Abstract: An on-board music search, retrieval and downloadable system has a plurality of musical works, each correlated with a music search code or identifier. The search code or identifier comprises a plurality of information including title, artist, era of song, genre, history of song, and song associations. Any one of the search codes or identifiers identified in an executed search retrieves the musical works associated therewith. The system provides an on-board database in communication with a remote database for searching a plurality of musical works correlated with a music search code or identifier, including a plurality of information such as title, artist, era of song, genre, history of song, and song associations. Any one of the search codes or identifiers identified in an executed search retrieves the musical works. The on-board music system provides easy song retrieval, enabling a driver to search and play songs without being distracted while driving.