Alfred Bryan (lyricist)

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Matrix No.
First Recording Date
Title
Primary Performer
Description
 
[Pre-matrix A-]1232 2/5/1902 Picture in the sunset skies
J. W. Myers
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
[Pre-matrix B-]1232 2/5/1902 The picture in the sunset skies
J. W. Myers
Male vocal solo, with piano
[Pre-matrix A-]2055 3/4/1903 I'll wed you in the golden summer time
John H. Bieling ; Harry Macdonough
Male vocal duet
 
[Pre-matrix B-]2055 3/4/1903 I'll wed you in the golden summer time
John H. Bieling ; Harry Macdonough
Male vocal duet
 
[Pre-matrix B-]2089 3/16/1903 The songbird of Melody Lane
W. H. Thompson
Male vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix A-]2089 3/16/1903 The songbird of Melody Lane
W. H. Thompson
Male vocal solo
 
A-28 5/21/1903 I'll wed you in the golden summer time
Joseph Natus
Male vocal solo, with piano
B-28 5/21/1903 I'll wed you in the golden summer time
Joseph Natus
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
A-31 5/21/1903 Only a dream of the golden past
Joseph Natus
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
B-31 5/21/1903 Only a dream of the golden past
Joseph Natus
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
C-200 [Old series] 2/9/1903 or 5/26/1903 The songbird of Melody Lane
Harry Macdonough
Male vocal solo
 
A-497 10/6/1903 I'll wed you in the golden summer time
John H. Bieling ; Harry Macdonough
Male vocal duet, with piano
 
B-497 10/6/1903 I'll wed you in the golden summer time
John H. Bieling ; Harry Macdonough
Male vocal duet, with piano
 
A-751 11/30/1903 The songbird of Melody Lane
W. H. Thompson
Male vocal solo
 
B-751 11/30/1903 The songbird of Melody Lane
W. H. Thompson
Male vocal solo
 
A-885 1/7/1904 Mary Ellen
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo
 
B-885 1/7/1904 Mary Ellen
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo
 
B-1752 10/11/1904 Down at the baby store
Byron G. Harlan
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-1915 11/9/1904 Just for the sake of society
James McCool
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
C-1915 11/9/1904 Just for the sake of society
James McCool
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-2098 12/28/1904 When the bees are in the hive
Haydn Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-2498 4/27/1905 Come along little girl
Haydn Quartet ; Harry Macdonough
Male vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
E-3203 3/23/1906 Is it warm enough for you?
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-3920 10/23/1906 Cheer up, Mary
Haydn Quartet
Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-4039 11/14/1906 Cheer up, Mary
Byron G. Harlan
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
E-4039 11/14/1906 Cheer up, Mary
Byron G. Harlan
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-4146 12/19/1906 Bonnie Jean
Haydn Quartet
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
E-4146 1/14/1907 Bonnie Jean
Haydn Quartet
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-4463 5/7/1907 Deutschland
Harry Tally
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
E-4463 5/7/1907 Deutschland
Harry Tally
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-4466 5/7/1907 A friend of mine told a friend of mine
Harry Tally
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
E-4466 5/7/1907 A friend of mine told a friend of mine
Harry Tally
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-6164 4/30/1908 Are you sincere?
Elise Stevenson
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-6312 7/17/1908 Music makes me sentimental
Ed Morton
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-6348 8/13/1908 Cheer up, cherries will soon be ripe
Byron G. Harlan
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-6383 9/2/1908 Rainbow
Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray
Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra
B-6464 9/25/1908 Grandma
Byron G. Harlan
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-6570 10/29/1908 When I marry you
Byron G. Harlan
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-6712 1/11/1909 Summer-time reminds me of you
Arthur C. Clough
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-6745 1/22/1909 In those good old country days
Harry Tally
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-6747 1/22/1909 Good luck, Mary
Harry Tally
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-6759 1/29/1909 Love me like I like to be loved
Clarice Vance
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
B-6931 3/26/1909 Good luck, Mary
Haydn Quartet ; Harry Macdonough
Male vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-6983 4/13/1909 Summer reminds me of you
Walter Van Brunt
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-8079 6/28/1909 Dublin daisies
Peerless Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-8096 7/7/1909 Don't be an old maid, Molly
Haydn Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-8173 8/24/1909 I'm going to do what I please
Ada Jones
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-8222 9/10/1909 When I marry you
Ada Jones ; Billy Murray
Female-male vocal duet and male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-8298 10/14/1909 Can't you see
Harry Macdonough ; Elizabeth Wheeler
Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra
B-8311 10/22/1909 When I marry you
Haydn Quartet ; Harry Macdonough ; Elizabeth Wheeler
Female-male vocal duet and male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-8407 11/30/1909 I'd rather say hello than say good-bye
Hamilton Hill
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-9323 7/25/1910 I won't be back 'till August
Ed Morton
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-9664 11/21/1910 Winter
"That Girl" Quartet
Female vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-9666 11/21/1910 That's the fellow I want to get
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-9667 11/21/1910 You never miss the water till the well runs dry
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-9669 11/22/1910 Come, Josephine in my flying machine
American Quartet ; Ada Jones
Female vocal solo, with male vocal quartet
 
