George W. Meyer
George William Meyer (January 1, 1884– August 28, 1959) was an American Tin Pan Alley songwriter. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1884. He graduated from Roxbury High School, and began working in accountancy for Boston department stores, before moving to New York City in his mid-20s. He wrote the music for the songs "For Me and My Gal", "In the Land of Beginning Again", "There Are Such Things", and many others. Meyer had a publishing company, Geo. W. Meyer Co., located at the Exchange Building, 143 West 45th Street, New York City, where he published his songs and the songs of other songwriters. He collaborated with eminent lyricists of his era, including Joe Young, Grant Clarke, Roy Turk, Arthur Johnston, Al Bryan, Edgar Leslie, E. Ray Goetz, Pete Wendling, Abel Baer and Stanley Adams. Meyer also wrote the score for a Broadway show, Dixie to Broadway, and songs for films, such as Footlights and Fools (1929). He died in New York City in 1959, aged 75. Meyer was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 1, 1884 (Boston), Died August 28, 1959 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1907 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, lyricist
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Recordings (Results 251-275 of 499 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 79536 | 10-in. | 11/24/1920 | Love nights | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 79563 | 10-in. | 12/8/1920 | Pebbles | Paul Biese Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Columbia | 79656 | 10-in. | 1/24/1921 | Now I lay me down to sleep | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 79693 | 10-in. | Mar. 1921 | Happiness | Art Hickman's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79874 | 10-in. | 6/1/1921 | Ain't we got fun? | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79954 | 10-in. | 7/20/1921 | Tuck me to sleep in my old Kentucky home | Edwin Dale ; George W. Reardon | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 79974 | 10-in. | 9/7/1921 | Cry baby blues | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 80018 | 10-in. | 10/10/1921 | Tuck me to sleep (in my old Kentucky home) | Columbians Dance Orchestra De Luxe | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 80034 | 10-in. | 10/19/1921 | Cry baby blues | Dolly Kay | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 80340 | 10-in. | 5/9/1922 | Kicky-koo, kicky-koo (you for me, me for you) | Eddie Elkins' Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 80418 | 10-in. | 6/26/1922 | My cradle melody (just carries me back to old Virginia) | Criterion Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 80476 | 10-in. | 8/15/1922 | No wonder I'm lonesome | Frank Westphal Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 80675 | 10-in. | 11/15/1922 | Open your arms my Alabamy | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 80689 | 10-in. | 11/24/1922 | Come on home | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 80902 | 10-in. | 3/15/1923 | Down among the sleepy hills of Tennessee | Eddie Elkins' Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 80914 | 10-in. | 3/28/1923 | Down among the sleepy hills of Tennessee | Blossom Seeley | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 80989 | 10-in. | 4/26/1923 | Night after night | Paul Specht Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 81186 | 10-in. | 9/4/1923 | Sittin' in a corner | Paul Specht Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 81219 | 10-in. | 9/18/1923 | Sittin' in a corner | California Ramblers | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 81265 | 10-in. | 10/5/1923 | Sittin' in a corner | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 81437 | 10-in. | 12/26/1923 | If she was what she was when she was sixteen | Joe Schenck | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 81490 | 10-in. | 1/17/1924 | Cover me up with the sunshine of Virginia | California Ramblers | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 81640 | 10-in. | 3/10/1924 | I must have company | California Ramblers | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 37089 | 12-in. | 12/4/1914 | When you're a long, long way from home | Joan Sawyer's Persian Garden Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 37140 | 12-in. | ca. 1915 | When you're a long, long way from home | Prince's Band | Band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Meyer, George W.," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105829.
Meyer, George W.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105829.
"Meyer, George W.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
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