Alfred Bryan
Alfred Bryan (September 15, 1871 – April 1, 1958) was a Canadian lyricist. Bryan was born in Brantford, Ontario. He worked as an arranger in New York and wrote lyrics for many Broadway shows in the late 1910s and early 1920s. In the 1920s he moved to Hollywood to write lyrics for screen musicals. Bryan worked with several composers during his career. Among his collaborators were Henriette Blanke-Belcher, Fred Fischer, Al Sherman, Larry Stock and Joe McCarthy. Perhaps his most successful song was "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" (1915), with music by Al Piantadosi. The song sold 650,000 copies during the first three months and became one of 1915's top-selling songs in the United States. Although Bryan himself was not a committed pacifist, he described the American public's anti-war sentiments in his lyrics. He died in Gladstone, New Jersey, aged 86. |
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Recordings (Results 326-350 of 513 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W147921 | 10-in. | 2/4/1929 | Yo te amo means I love you | The Columbians [Selvin's Orchestra] ; Dick Robertson | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | 148608 | 10-in. | 5/21/1929 | Broadway baby dolls | George Kay ; Original Indiana Five ; Tom Morton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with jazz/dance quintet and male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W148666 | 10-in. | 6/7/1929 | My heart is bluer than your eyes (Cherie) | Pete Woolery | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | [W]148746 | 10-in. | 6/24/1929 | My song of the Nile | Jack Miller ; The New Englanders | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Columbia | 148757 | 10-in. | 6/26/1929 | My song of the Nile | The Harmonians [Selvin's Orchestra] ; Tommy Weir | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W148789 | 10-in. | 7/5/1929 | My song of the Nile | Ben Selvin and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W148919 | 10-in. | 8/23/1929 | My song of the Nile | Maurice J. Gunsky | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | W148921 | 10-in. | 8/23/1929 | Somebody mighty like you | Larry Siry and his Hotel Ambassador Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | 149010 | 10-in. | 9/17/1929 | Miss Wonderful | Harmonians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | 149023 | 10-in. | 9/19/1929 | Somebody mighty like you | The Harmonians [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W149031 | 10-in. | 9/22/1929 | Just an hour of love | Rube Bloom ; Irene Bordoni | Female vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Columbia | W149032 | 10-in. | 9/22/1929 | My lover (Master of my heart) | Rube Bloom ; Irene Bordoni | Female vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Columbia | W149033 | 10-in. | 9/22/1929 | I wonder what is really on his mind | Rube Bloom ; Irene Bordoni | Female vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Columbia | 149046 | 10-in. | 9/24/1929 | Things we want the most are hard to get | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Irving Kaufman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | 149060 | 10-in. | 9/27/1929 | Someone | Lou Gold Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | 149126 | 10-in. | 10/10/1929 | If I can't have you (If you can't have me) | Barney Trimble and his Oklahomans [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W149160 | 10-in. | 10/18/1929 | If I can't have you (If you can't have me) | Blue Grass Boys ; Lee Morse | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Columbia | W150994 | 10-in. | 12/2/1930 | Twenty Swedes ran through the weeds (Chasing one Norwegian) | California Ramblers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | songwriter | |
Columbia | W151155 | 10-in. | 12/17/1930 | Lonesome lover | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
Columbia | [W]151184 | 10-in. | 1/7/1931 | Lonesome lover | Tom Frawley ; Lloyd Keating and his Music [Fred Rich Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W151205 | 10-in. | 1/14/1931 | When you were the blossom of Buttercup Lane and I was your little boy blue | Fred Rich Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | [W]151598 | 10-in. | 6/12/1931 | Rock me in a cradle of Kalua | Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W151714 | 10-in. | 8/10/1931 | Give me your affection, honey | Paul Tremaine Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | W152462 | 10-in. | 8/21/1933 | We won't have to sell the farm | Ben Bernie and All the Lads | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and whistling | lyricist | |
Columbia | W152539 | 10-in. | 10/27/1933 | Puddin' Head Jones | Fran Frey and his Orchestra [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist |
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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bryan, Alfred," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105828.
Bryan, Alfred. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105828.
"Bryan, Alfred." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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