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'"Home in Pasadena"' is a song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie.[[https://secondhandsongs.com/work/184815/all "Home in Pasadena"] SecondHandSongs. Retrieved December 23, 2018.][[https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-vp/1880/ "Home in Pasadena"] Digital Commons, University of Maine. Retrieved December 23, 2018.] In the song, the singer, about to travel to Pasadena by Pullman Train, describes the attractions of his destination.
It was published in 1923, early in Warren's songwriting career, a year after his first published song "Rose of the Rio Grande".[[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/23/obituaries/harry-warren-songwriter-is-dead.html "Harry Warren, songwriter, is dead"] 'The New York Times', September 23, 1981. Retrieved December 23, 2018.] In 1924 it was recorded by Paul Whiteman, by Billy Murray with Ed Smalle, and by Al Jolson.[
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The British band The Temperance Seven recorded the song, with the title "Pasadena", in 1961.[[https://www.discogs.com/The-Temperance-Seven-Pasadena/master/665909 "The Temperance Seven Pasadena"] at Discogs. Retrieved December 23, 2018.] The Pasadena Roof Orchestra, a British band founded in 1969, was named after the song.[[http://www.pasadena-roof-orchestra.com/history.html History] Pasadena Roof Orchestra. Retrieved December 23, 2018.]
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Category:1923 songs
Category:Pasadena, California
Category:Songs with music by Harry Warren
Category:Songs written by Edgar Leslie
Category:Songs written by Grant Clarke
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