Albert William Brown (1884-1924)
Last updated: 17.12.23
According to the Internet source given below, Albert William "Al" Brown was an American songwriter born in Cleveland, Ohio.
His earliest work as an eleven-year old was Song of the Type Writer Girl (1895) published by Wm. A. Pond & Co., New York, USA providing the music for the same named poem by William Edward Penney. Later a cakewalk, Cotton Field Dance (1904) published by McKinley Music Co., was probably his first syncopated composition. A prolific songwriter he worked with around some 40 collaborators during his career. His opus includes musicals/shows such as Broadway Brevities of 1922 and Broadway Brevities of 1923.
Of ragtime interest is Rag-A-Tag Rag (1910) published by Leo Feist, New York, USA.
He died following surgery for a goiter around his neck in Manhattan.
His earliest work as an eleven-year old was Song of the Type Writer Girl (1895) published by Wm. A. Pond & Co., New York, USA providing the music for the same named poem by William Edward Penney. Later a cakewalk, Cotton Field Dance (1904) published by McKinley Music Co., was probably his first syncopated composition. A prolific songwriter he worked with around some 40 collaborators during his career. His opus includes musicals/shows such as Broadway Brevities of 1922 and Broadway Brevities of 1923.
Of ragtime interest is Rag-A-Tag Rag (1910) published by Leo Feist, New York, USA.
He died following surgery for a goiter around his neck in Manhattan.
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Albert William "Al" Brown | Biography by "Perf" Bill Edwards |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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You're in Style When You're Wearing a Smile (1918) | A.W. Brown (w&m) G. Kahn (coauth.) E.A. van Alstyne (coauth.) Beatrice Lambert (perf.) |
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 116 works by Albert William Brown (1884-1924).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Song of the Type Writer Girl | 1895 | W.E. Penney (words) | |
| I'll Break Up This Jamboree | 1898 | Sydney L. Perrin (words) | |
| Skyrockets | 1903 | ||
| Arrival of the Mocking Bird (w&m) | 1904 | |
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| Cotton Field Dance | 1904 | |
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| Louisiana Purchase Exposition March | 1904 | ||
| Loving Cup | 1904 | ||
| Suwanee Echoes | 1904 | ||
| Yo-San | 1904 | Pub. | |
| U.S.A. March | 1905 | Pub. | |
| Georgia Sunset | 1906 | ||
| ⇑ Mary Ann, I'd Like to Be Your Man | 1906 | Mae Sheehy (words) | |
| Sly Sal | 1906 | Pub. | |
| I'd Like to Call On You | 1907 | Roger Lewis (words) | |
| Pondering | 1907 | Harold Richard Atteridge (words) | |
| Poor Old Girl | 1907 | Roger Lewis (words) | |
| When Vacation Days are Over | 1907 | Roger Lewis (words) | |
| Would You Like to Love a Boy Like Me? | 1907 | Harold Richard Atteridge (words) | |
| Base-Ball | 1908 | Roger Lewis (words) | |
| Daylight Hurts My Eyes | 1908 | kaghg1 (words) | |
| Honeymoon Three Step | 1908 | ||
| Kiss Me | 1908 | ||
| Roll on the Rollaway | 1908 | Roger Lewis (words) | Pub.  |
| ⇑ To-Night | 1908 | Roger Lewis (words) | |
| Under the Electric Lights | 1908 | Roger Lewis (words) |
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| Baseball Ditties | 1909 | ||
| Come Down Nellie to the Old Red Barn | 1909 | Roger Lewis (words) Lucy Lucier (perf.) |
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| Gaiety:, The | 1909 | ||
| I Want to Go to the Ball Game | 1909 | C.P. McDonald (words) Josephine Barlowe (perf.) Lucy Lucier (perf.) |
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| I'll Be With You Bye and Bye (w&m) | 1909 | Eugene & Willie Howard (perf.) | Pub. |
| Old Red Barn, The | 1909 | Pub. | |
| Same Sweet Girl, The | 1909 | Roger Lewis (words) | |
| Sociability | 1909 | ||
| Take Me Back to Kidland | 1909 | Mae Sheehy (words) | |
| You're the Only One I Love | 1909 | ||
| Any Old Time or Any Old Place | 1910 | J. Brandon Walsh (words) Howard O'Neil (perf.) |
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| ⇑ Don't Forget Me Dearie | 1910 | J. Brandon Walsh (words) | |
| Go On, Good-a-Bye | 1910 | M. Joseph Murphy (words) | |
| In My Old Home Town | 1910 | J. Brandon Walsh (words) Herbert Cooper (perf.) |
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| Lets Get Spooney Awhile | 1910 | J. Brandon Walsh (words) | |
| My Zouave Soldier Boy | 1910 | May Rerdelle (words) | |
| Plain Little Country Girl | 1910 | J. Brandon Walsh (words) | |
| Rag-A-Tag Rag | 1910 | |
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| Sweet Angel Eyes | 1910 | Tell Taylor (words) | |
| That Yodlin Zulu Rag | 1910 | J. Brandon Walsh (words) Fay O'Dell (perf.) |
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| I'm Awfully Glad the Girl I Had Has Another Beau | 1911 | J. Brandon Walsh (words) | |
| Let Me Spend My Vacation With You | 1911 | J. Brandon Walsh (words) | |
| My Todalo Man | 1911 | J. Brandon Walsh (words) | |
| ⇑ Phantom Rag | 1911 | Sol Ginsberg as Violinski (words) | |
| Whole World Reminds Me of You, The | 1911 | J. Brandon Walsh (words) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Back in Those Old Kentucky Days | 1912 | ||
