Peter van Steeden (4 de abril de 1904, en Ámsterdam – 3 de enero de 1990, en New Canaan, Connecticut ) fue un compositor. Su composición más conocida, " Home (When Shadows Fall) ", [ 1 ] ha sido interpretada por muchos músicos, entre ellos Nat King Cole , Louis Armstrong , Paul McCartney , Jackie Gleason , Cab Calloway , Eddie Cantor , Milton Berle , Theresa Brewer , Ella Fitzgerald , The Fontaine Sisters , Mary Martin , Gertrude Lawrence , Kate Smith , Maxine Sullivan , Giovanni Martinelli , Ethel Merman , Dinah Shore y Sam Cooke .
Radio
A partir del 17 de abril de 1935, van Steeden reemplazó a Lennie Hayton como director de orquesta del programa de radio de Fred Allen , Town Hall Tonight. Allen solía darle diálogos cómicos, y el programa del 17 de abril de 1940 incluyó un sketch cómico titulado "From Nipper to Nobody", que trataba sobre Van Steeden. En 1937, Joseph Henabery dirigió un documental de 10 minutos titulado Peter van Steeden and His Orchestra in Special Arrangements.
Van Steeden dirigió la orquesta en The Abbott and Costello Show , [ 2 ] The Adventures of Christopher Wells , [ 2 ] : 9 The Alan Young Show , The Bob Hawk Show , [ 2 ] : 47 Break the Bank , [ 2 ] : 50 The Harry Savoy Show , [ 3 ] Claudia and David , [ 2 ] : 77 McGarry and His Mouse , [ 2 ] : 211 Mr. District Attorney , [ 2 ] : 233 Quizzer's Baseball , [ 2 ] : 279 Stoopnagle and Budd , [ 2 ] : 315-316 Walk a Mile , [ 2 ] : 348 Lucky Strike Hit Parade y el George Jessel Show .
Apariciones personales
Van Steeden played at many locations throughout the New York metropolitan area, including Whyte's Restaurant, the Parody Club, and the Hotel New Yorker.
References
- ↑Today, U. S. A.; at, among others Contact Something Else! (February 7, 2012). "Ringo Starr won't be part of a Beatles reunion involving children of George Harrison and John Lennon". Something Else!.
- 12345678910Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 5–7. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4.
- ↑Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920–1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4. Pp. 16, 294.
External links
- Peter van Steeden at IMDb
- Dutch composers
- 20th-century American male composers
- American bandleaders
- Musicians from Amsterdam
- 1904 births
- 1990 deaths
- 20th-century American composers
- Dutch composer stubs