Somewhere a Voice Is Calling explained

Somewhere a Voice Is Calling
Cover:	Somewhere a Voice is Calling.jpg
Caption:	Sheet music cover
Released:	1911^[1]
Composer:	Arthur F. Tate^[2]
Lyricist:	Eileen Newton

"Somewhere a Voice Is Calling" is a World War I song originally released in 1911. Arthur F. Tate composed the song and Eileen Newton wrote the lyrics. The song was published by T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, Inc. in New York City.^[3]

The song was recorded on October 29, 1913, by vocalist Henry Burr in Camden, New Jersey. This version was released under the Victor record label.^[4]

In 1914, John McCormack recorded "Somewhere a Voice Is Calling". It was released under the Victor record label.

Another best-selling 1914 version was by Vernon Archibald and Elizabeth Spencer, released on Edison's Blue Amberol cylinders.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Mattfeld, Julius . 1971 . Variety Music Cavalcade, 1620–1969: A Chronology of Vocal and Instrumental Music Popular in the United States . 3rd . Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey . Prentice Hall, Inc. . 307 . 0-13-940718-9 . registration.
2. Web site: Somewhere a voice is calling . hyperion-records.co.uk . . 2022-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102114700/https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/tw.asp?w=W314 . 2012-11-02.
3. Web site: Somewhere a voice is calling / Arthur F Tate [sheet music]

   Print Material Description: Performing Arts Encyclopedia ]

   . memory.loc.gov . . 10 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161125110754/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100009298/default.html . 25 November 2016.
4. Web site: Somewhere a voice is calling . loc.gov . Library of Congress . 10 December 2015.
5. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . 1986 . Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954: The History of American Popular Music . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin . Record Research, Inc. . 31 . 0-89820-083-0 . registration.