Somewhere a Voice Is Calling

{{Short description|1911 song written by Eileen Newton and composed by Arthur F. Tate}}

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| released = 1911{{cite book |last=Mattfeld |first=Julius |year=1971 |title=Variety Music Cavalcade, 1620–1969: A Chronology of Vocal and Instrumental Music Popular in the United States |url=https://archive.org/details/varietymusiccava00matt/ |edition=3rd |location=Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |publisher=Prentice Hall, Inc. |page=[https://archive.org/details/varietymusiccava00matt/page/307 307] |isbn=0-13-940718-9 |url-access=registration}}

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| composer = Arthur F. Tate{{cite web |title=Somewhere a voice is calling |url=https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/tw.asp?w=W314 |website=hyperion-records.co.uk |publisher=Hyperion Records |access-date=2022-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102114700/https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/tw.asp?w=W314 |archive-date=2012-11-02}}

| lyricist = Eileen Newton

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"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.{{cite web |title=Somewhere a voice is calling / Arthur F Tate [sheet music]:Print Material Description: Performing Arts Encyclopedia |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100009298/default.html |website=memory.loc.gov |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=10 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125110754/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100009298/default.html |archive-date=25 November 2016}}

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.{{cite web |title=Somewhere a voice is calling |url=https://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/3478 |website=loc.gov |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=10 December 2015}}

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.{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=1986 |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954: The History of American Popular Music |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/ |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research, Inc. |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/31 31] |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |url-access=registration}}