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 326-350 of 499 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W152545 | 10-in. | 10/30/1933 | We were the best of friends | George Olsen and his Music ; Joe Morrison | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | W152696 | 10-in. | 1/24/1934 | It's an old-fashioned world after all | Bob Bunch ; Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | 65525 | 10-in. | approximately 1916 | It's a lonesome melody | Melville Gideon ; Melville Gideon | Male vocal solo, with piano and orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75293 | 12-in. | approximately 1916 | My mother's rosary | Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | 75447 | 12-in. | approximately 1917 | Where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday night | Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | W703013 | 10-in. | November 1929 | Canción del Nilo (Song of the Nile) : Canción | El Trovador Romántico | Male vocal solo | composer | |
OKeh | 298 | 10-in. | ca. Aug. 1918 | Everything is peaches down in Georgia | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | 334 | 10-in. | ca. Sept. 1918 | You'll find old Dixieland in France | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | 478 | 10-in. | ca. Nov. 1918 | Ja da | New Orleans Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | 697 | 10-in. | ca. May 1919 | Friends | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | songwriter | |
OKeh | S-789 | 10-in. | approximately Aug. 1919 | My baby's arms | All Star Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
OKeh | S-7269 | 10-in. | Feb. 1920 | The hen and the cow | Billy Murray ; Rega Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-7333 | 10-in. | Mar. 1920 | I'm always falling in love with the other fellow's girl | Helen Clark ; Joseph A. Phillips | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | S-7363 | 10-in. | Mar. 1920 | Hiawatha's melody of love | Charles Hart ; Elliott Shaw | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | S-7627 | 10-in. | Oct. 1920 | Beautiful Annabell Lee | Charles Hart ; Elliott Shaw | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | S-7780 | 10-in. | Feb. 1921 | Now I lay me down to sleep | Charles Hart ; Elliott Shaw | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | o-8211 | 10-in. | approximately Oct. 1921 | Cry baby blues | Mary Miller | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | o-8212 | 10-in. | approximately Oct. 1921 | Tuck me to sleep (In my old Kentucky home) | Mary Miller | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | 9418 | 10-in. | Oct. 1925 | Brown eyes, why are you blue? | Vin James | Piano solo | composer | |
OKeh | S-70049 | 10-in. | July 1921 | Tuck me to sleep in my old 'Tucky home | Billy Jones ; Rega Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-70086 | 10-in. | Aug. 1921 | Tuck me to sleep in my old Kentucky home | Horace Davis ; Sam Moore | Octo-chorda and guitar duet | composer | |
OKeh | S-70206 | 10-in. | Oct. 1921 | Cry baby blues | Elsie Clark ; Rega Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-70217 | 10-in. | Oct. 1921 | Tuck me to sleep in my old 'Tucky home | Rega Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-70467 | 10-in. | Feb. 1922 | I've got the wonder where he went and when he's coming back blues | Glantz and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-70716 | 10-in. | June 1922 | Kicky-koo, kicky-koo (You for me, me for you) | Markel's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Meyer, George W.," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105829.
Meyer, George W.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105829.
"Meyer, George W.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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