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Andrew Benjamin Sterling (August 26, 1874 – August 11, 1955) was an American lyricist.

Biography

Born in New York City, after he graduated from high school, he began writing songs and vaudevilles. An important event was his meeting with the composer Harry Von Tilzer in 1898. The two began a songwriting partnership that lasted almost 30 years.

Others that Sterling collaborated with include Arthur Lange,^[1] Gus Edwards,^[2] Bernie Grossman, M. K. Jerome, William Jerome, Frederick Allen Mills, his brother Raymond Sterling, Ray Henderson, Edward Moran and Bartley Costello.

Sterling wrote the songs Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis in 1904 and Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie in 1905. He wrote the song America, Here's My Boy for the Peerless Quartet in 1917 in the aftermath of U.S. entry into World War I in April 1917. He wrote On the Old Fall River Line with Von Tilzer and W. Jerome. He worked with Von Tilzer on the classic Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland.^[3] Other songs for which Sterling wrote the lyrics in whole or part include After the War is Over (1918) and When My Baby Smiles at Me (1920).

Sterling died in Stamford, Connecticut on August 11, 1955.

He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.^[4]

Selected works

with Von Tilzer, My Old New Hampshire Home, 1898
with Arthur Lange, A Mother's Prayer for Her Boy Out There, New York: Joe Morris Music Co, 1917. OCLC 892504792
with Arthur Lange, America, Here's My Boy, New York: Joe Morris Music Co, 1917. OCLC 9892806
with Von Tilzer and W. Jerome, On the Old Fall River Line
with Von Tilzer, Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland
Von Tilzer, Harry, and Andrew B. Sterling. Under the American Flag. New York: Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co, 1915. OCLC 40708342
Wait 'till the Sun Shines, Nellie, 1905
with Arthur Lange, What'll We Do With Him Boy's? New York: Joe Morris Music Co., 1918. OCLC 40913604
with Arthur Lange, Bernie Grossman, and Starmer. We're Going Over the Top. New York: Joe Morris Music Co, 1918. OCLC 47374626
Von Tilzer, Harry, and Andrew B. Sterling. You'll Have to Put Him to Sleep with the Marseillaise and Wake Him Up with a Oo-La-La. New York: Harry Von Tilzer Music Co., 1918. OCLC 892505011
with Charles B Ward, Strike Up The Band (Here Comes a Sailor)

References

^ Hischak, Thomas S. The Encyclopedia of Film Composers, London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, page 420, ISBN 978-1442245495.
^ Jones, John Bush. Reinventing Dixie: Tin Pan Alley's Songs and the Creation of the Mythic South, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2015, page 115, ISBN 9780807159446.
^ Jones, John Bush. Reinventing Dixie: Tin Pan Alley's Songs and the Creation of the Mythic South, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2015, pages 149-153, ISBN 9780807159446.
^ "Andrew B. Sterling | Songwriters Hall of Fame".

External links

Sheet music for his song "Under the Anheuser Bush" from the collection of the San Francisco Public Library
Words and music for "Strike Up the Band (Here Comes a Sailor)" written with Charles B. Ward in 1900
Andrew B. Sterling recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.

[1] Hischak, Thomas S. The Encyclopedia of Film Composers, London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, page 420, ISBN 978-1442245495.

[2] Jones, John Bush. Reinventing Dixie: Tin Pan Alley's Songs and the Creation of the Mythic South, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2015, page 115, ISBN 9780807159446.

[3] Jones, John Bush. Reinventing Dixie: Tin Pan Alley's Songs and the Creation of the Mythic South, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2015, pages 149-153, ISBN 9780807159446.

[4] "Andrew B. Sterling | Songwriters Hall of Fame".

