Editing Albert Von Tilzer (section)

==Early life==
He was born Albert Gumm, in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], United States.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|pages=1221/2}}</ref> His parents, Sarah (Tilzer) and Jacob Gumbinsky, were Polish Jewish immigrants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ragpiano.com/comps/hvntlzr.shtml|title=Harry Von Tilzer (Aaron Gumbinsky)|website=Ragpiano.com}}</ref>  As a young man, he worked briefly at his older brother [[Harry Von Tilzer]]'s publishing company,<ref name="Larkin"/> and Albert's earliest songs were published by Harry.<ref name="Jasen">{{cite book|last1=Jasen|first1=David A.|title=Tin Pan Alley: the Composers, the Songs, the Performers and Their Times|date=1988|publisher=Donald I. Fine, Inc.|location=New York|isbn=1556110995|pages=50–51}}</ref>

Harry had adopted his mother's maiden name, Tilzer, as his own. He sought to make it sound even classier by tacking on the German [[nobiliary particle]] "[[Von]]". So impressive seemed the transformation that eventually all his brothers (Albert, Will, and Jules) had changed their last name to match his.<ref name="Larkin"/>