Al Bryan(1871-1958)

Songwriter ("Peg O' My Heart", "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine"< "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier") and author, educated in parochial schools. He joined the staff of several New York publishing firms, and wrote the Broadway stage scores for "The Shubert Gaieties of 1919", "The Midnight Rounders" (1920, 1921), "The Century Revue", and "A Night in Spain". Joining ASCAP in 1914 as a charter member, his chief musical collaborators included Fred Fisher, George Meyer, Larry Stock, Alfred Gumble, Al Piantadosi, Joe McCarthy, and John Klenner.