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 301-325 of 499 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W147338 | 10-in. | 10/30/1928 | Underneath the cotton moon | Melton and Waggoner | Male vocal duet | composer | |
Columbia | W147402 | 10-in. | 12/10/1928 | The sun is at my window (Throwing kisses at me) | George Dewey Washington | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | 147489 | 10-in. | 11/23/1928 | The sun is at my window (Throwing kisses at me) | Arthur Fields ; Jerry Mason and his Californians [Lou Gold Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | W147706 | 10-in. | 12/17/1928 | The sun is at my window (Throwing kisses at me) | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | 148608 | 10-in. | 5/21/1929 | Broadway baby dolls | George Kay ; Original Indiana Five ; Tom Morton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with jazz/dance quintet and male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | [W]148746 | 10-in. | 6/24/1929 | My song of the Nile | Jack Miller ; The New Englanders | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 148757 | 10-in. | 6/26/1929 | My song of the Nile | The Harmonians [Selvin's Orchestra] ; Tommy Weir | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | W148789 | 10-in. | 7/5/1929 | My song of the Nile | Ben Selvin and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | W148887 | 10-in. | 8/16/1929 | My song of the Nile | Ferera's Golden Hawaiians | Jazz/dance band (Hawaiian) | composer | |
Columbia | W148919 | 10-in. | 8/23/1929 | My song of the Nile | Maurice J. Gunsky | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 149046 | 10-in. | 9/24/1929 | Things we want the most are hard to get | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Irving Kaufman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | 149060 | 10-in. | 9/27/1929 | Someone | Lou Gold Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | 149126 | 10-in. | 10/10/1929 | If I can't have you (If you can't have me) | Barney Trimble and his Oklahomans [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | W149160 | 10-in. | 10/18/1929 | If I can't have you (If you can't have me) | Blue Grass Boys ; Lee Morse | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W150784 | 10-in. | 9/11/1930 | Maybe it's love | Bert Lown Hotel Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | [W]150808 | 10-in. | 9/16/1930 | Maybe it's love | Lloyd Keating and his Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | [W]150835 | 10-in. | 9/23/1930 | Maybe it's love | Kate Smith | Female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | W150926 | 10-in. | 10/31/1930 | It's an old Spanish custom in the moonlight | Roy Evans | Male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | W150940 | 10-in. | 11/6/1930 | To whom it may concern | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | [W]151113 | 10-in. | 12/13/1930 | To whom it may concern | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | W151147 | 10-in. | 1/6/1931 | To whom it may concern | Smith Ballew Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | [W]151158 | 10-in. | 12/17/1930 | To whom it may concern | Jack Miller | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
Columbia | W151848 | 10-in. | 10/15/1931 | Sugar | Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | W152322 | 10-in. | 11/28/1932 | I'm sure of everything but you | Ted Lewis and his Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | W152394 | 10-in. | 4/19/1933 | Moonlight millionaires | Ted Lewis and his Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | 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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