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 276-300 of 499 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 48807 | 12-in. | 5/16/1916 | Where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday night | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 49145 | 12-in. | 3/7/1917 | For me and my gal | Prince's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 49247 | 12-in. | 9/13/1917 | Hello, aloha, hello! | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 49268 | 12-in. | ca. 1917 | Since I first knew you | Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 49383 | 12-in. | 4/27/1918 | Just like Washington crossed the Delaware | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 49473 | 12-in. | ca. 1918 | Everything is peaches down in Georgia | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 49545 | 12-in. | ca. 1918 | In the land of beginning again | Columbia Band ; Charles Adams Prince | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 49776 | 12-in. | 3/24/1920 | Hiawatha's melody of love | Prince's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 49896 | 12-in. | 10/5/1920 | Beautiful Annabell Lee | Prince's Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W140516 | 10-in. | 4/11/1925 | Take me back to your heart | Hall and Ryan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | W140641 | 10-in. | 6/1/1925 | Row, row, Rosie! | Eddie Cantor | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | W140737 | 10-in. | 6/30/1925 | Row, row, Rosie! | Gangplank Orchestra ; Earl Gresh | Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | 140815 | 10-in. | 8/6/1925 | Row, row, Rosie | Arthur Fields ; Manhattan Dance Makers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | 140876 | 10-in. | 8/28/1925 | Brown eyes, why are you blue? | Manhattan Dance Makers | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W140910 | 10-in. | 9/6/1925 | Brown eyes—why are you blue? | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W140974 | 10-in. | 9/16/1925 | Brown eyes, why are you blue? | Nubs Allen | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 141039 | 10-in. | 9/23/1925 | Brown eyes—why are you blue? | Billy West | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | W141131 | 10-in. | 10/9/1925 | Brown eyes, why are you blue? | Lewis James | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | W142409 | 10-in. | 7/9/1926 | Her beaus are only rainbows | Paul Ash Orchestra ; Milton Watson | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | W142419 | 10-in. | 7/12/1926 | Her beaus are only rainbows | Ruth Etting | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 142454 | 10-in. | 7/16/1926 | Someone is losin' Susan | Broadway Bellhops | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W142466 | 10-in. | 7/21/1926 | Someone is losin' Susan | Harry Reser's Syncopators | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | W143192 | 10-in. | 12/17/1926 | When they're beautiful they're bound to get by | Edith Clifford | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | W145037 | 10-in. | 10/27/1927 | I'd do it all over again | Mary Flood Gates | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | W146026 | 10-in. | 4/12/1928 | Tuck me to sleep (In my old Kentucky home) | Hugh Cross ; Riley Puckett | Male vocal duet, with guitar | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Meyer, George W.," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105829.
Meyer, George W.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105829.
"Meyer, George W.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.
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