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 401-425 of 499 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Brunswick | E30394 | 10-in. | July 1929 | My song of the Nile | Nick Lucas | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | composer | |
Brunswick | E30438 | 10-in. | 8/15/1929 | A orillas del Nilo | Los Castilians ; José Moriche | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E30700 | 10-in. | Aug. 1929 | My song of the Nile | Lew White | Organ solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E33990 | 10-in. | Oct. 1930 | Maybe it’s love | Nick Lucas | Male vocal solo, with guitar | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E34408 | 10-in. | 9/15/1930 | Maybe it’s love | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E35012 | 10-in. | Oct. 1930 | It’s an old Spanish custom in the moonlight | Detroiters ; Milt Shaw | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal | composer | |
Brunswick | E35466 | 10-in. | Nov. 1930 | To whom it may concern | Detroiters ; Milt Shaw | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E35655 | 10-in. | Dec. 1930 | To whom it may concern | Sid Garry | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E35774 | 10-in. | 12/22/1930 | To whom it may concern | Seger Ellis | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E35944 | 10-in. | 1/21/1931 | When you were the blossom of Buttercup Lane (And I was your Little Boy Blue) | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E35969 | 10-in. | 1/31/1931 | When you were the blossom of Buttercup Lane and I was your Little Boy Blue | Crooning Troubadours ; Nick Lucas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E36136 | 10-in. | 2/21/1931 | Honeymoon parade | Sleepy Hall and his Collegians [Fred Rich Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E36440 | 10-in. | 4/2/1931 | You don’t know what you’re doin’ | Ross Colby ; Don Bigelow Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E36449 | 10-in. | 4/9/1931 | Can’t you read between the lines | Crooning Troubadours ; Nick Lucas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E36462 | 10-in. | 4/13/1931 | I wanna be around my baby all the time | Grace Johnston | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E36472 | 10-in. | 4/15/1931 | Can’t you read between the lines | Eddie Lane Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E36473 | 10-in. | 4/15/1931 | Since an angel like Mary loves a devil like me | Eddie Lane Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E36484 | 10-in. | 3/18/1931 | I wanna be around my baby all the time | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E36500 | 10-in. | 3/23/1931 | I wanna be around my baby all the time | Casa Loma Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E36640 | 10-in. | 4/19/1931 | Since an angel like Mary loves a devil like me | Jacques Renard Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E3093-E3095 | 10-in. | 5/22/1926 | Her beaus are only rainbows | The Ambassadors | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E3777-E3778 | 10-in. | 9/16/1926 | Her beaus are only rainbows | Bessie Coldiron | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Brunswick | E3814-E3815 | 10-in. | 9/23/1926 | Her beaus are only rainbows | Bessie Coldiron | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Brunswick | E16308-E16310 | 10-in. | 9/2/1925 | Brown eyes, why are you blue? | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E19802-E19804 | 10-in. | 7/19/1926 | Someone is losin’ Susan | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | 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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