Egbert Van Alstyne

All Compositions

Compositions for: Piano

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Back, Back, Back to Baltimore Back, Back, Back to Indiana Beautiful Lady Because You're Irish Blarney

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Camp Meeting Time Cavalier' Rustican' Rag Cheyenne

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Devil Rag Do it Now Don't Be Cross with Me Don't Forget to Drop a Line to Mother Down in the Old Meadow Lane Dreaming of the Same Old Girl Dreams Dreamy Paradise

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Every Heart Must Have Its Sorrow

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Father's Allowed to See Us Twice a Year For the Boys Over There For Your Boy and My Boy Forget Me Not

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He Got Right up on the Wagon Heinze Hold Up Rag Honey, Dat's All Honolulu Rag

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I Don't Think I Love You, I Know I Do I Like it Better I Love My Mother-in-Law I Want Somebody to Play With I Want Someone to Call Me Dearie I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark I'm Going to Make You Love Me I'm in Love with the Mother of My Best Girl I'm Just a Little Blue I'm Just Pinin' for You I'm Looking for a Girl like Mother In Dear Old Georgia In Old Missouri In the Land of the Buffalo In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree Indian Characteristic Is There Anything Else that I can do for You?It Looks like a Big Night Tonight I've Lost My Gal

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Love Light Love, Honor and Obey

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Memories Mon bijou My Choc'late Soldier Sammy Boy My Dreamy China Lady My Hat's in the Ring My Rosy Rambler

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Navajo Navajo Rag Neath the Old Cherry Tree, Sweet Marie Now She's Anybody's Girlie

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Oh! You Lovable Chile On an Old Fashioned Buggy Ride On the Road to Home Sweet Home On the Road to Mexico

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Ramona Rock-a-bye Land

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Sailin' Away on the Henry Clay San Antonio Seminole So Long, Mother Sunshine and Roses Sweethearts Sweetie O' Mine

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That Old Girl of Mine The Tale the Church Bells Tolled There Never Was a Girl like You Till the Shadows Have Flown

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Under the Pretzel Bough

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Water Never Did That Way Down on Tampa Bay What are You Going to do to Help the Boys?What Makes the World Go 'Round What's the Matter with Father?When I Was a Dreamer When I Was Twenty-One and You Were Sweet Sixteen Who are You with Tonight?Why Don't You Try Wrap Me in a Bundle

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You Can't Make a Fool out of Me You're the Sweetest Rose that Grows in Old Killarney Ypsilanti

Egbert Anson Van Alstyne (March 4, 1878 – July 9, 1951) was an American songwriter and pianist. Van Alstyne was the composer of a number of popular and ragtime tunes of the early 20th century. He was Jewish.

Van Alstyne was born in Marengo, Illinois. After some time touring in Vaudeville he moved to New York City, initially working as a Tin Pan Alley song-plugger until he was able to make his living as a songwriter. He teamed with lyricist Harry H. Williams. Their first success was "Navajo" which was introduced in the Broadway musical Nancy Brown in 1903 and became one of the first records by Billy Murray early in 1904. Their best remembered song is In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree from 1905.

Other Van Alstyne hits included "Won't You Come Over to My House?", "I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark", and "Memories".

Van Alstyne shares credit with Tony Jackson on the hit "Pretty Baby". It was common for Tin Pan Alley publishers to add the name of one of their famous hit makers to tunes, and many have speculated this as being the main reason for Van Alstyne's name appearing on the piece, but Van Alstyne may have had a hand in writing or modifying the verse to Jackson's famous chorus.

He recorded a number of piano rolls.

Van Alstyne lived for many years in Chicago. He died there on July 9, 1951, and was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois.

He was inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.