Mike Quigley wrote:
I still find "Al" too chummy... 

The Newmans occupy such an extensive place in the history of Hollywood music, from Alfred and his brothers to the next generation of Randy, David, Thomas and Maria, that if there's one figure in who needs to be identified by first and last names, it's Alfred, even if he is, head and shoulders, the most prominent member.

Of course, you could just do what many of his colleagues did, and call him "Pappy."