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 501-513 of 513 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Edison | 18628 | 10-in. | 7/23/1928 | My window of dreams | Paul Largay | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 19079 | 10-in. | 3/6/1929 | I'll be a pal to your boy (If you'll be a pal to mine) | Bob Pierce | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 19093 | 10-in. | 3/12/1929 | Yo te amo (Means I love you) | The Rollickers [Edison] | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 19252 | 10-in. | 6/14/1929 | My song of the Nile | Phil Dewey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | N-339 | 10-in. | 7/23/1928 | My window of dreams | Paul Largay | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | N-770 | 10-in. | 3/6/1929 | I'll be a pal to your boy (If you'll be a pal to mine) | Bob Pierce | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | N-784 | 10-in. | 3/12/1929 | Yo te amo (Means I love you) | The Rollickers [Edison] | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | N-957 | 10-in. | 6/14/1929 | My song of the Nile | Phil Dewey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Leeds & Catlin | 9591 | 10-in. | between late 1908 and early 1909 | Rainbow | Henry Burr ; Frank C. Stanley | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cat 207] | 10-in. | between late 1908 and early 1909 | When I marry you | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WA2820 | 10-in. | between approximately January 30th 1926 and March 8th 1926 | Brown eyes, why are you blue? | Layton and Johnstone | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WA7508 | 10-in. | between approximately May 18th 1928 and July 11th 1928 | Virginia (there's a blue ridge in my heart) | Ted Shapiro ; Ted Shapiro Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL892 | 10-in. | 2/13/1928 | Blue river | Clément Doucet ; Jean Wiener | Piano duet | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bryan, Alfred," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105828.
Bryan, Alfred. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105828.
"Bryan, Alfred." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.
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