIV 1289 - Chicken And Dumplings (Patter)

Take a listen to the lively "Cactus Swing," which is Tim Tyl's first Riverboat recording...and it really suits his lively style. You also might want to check out the 1995 Canadian Film Board's amusing video of the same song.

One note on the song "Country Rhythm In Your Soul:" it was written by our own producer, Bob Elling, and he's darned proud of it. Give it a listen!

We actually did release a selection of tunes in June as well, but I completely forgot to post the news about them. Just in case you missed them, they were

• RIV 1288 - Everything A Man Could Need (Vocal by Kip Garvey of Eureka Recordings; formerly JBK 124)
• RIV 1287 - Gone Gone Gone (Vocal and harmony by Brent Mawdsley)
• RIV 1286 - It's So Easy (Vocal by Jason Raleigh)
• RIV 1285 - Ireland's Turning Country (Vocal by Jack O'Leary of Silver Sounds Music)
• RIV 1284 - Dollywood (Patter)
• RIV 1283 - In My Dreams (Patter)
• RIV 1282 - Dragon Fire (Patter)

May Releases

Posted on Thursday May 11, 2023

The month of May brings eight releases, one of which is from the classic Red Boot library, and one from Riverboat's pre-Internet days. There are three new patters in the batch, as well:

• RIV 1281 - Please Mr. Please (Vocal by Mel Wilkerson, formerly RIV 193)
• RIV 1280 - One For The Road (Vocal by Dan Nordbye)
• RIV 1279 - Minnie The Moocher (Vocal by Jason Raleigh)
• RIV 1278 - Livin' In A House of Love (Vocal by Heather Reynolds)
• RIV 1277 - I'm Getting High On Love (Vocal by Elmer Sheffield, formerly RBS 1247)
• RIV 1276 - Angel Wings (Patter)
• RIV 1275 - Time To Relax (Patter)
• RIV 1274 - Rock Climber (Patter)

Please Mr. Please, if you don't recognize it, is an Olivia Newton-John Top Ten hit from 1975. The Elmer Sheffield vocal on I'm Getting High On Love is the original from the Red Boot Star release, but is recognizably and utterly Elmer. And Minnie The Moocher includes a split track with the "hi dee hi dee hi dee hi" echos of the lyrics included on the right stereo channel, just as the band echoed them back in the original Cab Calloway recording, and you can use your L-R fade control to mix as much of them in as you want.

The National Square Dance Convention is coming up next month...are you registered? Some of us are planning to be there, so say hi! (dee hi dee hi dee hi...)

April Releases

Posted on Friday March 31, 2023

It's no April Fool -- we're bringing out our April releases a day early! Four singing calls and three patters for your enjoyment:

• RIV 1273 - Scarborough Fair (Vocal by Heather Reynolds)
• RIV 1272 - Stop In The Name Of Love (Vocal by Jason Raleigh)
• RIV 1271 - Nickel For The Fiddler, A (Vocal by Mel Wilkerson; formerly RIV 221)
• RIV 1270 - Together Wherever We Go (Vocal by Brent Mawdsley, Heather Reynolds)
• RIV 1269 - New Amsterdam Patter
• RIV 1268 - Tropical Fun (Patter)
• RIV 1267 - Smooth Santanna Patter

"Scarborough Fair" includes an instrumental in the male key range, as well as the female range that Heather used. "Stop In The Name Of Love" is a well-known hit by the Supremes, while "Together Wherever We Go" is a great song from the musical "Gypsy," sung on Broadway by Ethel Merman and Jack Klugman, or in the movie by Lisa Kirk (dubbing Rosalind Russell) and Karl Malden. (Unlike Jack and Karl, however, Brent is a GREAT singer, and he and Heather do a great job on the duet!)