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
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  
(Results 251-275 of 499 records)

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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