B-9707 12/13/1910 Winter
Haydn Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-9735 12/22/1910 Come, Josephine in my flying machine
Blanche Ring
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
B-10147 4/5/1911 That was before I met you
Walter Van Brunt
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-10192 4/18/1911 Dublin daisies
Gene Greene
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-10370 5/23/1911 I like the hat, I like the dress, and I like the girl that's in it
Byron G. Harlan
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-10947 9/11/1911 Make me love you like I never loved before
"That Girl" Quartet
Female vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-11542 2/1/1912 I live uptown
Ada Jones ; Billy Murray
Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra
 
B-11566 2/5/1912 Bring back my golden dreams
Peerless Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
B-11808 4/1/1912 When you're married
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-11949 4/30/1912 Whistle it
Ada Jones
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
B-12111 6/17/1912 You may be Irish, Murphy, but I think that you're in Dutch
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-12880 2/6/1913 Always take a girl named Daisy ('cause daisies won't tell)
Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
B-12905 2/12/1913 When I waltz with you
Helen Clark
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
B-13628 7/24/1913 Peg o' my heart
Charles Harrison
Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-14035 11/5/1913 Flow along, River Tennessee (To the home of the girl I love)
Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
B-14091 11/18/1913 I'm on my way to Mandalay
Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell ; Will Oakland
Male vocal trio, with orchestra
B-14526 2/27/1914 She got even with Stephen
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-14703 4/14/1914 Who paid the rent for Mrs. Rip van Winkle?
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-14814 5/11/1914 When it's moonlight on the Alamo
Peerless Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
B-14825 5/15/1914 Over the Alpine mountains
Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
B-14961 6/16/1914 The high cost of loving
Peerless Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
B-14964 6/17/1914 When it's night-time down in Burgundy
George MacFarlane
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-15553 12/30/1914 I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier
Morton Harvey
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-15613 1/20/1915 Over the hills to Mary
James F. Harrison [i.e., Frederick Wheeler] ; James Reed [i.e., Reed Miller]
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
B-16220 7/23/1915 The sweetest girl in Monterey
James F. Harrison [i.e., Frederick Wheeler] ; James Reed [i.e., Reed Miller]
Male vocal duet, with mandolin and orchestra
B-17201 2/24/1916 He's my cousin if she's your niece
Marie Cahill
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-17707 5/18/1916 Come back to Arizona
James F. Harrison [i.e., Frederick Wheeler] ; James Reed [i.e., Reed Miller]
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
B-18026 6/27/1916 On Lake Champlain
Sterling Trio
Male vocal trio, with harp and orchestra
B-19108 1/22/1917 She's Dixie all the time
American Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-19615 4/23/1917 It's time for every boy to be a soldier
Charles Hart
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-19756 5/8/1917 Joan of Arc
Willie Weston
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-21220 12/3/1917 Sweet little buttercup
Shannon Four ; Elizabeth Spencer
Female vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra
 
B-21221 12/3/1917 There's a vacant chair in every home tonight
Shannon Four
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-21283 12/24/1917 Lorraine
Reinald Werrenrath
Male vocal solo, with celeste and orchestra
B-21284 12/24/1917 Joan of Arc, they are calling you
Reinald Werrenrath
Male vocal solo, with celeste and orchestra
 
B-21285 12/24/1917 The chimes of Normandy
Lambert Murphy
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-21641 3/20/1918 There's a lump of sugar down in Dixie
Collins and Harlan
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
 
B-21937 5/28/1918 Cheer up, Father, cheer up, Mother
Lewis James
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-21994 6/18/1918 There's a lump of sugar down in Dixie
Marion Harris
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
B-22221 9/5/1918 Oui, oui, Marie
Arthur Fields
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-23089 7/23/1919 Sahara (we'll soon be dry like you)
Esther Walker
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
B-23752 2/27/1920 Hiawatha's melody of love
Sterling Trio
Male vocal trio, with orchestra
B-23775 3/16/1920 The hen and the cow (only a dream of the past)
Artie Mehlinger
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-24759 12/22/1920 Beautiful Annabelle Lee
Charles Hart ; Elliott Shaw
Male vocal duet, with harp and orchestra
B-26480 5/22/1922 Round on the end and high in the middle (O-H-I-O)
Frances White
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-31349 11/21/1924 Rainbow
Shannon Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
BVE-31349 6/24/1926 Rainbow
Shannon Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
BVE-32741 6/23/1925 Row! Row! Rosie
George Olsen and his Music
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet
 
