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 26-50 of 499 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-10524 | 10-in. | 6/9/1911 | Love's sentence | Ada Jones ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-10805 | 10-in. | 7/18/1911 | We all fall | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-11051 | 10-in. | 10/3/1911 | A girlie was just made to love | Walter Van Brunt | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-11405 | 10-in. | 12/20/1911 | In Dixie Land with Dixie Lou | "That Girl" Quartet | Female vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-11416 | 10-in. | 12/28/1911 | The darkies' ragtime ball | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-11476 | 10-in. | 1/22/1912 | Nothing to do until to-morrow | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-11542 | 10-in. | 2/1/1912 | I live uptown | Ada Jones ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-11566 | 10-in. | 2/5/1912 | Bring back my golden dreams | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-11733 | 10-in. | 3/15/1912 | Brass band Ephraham Jones | Al Jolson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12330 | 10-in. | 9/4/1912 | That mellow melody | Walter Van Brunt | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12511 | 10-in. | 10/14/1912 | That syncopated boogie boo | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12717 | 10-in. | 12/13/1912 | Underneath the cotton moon | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12880 | 10-in. | 2/6/1913 | Always take a girl named Daisy ('Cause daisies won't tell) | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-13542 | 12-in. | 7/8/1913 | 'Underneath the cotton moon' medley | Conway's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-13627 | 10-in. | 7/23/1913 | That naughty melody | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-13642 | 10-in. | 7/28/1913 | Ragtime wedding bells | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-13684 | 10-in. | 8/11/1913 | Curly head | Walter Van Brunt | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-13686 | 10-in. | 8/12/1913 | When I first met you | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet | composer | |
Victor | B-13832 | 10-in. | 9/19/1913 | Isch ka bibble | Ed Morton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-14077 | 10-in. | 11/14/1913 | Wilhelm, the grocer | Ada Jones | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-14311 | 10-in. | 1/13/1914 | 'Cross the Great Divide (I'll wait for you) | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-14403 | 10-in. | 1/30/1914 | 'Cross the Great Divide (I'll wait for you) | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-14526 | 10-in. | 2/27/1914 | She got even with Stephen | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-14961 | 10-in. | 6/16/1914 | The high cost of loving | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-15047 | 10-in. | 7/7/1914 | When you're a long, long way from home | Will Oakland | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Meyer, George W.," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105829.
Meyer, George W.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105829.
"Meyer, George W.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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