Victor matrix B-21434. On the road to home, sweet home / Percy Hemus

TitleSource
On the road to home, sweet home (Primary title)Disc label (RDI)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Gus Kahn (lyricist)
Egbert Van Alstyne (composer)
PersonnelNotes
Percy Hemus (vocalist : baritone vocal)
William H. Reitz (instrumentalist : bells)Takes 4-11.
Josef Pasternack (conductor)
Additional Information
  • Description: Male vocal solo, with orchestra
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
With bells in second chorus, takes 4-11 only.
A later recording by Elliott Shaw (see B-31372) also was issued as 18439.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
1/30/1918 Camden, New Jersey 1 Hold/destroy
1/30/1918 Camden, New Jersey 2 Master Victor 18439 10-in.

On the road to home, sweet home / Percy Hemus

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On the road to home, sweet home / Percy Hemus - Victor 18439 - Take 2 - 1/30/1918
Source disc for this recording from:
1/30/1918 Camden, New Jersey 3 Destroy
3/8/1918 Camden, New Jersey 4 Destroy
3/8/1918 Camden, New Jersey 5 Destroy
3/8/1918 Camden, New Jersey 6 Destroy
3/28/1918 Camden, New Jersey 7 Destroy
3/28/1918 Camden, New Jersey 8 Destroy
4/9/1918 Camden, New Jersey 9 Destroy
4/9/1918 Camden, New Jersey 10 Destroy
4/9/1918 Camden, New Jersey 11 Destroy

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix B-21434. On the road to home, sweet home / Percy Hemus," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700006551/B-21434-On_the_road_to_home_sweet_home.

Victor matrix B-21434. On the road to home, sweet home / Percy Hemus. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700006551/B-21434-On_the_road_to_home_sweet_home.

"Victor matrix B-21434. On the road to home, sweet home / Percy Hemus." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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