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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Birth and Death Data: Born 1871 (Brantford), Died 1958 (Gladstone)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1902 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer
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Recordings (Results 376-400 of 509 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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OKeh | W80828 | 10-in. | 5/3/1927 | Red lips—kiss my blues away | Alma Rotter | Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano | lyricist | |
OKeh | W81274 | 10-in. | 8/25/1927 | Blue river | Seger Ellis ; Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | W81301 | 10-in. | 9/1/1927 | Blue river | Sophie Tucker | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
OKeh | W400715 | 10-in. | 5/28/1928 | Chilly pom pom pee | Fred Hall ; Sugar Babies | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | W400770 | 10-in. | 6/8/1928 | Don't keep me in the dark, bright eyes | Seger Ellis | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
OKeh | W400776 | 10-in. | 6/11/1928 | Don't keep me in the dark, bright eyes | Lanin’s Famous Players | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
OKeh | W401163 | 10-in. | 9/28/1928 | My window of dreams | Seger Ellis ; Southern Melody Artists [Lou Gold Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | W402126 | 10-in. | 8/10/1928 | Come be my rainbow | Scottdale String Band | String band | lyricist | |
OKeh | W402858 | 10-in. | 8/16/1929 | My song of the Nile | Justin Ring Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | W402879 | 10-in. | 8/23/1929 | My song of the Nile | Smith Ballew ; Roy Smeck’s Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | W402884 | 10-in. | 8/27/1929 | My song of the Nile | Seger Ellis | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
OKeh | W402971 | 10-in. | 9/20/1929 | My lover (Master of my heart) | Seger Ellis ; Joe Green ; Royal Music Makers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | W403020 | 10-in. | 10/2/1929 | Somebody mighty like you | Hal Kemp Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
OKeh | W403081 | 10-in. | 10/18/1929 | If I can't have you (If you can't have me) | Annette Hanshaw | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
OKeh | W404817 | 10-in. | 1/26/1931 | When you were the blossom of Buttercup Lane and I was your Little Boy Blue | Lanin’s Famous Players | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | [OK cat 1062-A] | 10-in. | approximately June-July 1918 | There's a lump of sugar down in Dixie | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet | lyricist | |
Brunswick | 1178 | 10-in. | approximately July 1917 | Joan of Arc | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5196-b] | 10-in. | approximately Dec. 1917 | Sweet little buttercup | Harry McClaskey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5229-b] | 10-in. | approximately May 1918 | Cleopatra | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E16456 | 10-in. | 9/29/1925 | Brown eyes—why are you blue? | Nick Lucas | Male vocal solo, with guitar | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E23281 | 10-in. | 5/21/1927 | Room for two | Colonial Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E27981 | 10-in. | 8/6/1928 | Don’t keep me in the dark, Bright Eyes | Kenn Sisson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E27986 | 10-in. | 8/7/1928 | My window of dreams | Chester Gaylord | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E28121 | 10-in. | 8/21/1928 | My window of dreams | Miami Marimba Band [Castlewood Marimba Band] | Marimba band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E28197 | 10-in. | 9/11/1928 | Chilly pom pom pee | Victorian Syncopators | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bryan, Alfred," accessed March 25, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105828.
Bryan, Alfred. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105828.
"Bryan, Alfred." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 25 March 2023.
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LCNAR: Bryan, Alfred, 1871-1958 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88051265
Wikidata: Alfred Bryan - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1273339
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/42030305
MusicBrainz: Alfred Bryan - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dce073f1-c582-49ef-8d20-fde7a3eb584b
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