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Home (When Shadows Fall)
Words and Music by Peter Van Steeden, Harry and Jeff Clarkson
Vocalist, Harold Van Emburgh using the pseudonym "Harold Richards"
Recorded November 12, 1931
Harmony 1392
Harold Van Emburgh (1904-1975) was a vocalist who was active in the late 1920s and 1930s as a broadcast and recording artist. He was featured on the RCA Radiotron Varieties on WEAF, New York, and other programs and sometimes sang duets with contralto Welcome Lewis and soprano Margaret Daum. While he was known mainly as a tenor, some of the published radio guides identified him as a baritone. He performed on radio with the William Wirges Orchestra and with Zoel Parenteau's Orchestra. He recorded as a vocalist for several record labels and orchestras between 1927 and 1937 including Enoch Light (1927), Veo's Hotel McAlpin Orchestra (1928-29). He recorded several sides for Russ Carton's High Steppers Orchestra on the Crown label and in 1932 he made a series of recordings as Harold Van Emburgh and his Orchestra which also featured his singing. Between 1934 and 1937 he was a vocalist with Jolly Coburn and His Orchestra for Victor Records.
"Home" was first recorded by composer and band leader, Peter Van Steeden and his Orchestra on the Victor label. His collaborators were the father and son songwriters, Harry and Jeff Clarkson. It soon became Van Steeden's theme song. It has been very popular song for many years sometimes with the alternate title, "When Shadows Fall". It has been sung by Andrews Sisters in the 1944 film , "Moonlight and Cactus". In 1950 was recorded by Nat King Cole. There was an instrumental version by the Ventures in 1960. Paul McCartney recorded it in 2012. Many others have performed this song, including, Ruth Etting, Louis Armstrong, Rudy Vallee, The Mills Brothers and Sam Cooke.
Home (When Shadows Fall)
Words and Music by Peter Van Steeden, Harry and Jeff Clarkson
Vocalist, Harold Van Emburgh using the pseudonym "Harold Richards"
Recorded November 12, 1931
Harmony 1392
Harold Van Emburgh (1904-1975) was a vocalist who was active in the late 1920s and 1930s as a broadcast and recording artist. He was featured on the RCA Radiotron Varieties on WEAF, New York, and other programs and sometimes sang duets with contralto Welcome Lewis and soprano Margaret Daum. While he was known mainly as a tenor, some of the published radio guides identified him as a baritone. He performed on radio with the William Wirges Orchestra and with Zoel Parenteau's Orchestra. He recorded as a vocalist for several record labels and orchestras between 1927 and 1937 including Enoch Light (1927), Veo's Hotel McAlpin Orchestra (1928-29). He recorded several sides for Russ Carton's High Steppers Orchestra on the Crown label and in 1932 he made a series of recordings as Harold Van Emburgh and his Orchestra which also featured his singing. Between 1934 and 1937 he was a vocalist with Jolly Coburn and His Orchestra for Victor Records.
"Home" was first recorded by composer and band leader, Peter Van Steeden and his Orchestra on the Victor label. His collaborators were the father and son songwriters, Harry and Jeff Clarkson. It soon became Van Steeden's theme song. It has been very popular song for many years sometimes with the alternate title, "When Shadows Fall". It has been sung by Andrews Sisters in the 1944 film , "Moonlight and Cactus". In 1950 was recorded by Nat King Cole. There was an instrumental version by the Ventures in 1960. Paul McCartney recorded it in 2012. Many others have performed this song, including, Ruth Etting, Louis Armstrong, Rudy Vallee, The Mills Brothers and Sam Cooke.
