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.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 15, 1871 (Brantford), Died April 1, 1958 (Gladstone)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1902 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 201-225 of 514 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	3430	10-in.	ca. Jan.-June 1906	Is it warm enough for you?	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3457	10-in.	ca. 1906	Good advice	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3501	10-in.	between January and October 1906	Cheer up Mary	Frank C. Stanley ; Harry Tally	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3586	10-in.	ca. Late 1906-Feb. 1907	Bonnie Jean	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3649	10-in.	ca. Jan.-June 1907	And a little bit more	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3658	10-in.	ca. Jan.-June 1907	A friend of mine told a friend of mine	Bob Roberts	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3666	10-in.	ca. Jan.-June 1907	Blondy	Ada Jones ; Len Spencer	Comic dialogue and female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3692	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1907	Southern girl	Columbia Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3912	10-in.	ca. Jan.-July 1908	Are you sincere?	Henry Burr ; Lucy Isabelle Marsh	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3935	10-in.	approximately 1908	Rainbow	Henry Burr ; Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	4010	10-in.	between January and March 1909	When I marry you	Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	4118	10-in.	between January and August 1909	There'll come a day	Henry Burr ; Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	4152	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1909	I'm going to do what I please	Stella Tobin	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	4158	10-in.	between January and September 1909	Dublin daisies	Columbia Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	4166	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Oct. 1909	Can't you see	Frank C. Stanley ; Elise Stevenson	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	4398	10-in.	ca. Jan.-June 1910	I'm afraid of you	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	4863	10-in.	ca. 1910	That's the fellow I want to get	Ed Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	19126	10-in.	11/21/1910	Come, Josephine in my flying machine	Harry Tally	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	19142	10-in.	12/2/1910	Winter	Columbia Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	19259	10-in.	3/10/1911	That was before I met you	Ada Jones ; Walter Van Brunt	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	19270	10-in.	4/7/1911	It's a long way back to dear old Mother's knee	Will Oakland	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	19444	10-in.	7/7/1911	You'll do the same thing over again	Walter Van Brunt	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	19682	10-in.	12/7/1911	I live uptown	Ada Jones ; Walter Van Brunt	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	19929	10-in.	6/11/1912	Whistle it	Ada Jones ; Peerless Quartet	Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	38507	10-in.	12/17/1912	Rainbow	Henry Burr ; Andrea Sarto	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist

(Results 201-225 of 514 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bryan, Alfred," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105828.

Bryan, Alfred. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105828.

"Bryan, Alfred." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.