| Judge He's-A-Irish Too!, The | 1912 | J. Brandon Walsh (words) | |
| Madison | 1912 | ||
| Remember Me to My Old Gal | 1912 | J. Brandon Walsh (words) George Moriarity (words) |
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| I'd Like to Borrow a Kiss | 1913 | Harold Atteridge (words) Gaby Deslys (perf.) Harry Pilcer (perf.) |
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| Man with Three Wives, The | 1913 | Harold Richard Atteridge (words) | |
| Moving Man, The | 1913 | Harold Atteridge (words) | |
| Passing Show of 1913, The | 1913 | Harold Richard Atteridge (words) | |
| Strongheart | 1913 | John C. Thomas (perf.) | Pub. |
| What's the Greatest Thing in the World? | 1913 | Collin Davis (words) | |
| When You're Traveling | 1913 | ||
| ⇑ World Wide Romeo, A | 1913 | Harold R. Atteridge (words) Gaby Deslys (perf.) Harry Pilcer (perf.) |
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| You're a Great Big Blue Eyed Baby (w&m) | 1913 | Sophie Tucker (perf.) | |
| At the Fountain of Youth | 1915 | Alex Gerber (words) Gertie Moulton (words) |
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| No One Can Keep You Away From Me | 1915 | ||
| Your Daddy Was a Bashful Beau | 1915 | Alex Gerber (words) Gertie Moulton (words) |
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| Flower of My Life | 1916 | Frank Tyler Daniels (words) | |
| Melodyland | 1916 | Roger Lewis (words) | |
| Mother Goose | 1916 | Roger Lewis (words) | |
| Fickle Little Melody | 1917 | oger Lewis1 (words) | |
| It Took the Stork to Deliver the Goods | 1917 | Thomas P. Hoier (words) | |
| Keep On Smiling, Mr. Moon Man | 1917 | ||
| Like the Lovers in the Story Books | 1917 | ||
| ⇑ My Gal of the Southland, My Dixie Rose | 1917 | ||
| Night School | 1917 |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Ragtime Will o' the Wisp | 1917 | ||
| There's a Service Flag Flying at Our House | 1917 | Thomas Hoier (words) Bernie Grossman (words) |
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| Bravest Battle of the War Was Fought in a Mother's Heart, The | 1918 | Thomas P. Hoier (words) Paul Boggs (words) |
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| E-Yip-Yow! Yankee Boys Welcome Home Again! (w&m) | 1918 | Bob F. Sear (words) | |
| Go Over the Top with Reilly | 1918 | Thomas P. Hoier (words) Joseph M. Leahan (words) |
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| Goodbye Dear Old Girl | 1918 | Haven Gillespie (words) | |
| I Am Dreaming of Tomorrow and You | 1918 | Haven Gillespie (words) | |
| Jackie Boy | 1918 | Thomas P. Hoier (words) Eugene West (words) |
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| Liberty Bell, Ring On! | 1918 | Haven Gillespie (words) | |
| Little Blue Bonnet | 1918 | Haven Gillespie (words) | |
| My Girl of the Southland | 1918 | Thomas P. Hoier (words) | |
| ⇑ My Irish American Rose | 1918 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) Arthur Lange (words) |
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| You're in Style When You're Wearing a Smile (w&m) | 1918 | Gus Kahn (co-author) Egbert A. van Alstyne (co-author) Elizabeth Brice (perf.) Beatrice Lambert (perf.) Emma Stephens (perf.) |
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| Down in Echo Valley | 1919 | Haven Gillespie (words) | |
| Goodbye Dear Old Pal | 1919 | Haven Gillespie (words) | |
| Gypsiana | 1919 | |
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| Hare Hunter, The | 1919 | ||
| I'm Getting Tired of Playing Second Fiddle | 1919 | Haven Gillespie (words) | |
| Off with the Sad Days, On with the Glad Days | 1919 | Haven Gillespie (words) | |
| You'll Like It | 1919 | Haven Gillespie (words) Joseph T. Burrowes (words) |
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| Gypsiana | 1920 | Haven Gillespie (words) | Pub. |
| Dream Waltz Blues | 1921 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) Arthur Lange (words) |
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| Oriental Temple Blues | 1921 | C.P. McDonald (words) Walter Hirsch (words) |
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| ⇑ That's Apple Sauce | 1921 | Herman Kahn (words) | |
| Broadway Brevities of 1922 | 1922 |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Dearie You Should Have Been With Us | 1922 | Billy Dunham (words) | |
| Magazines | 1922 | John Hyman (words) | |
| My Pretty Sweet Sixteen | 1922 | Will J. Harris (words) | |
| Mystery | 1922 | John Hyman (words) | |
| Patches of Auld Lang Syne | 1922 | Will J. Harris (words) | |
| Rose of Italy, She Waits For Me | 1922 | Billy Dunham (words) | |
| Tiny Chinese Doll | 1922 | Will J. Harris (words) | |
| Washington's Calling Me | 1922 | John Hyman (words) | |
| Ain't it a Shame | 1923 | W.A. Hann (words) Joseph Simms (words) |
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| As Soon As I Get Yoou Off My Hands | 1923 | James Brockman (words) | |
| Ireland, Dear Ireland, Land of My Dreams | 1923 | Ethel Steele (words) | |
| ⇑ It Happened in Normandy | 1923 | ||
| Magic Waltz | 1923 | Walter Hirsch (words) Erwin R. Schmidt (words) Jack Yellen (words) |
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| Scandal of the Flowers | 1923 | William A. Downs (words) | |
| Scandal on the Farm | 1923 | William A. Downs (words) | |
| When the Curfew Rings at Nine | 1923 |