Alfred Bryan (September 15, 1871 – April 1, 1958) was a Canadian lyricist.
Alfred Bryan | |
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| Born | September 15, 1871 Brantford, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | April 1, 1958 (aged 86) Gladstone, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | 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; often collaborating with composer Jean Schwartz. In the 1920s he moved to Hollywood to write lyrics for screen musicals.[1]
Bryan worked with several composers during his career. Among his collaborators were Henriette Blanke-Belcher,[2] Fred Fischer, Al Sherman, Larry Stock and Joe McCarthy.[1] Perhaps his most successful song was "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" (1915), with music by Al Piantadosi.[3] The song sold 650,000 copies during the first three months and became one of 1915's top-selling songs in the United States.[4] Although Bryan himself was not a committed pacifist, he described the American public's anti-war sentiments in his lyrics.[3]
He died in Gladstone, New Jersey, aged 86.
Musicals edit
- Shubert Gaieties of 1919
- Hello, Alexander (1919)
- The Century Revue (1920)
- The Midnight Rounders of 1920
- The Midnight Rounders of 1921
- Make It Snappy (1922)
- A Night in Spain (1927)
Songs edit
- 1904 We'll Be Together When the Clouds Roll By (music by Kerry Mills)
- 1906 Everybody Gives Me Good Advice (music by James Kendis and Herman Paley)
- 1909 I'll Do Anything But (music by Henriette Blanke-Belcher)[2]
- 1910 Put Your Head Upon my Shoulder (music by Henriette Blanke-Belcher)
- 1910 Come Josephine in My Flying Machine (music by Fred Fisher)
- 1911 My Irish Girl (music by Henriette Blanke-Belcher)
- 1913 Peg o' My Heart (music by Fred Fisher)
- 1913 I'm On My Way to Mandalay (music by Fred Fisher)
- 1914 Who Paid The Rent For Mrs. Rip Van Winkle? (music by Fred Fischer)
- 1914 Down in Waterloo. (m: Albert Gumble & Jack Wells)[5]
- 1914 When It's Night-Time Down in Burgundy. (m: Herman Paley)[6]
- 1915 I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier. (m: Al. Piantadosi)[5]
- 1915 When Our Mothers Rule the World. (m: Jack Wells)[6]
- 1916 Don't Cry Dolly Grey. (m: Herman Paley)[5]
- 1916 I Wouldn't Steal the Sweetheart of a Soldier Boy. (m: Herman Paley)[5]
- 1917 Buy a Red Cross Rossie. (m: Harry Tierney)[5]
- 1917 Chimes of Normandy. (m: Jack Wells)[5]
- 1917 Cleopatra. (m: Harry Tierney)[5]
- 1917 Don't Try to Steal the Sweetheart of a Soldier. (m: Van and Schenack)[5]
- 1917 For One Sweet Day. (m: Harry Tierney)[5]
- 1917 Get a Girl to Lead the Army. (m: Harry Tierney)[5]
- 1917 God Save Us all. (m: Harry Tierney)[5]
- 1917 I Want a Good Girl and I Want Her Bad. (m: Harry Tierney)[5]
- 1917 If You'll Be a Soldier I'll Be a Red Cross Nurse. (m: Harry Tierney)[5]
- 1917 I'm Crazy Over Every Girl in France. (m: Pete Wendling & Jack Wells)[5]
- 1917 It's Time for Every Boy to Be a Soldier. (m: Harry Tierney)[5]
- 1917 Lorraine (My Beautiful Alsace Lorraine). (m: Fred Fisher)[5]
- 1917 My Yokohama Girl. (m: Harry Tierney)[5]
- 1917 Over the Top with Jack Wells and Pete Wendling[6]
- 1917 Sweet Little Buttercup. (m: Herman Paley)[6]
- 1917 There's a Vacant Chair in Every Home Tonight. (m: Ernest Breuer)[6]
- 1917 Universal Peace Song God Save Us All. (m: Harry Tierney)[6]
- 1917 Vegetable Song. (m: Harry Tierney)[6]
- 1918 Big Chief Killahun with Edgar Leslie. (m: Maurice Abrahams)[5]
- 1918 Cheer Up Father, Cheer Up Mother. (m: Herman Paley)[5]
- 1918 Come Across, Yankee Boy, Come Across. (m: Fred Fisher)[5]
- 1918 Comprenez-Vous Papa. (m: Ray Lawrence)[5]
- 1918 Girls of France with Edgar Leslie & Harry Ruby[5]
- 1918 Joan of Arc They Are Calling You with Willie Weston. (m: Jack Wells)[5]
- 1918 Mister McAdoo with Joseph McCarthy. (m: Fred Fisher)[5]
- 1918 Oui, Oui, Marie with Joe McCarthy. (m: Fred Fisher)[6]
- 1918 Wee, Wee, Marie (Will You Do Zis for Me) with Joe McCarrthy. (m: Fred Fisher)[6]
- 1918 When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France with Cliff Hess & Edgar Leslie[6]
- 1918 When the Boys from Dixie Eat the Melon on the Rhine. (m: Ernest Breuer)[6]
- 1918 When They Do the Hula Hula on the Boulevard. (m: Ray Lawrence)[6]
- 1918 White House Is the Light House of the World with Irving Caesar[6]
- 1919 I'm Going to Break That Mason-Dixie Line Until I Get to That Gal of Mine. (m: Jean Schwartz)[5]
- 1919 On the Road to Calais. (m: Al Jolson)[6]
Notes edit
- Van Wienen, Mark W. (2002). Rendezvous with Death: American poems of the Great War. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07059-4.
References edit
- ^ a b "Alfred Bryan". Songwriters Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- ^ a b "I'll do anything, but--". Historic Sheet Music Collection, Oregon Digital. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ a b Van Wienen 2002, p. 289
- ^ Van Wienen 2002, p. 80
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music - Volume 1. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 52, 67, 74, 77, 80, 87, 109, 113, 115, 159, 175, 180, 250, 256, 263, 270, 280, 284, 319, 321, 383, 415, 446. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music - Volume 2. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 479, 489, 519, 637, 673, 734, 742, 758, 773, 776, 778, 781, 785, 790. ISBN 978-0-7864-2799-4.
External links edit
- Alfred Bryan at the Internet Broadway Database
- Sheet music for his song "We'll Be Together When the Clouds Roll By"[permanent dead link] from the collection at University of Oregon Libraries
- Alfred Bryan recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.