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+{{short description|American lyricist}}
-'''Andrew B. Sterling''', born on [[August 26]], [[1874]] in [[New York City]] was a [[United States of America|U.S.]] lyricist. After he graduated from high school, he began writing songs and [[vaudeville]]s. An important event was his meeting with the composer [[Harry Von Tilzer]] in 1898. The two began a songwriting partnership that lasted almost 30 years.
+[[Image:SheetMusicCoverAmerHeresMyBoy1917.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sheet music cover, 1917]]
+'''Andrew Benjamin Sterling''' (August 26, 1874 &ndash; August 11, 1955) was an American lyricist.
+==Biography==
-Others that Sterling collaborated with include [[Bernie Grossman]], [[M.K. Jerome]], [[Frederick Allen Mills]],  brother[[Raymond Sterling]], [[Ray Henderson]], [[Edward Moran]] and [[Bartley Costello]].James A. Sterling has been collecting all of his works as well as son-in-law David Bell. He has now a great great niece following his footsteps in being a songwriter and hopes to be successful.
+Born in New York City, after he graduated from high school, he began writing songs and [[vaudeville]]s. An important event was his meeting with the composer [[Harry Von Tilzer]] in 1898. The two began a songwriting partnership that lasted almost 30 years.
+Others that Sterling collaborated with include [[Arthur Lange]],<ref>Hischak, Thomas S. ''The Encyclopedia of Film Composers'', London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, page 420, {{ISBN|978-1442245495}}.</ref> [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]],<ref>Jones, John Bush. ''Reinventing Dixie: Tin Pan Alley's Songs and the Creation of the Mythic South'', Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2015, page 115, {{ISBN|9780807159446}}.</ref> Bernie Grossman, [[M. K. Jerome]], [[William Jerome]], [[Kerry Mills|Frederick Allen Mills]], his brother Raymond Sterling, [[Ray Henderson]], [[Edward Moran]] and Bartley Costello.
-He wrote the song ''[[Wait 'till the Sun Shines, Nellie]] in [[1905]] and the song ''and ''[[it's a small world]''[[America Here's My Boy]]'' for the Peerless Quartet in [[1917]] in the aftermath of U.S. entry into the war in April 1917. It comprised a straightforward call to American patriotism:
+Sterling wrote the songs ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis]]'' in 1904 and ''[[Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie]]'' in 1905. He wrote the song ''[[America, Here's My Boy]]'' for the Peerless Quartet in 1917 in the aftermath of U.S. entry into [[World War I]] in April 1917. He wrote ''[[On the Old Fall River Line]]'' with [[Harry Von Tilzer|Von Tilzer]] and [[William Jerome|W. Jerome]]. He worked with Von Tilzer on the classic ''[[Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland]]''.<ref>Jones, John Bush. ''Reinventing Dixie: Tin Pan Alley's Songs and the Creation of the Mythic South'', Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2015, pages 149-153, {{ISBN|9780807159446}}.</ref> Other songs for which Sterling wrote the lyrics in whole or part include ''[[After the War Is Over|After the War is Over]]'' (1918) and ''[[When My Baby Smiles at Me (song)|When My Baby Smiles at Me]]'' (1920).
-'''''America Here's My Boy'''
+Sterling died in [[Stamford, Connecticut]] on August 11, 1955.
-''First Verse''
+He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.songhall.org/profile/Andrew_B_Sterling|title = Andrew B. Sterling &#124; Songwriters Hall of Fame}}</ref>
-There’s a million mothers knocking at the nations door,
-A million mothers, yes and there’ll be millions more,
-And while within each mother heart they pray,
-Just hark what one brave mother has to say.
+==Selected works==
-''Second Verse''
+* with [[Harry Von Tilzer|Von Tilzer]], ''[[My Old New Hampshire Home]]'', 1898
+* with [[Arthur Lange]], ''[[A Mother's Prayer for Her Boy Out There]]'', New York: Joe Morris Music Co, 1917. {{OCLC|892504792}}
+* with [[Arthur Lange]], ''[[America, Here's My Boy]]'',  New York: Joe Morris Music Co, 1917. {{OCLC|9892806}}
+* with [[Harry Von Tilzer|Von Tilzer]] and [[William Jerome|W. Jerome]], ''[[On the Old Fall River Line]]''
+* with [[Harry Von Tilzer|Von Tilzer]], ''[[Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland]]''
+* Von Tilzer, Harry, and Andrew B. Sterling. ''[[Under the American Flag]]''. New York: Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co, 1915. {{OCLC|40708342}}
+* ''[[Wait 'till the Sun Shines, Nellie]]'', 1905
+* with [[Arthur Lange]], ''[[What'll We Do with Him Boys? (The Yanks Made a Monkey Out of You)|What'll We Do With Him Boy's?]]'' New York: Joe Morris Music Co., 1918.  {{OCLC|40913604}}
+* with Arthur Lange, Bernie Grossman, and Starmer. ''[[We're Going Over the Top]]''. New York: Joe Morris Music Co, 1918. {{OCLC|47374626}}
+*Von Tilzer, Harry, and Andrew B. Sterling. ''[[You'll Have to Put Him to Sleep with the Marseillaise and Wake Him Up with a Oo-La-La]]''. New York: Harry Von Tilzer Music Co., 1918. {{OCLC|892505011}}
+* with Charles B Ward, ''Strike Up The Band (Here Comes a Sailor)''
+==References==
-There’s a million mothers waiting by the fireside bright,
+{{Reflist}}
-A million mothers, waiting for the call tonight.
-And while within each heart there’ll be a tear,
-She’ll watch her boy go marching with a cheer.
+==External links==
-''Chorus''
+{{Wikisource author}}
+*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinah/2812008098/ Sheet music for his song "Under the Anheuser Bush"] from the collection of the San Francisco Public Library
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsQGxltm8uI Words and music for "Strike Up the Band (Here Comes a Sailor)"] written with Charles B. Ward in 1900
+* [https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106532 Andrew B. Sterling recordings] at the [[Discography of American Historical Recordings]].
+{{Authority control}}
-America, I raised a boy for you.
-America, You’ll find him staunch and true,
-Place a gun upon his shoulder,
-He is ready to die or do.
-America, he is my only one; My hope, my pride and joy,
-But if I had another, he would march beside his brother;
-America, here’s my boy.''
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Sterling, Andrew B.}}
-Sterling died in [[Stamford, Connecticut]] on [[August 11]], [[1955]].
+[[Category:1874 births]]
-[[Category:1874 births|Sterling, Andrew B.]]
+[[Category:1955 deaths]]
-[[Category:1955 deaths|Sterling, Andrew B.]]
+[[Category:Songwriters from New York (state)]]
-[[Category:American songwriters|Sterling, Andrew B.]]
+[[Category:Musicians from New York City]]
-[[Category:Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees|Sterling, Andrew B.]]
+[[Category:Ragtime composers]]
-[[Category:People from New York City|Sterling, Andrew B.]]

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