BVE-33456 10/8/1925 Brown eyes, why are you blue?
Franklyn Baur
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-33500 9/22/1925 Brown eyes, why are you blue?
B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-33848 11/4/1925 Some other bird whistled a tune
Jack Smith
Male vocal solo, with whistling and piano (takes 4-7)
 
BVE-34131 12/9/1925 Where the huckleberries grow
George Price
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-34159 12/17/1925 Love me and I'll live forever
John McCormack
Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-34194 1/4/1926 Don't be afraid to come home
Henry Burr ; Peerless Quartet
Male vocal quartet and soloist, with instrumental quartet
 
BVE-34272 1/11/1926 Don't be afraid to come home
Henry Burr
Male vocal solo, with vibraphone and piano
 
BVE-34606 2/10/1926 Don't be afraid to come home
George Olsen and his Music
Jazz/dance band (takes 1-4); with male vocal duet (takes 6-8)
 
BVE-35654 6/2/1926 Blue bonnet, you make me feel blue
Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller
Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandola (self-accompaniment)
 
BVE-35790 7/20/1926 Iyone my own Iyone
Brox Sisters
Female vocal trio, with instrumental quartet
 
BVE-36119 8/18/1926 Her beaus are only rainbows
Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-37145 12/17/1926 Love is just a little bit of heaven
Victor Orchestra
Orchestra, with male vocal trio
 
BVE-37575 1/27/1927 Silver song bird
B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-37772 2/14/1927 You went away too far and stayed away too long
Jacques Renard Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-37795 2/18/1927 You went away too far (and stayed away too long)
Jane Green
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-38010 4/25/1927 Red lips kiss my blues away
Peerless Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
BVE-38014 4/27/1927 Red lips, kiss my blues away
Charles Dornberger Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-38357 4/19/1927 There's something nice about everyone, but there's everything nice about you
Victor Orchestra
Orchestra, with male vocal duet
 
BVE-38487 4/22/1927 There's something nice about everyone but there's everything nice about you
Johnny Marvin
Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and ukulele
 
BVE-38781 5/25/1927 Red lips (kiss my blues away)
Johnny Marvin ; Aileen Stanley
Female-male vocal duet, with ukulele and orchestra
 
BVE-39171 9/12/1927 Blue river
The Revelers
Male vocal quartet, with piano
 
BVE-39391 11/9/1927 When the bees are in the hive
Fred Erdman
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-40211 9/15/1927 Blue river
Jean Goldkette Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-43991 5/17/1928 Japansy waltz
Johnny Hamp ; Kentucky Serenaders
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio
 
BVE-47506 9/12/1928 My window of dreams
Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-47747 10/15/1928 My varsity girl I'll cling to you
Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra
Orchestra, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-47785 10/25/1928 Lend me your eyes, pretty baby
Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra
Orchestra, with male vocal quartet
 
MVE-49566 1/28/1929 Wolf song
Motion Picture Orchestra
Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra
 
BVE-49937 2/8/1929 Yo te amo means I love you
Paul Oliver [i.e., Frank Munn]
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-50508 2/21/1929 I'll be a pal to your boy (if you'll be a pal to mine)
Johnny Hamp ; Kentucky Serenaders
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-51013 3/7/1929 "Yo te amo" means "I love you"
Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra
Orchestra, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-51195 4/19/1929 My heart is bluer than your eyes
Don Howard ; The Troubadours
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-53422 5/17/1929 My heart is bluer than your eyes, cherie
Franklyn Baur
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-53830 6/12/1929 My song of the Nile
Melody Three
Male vocal trio, with orchestra
 
BVE-55613 7/15/1929 A kiss to remember
Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-55641 7/30/1929 My song of the Nile
Burt Lorin [i.e., Scrappy Lambert] ; The Troubadours
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-55659 8/29/1929 If I can't have you
High Hatters ; Leonard W. Joy ; Frank Luther
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-55660 8/29/1929 You can't believe my eyes
High Hatters ; Leonard W. Joy ; Klara Madjette
Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo
 
BVE-56087 9/13/1929 Miss Wonderful
Ted Weems Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-57091 11/14/1929 My song of the Nile
Miguel Ruggeri
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-57487 11/27/1929 Mi canción del Nilo
Ángel Soto
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-57500 11/30/1929 Somebody mighty like you
Ernie Birchill ; Wayne King Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
[Trial 1921-02-08-01] 2/8/1921 Beautiful Annabelle Lee
Conly Concert Company
Mixed vocal quartet, with piano
 
[Trial 1917-12-10-02] 12/10/1917 Joan of Arc (They are calling you)
Percy Hemus
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
[Trial 1914-08-12-07] 8/12/1914 When it's night time down in Burgundy
Willis Male Trio
Male vocal trio, with piano