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Alfred Bryan. Songwriter, lyricist, b Brantford, Ont, 15 Sep 1871, d Gladstone, NJ, 1 Apr 1958. Raised in Brantford and from 1886 in London, Ont, Alfred Bryan attended the Collegiate Institute before moving to Chicago, working as a newspaper reporter. He established himself about 1905 in New York, where he was an arranger and songwriter at music publishing firms. Bryan's first No. 1 hit as a lyricist was the 1910 topical song "Come, Josephine in My Flying Machine" (music by Fred Fisher). Peg O' My Heart (1913, music by Fisher) also reached No. 1. The latter was recorded by Guy Lombardo, Rosario Bourdon, Henry Burr (No. 2 in 1913), Josephine Baker, the Harmonicats, Glen Miller, Jack Teagarden, Lawrence Welk, and Andy Williams, among others.
A prolific, skilled, and versatile lyricist, Bryan collaborated with Tin Pan Alley songsmiths (eg, Alfred Gumble, George W. Meyer, and Al Piantadosi) for hits each year 1906-18 and 1926-8. His "Give Me Your Affection, Honey" was written with Carmen Lombardo. The anti-war song "I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier," recorded in 1915, became controversial and was banned in Britain and France. Bryan redeemed his popularity with the 1918 patriotic hit "When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France." Many of Bryan's songs, especially "Peg O' My Heart," became standards. Bryan wrote scores for Broadway shows, eg, The Century Revue, 1919-21. He then moved to Hollywood and wrote songs for motion pictures 1928-49. His "Oui, Oui, Marie" was heard in What Price Glory (1952), and Al Jolson performed the comic "Who Paid the Rent for Mrs Rip Van Winkle?" in Mammy (1930). Bryan was a founding member of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers). Although 230 Bryan songs were registered with ASCAP, it is rumoured that he wrote the lyrics to over 700 songs. He also published a book of poetry, Pagan Love Lyrics (California, 1925). He was inducted into the US Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, and was an inaugural inductee into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003.
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