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 51-75 of 499 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-15135 | 10-in. | 8/17/1914 | When you're a long, long way from home | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-15266 | 10-in. | 10/9/1914 | Corker | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | composer | |
Victor | C-15836 | 12-in. | 3/26/1915 | Don't take my darling boy away | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-16585 | 10-in. | 10/4/1915 | There's a little lane without a turning (On the way to home sweet home) | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-16870 | 12-in. | 12/9/1915 | I'm simply crazy over you | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-16979 | 10-in. | 1/6/1916 | My mother's rosary | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-17006 | 10-in. | 1/12/1916 | I'm a lonesome melody | Olive North | Female vocal solo, with cello and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-17239 | 10-in. | 3/1/1916 | Oh promise me (That you'll come back to Alabam') | Billy Murray ; Will Oakland | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-17240 | 10-in. | 3/1/1916 | Long live the ladies | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-17241 | 10-in. | 3/1/1916 | Roll your Yiddish eyes for me | Rhoda Bernard | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-17430 | 12-in. | 4/4/1916 | Yaaka hula hickey dula | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-17474 | 10-in. | 4/10/1916 | Where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday night? | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-17814 | 10-in. | 6/7/1916 | My mother's rosary | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-18184 | 10-in. | 8/7/1916 | Since Maggie Dooley learned the hooley-hooley | Marguerite Farrell | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-18186 | 10-in. | 8/7/1916 | Come on and baby me | Marguerite Farrell | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-18554 | 10-in. | 10/17/1916 | Way down in Iowa, I'm going to hide away | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-18892 | 10-in. | 12/29/1916 | Yaddie kaddie kiddie kaddie koo | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-19057 | 10-in. | 1/17/1917 | Yaddie kaddie kiddie kaddie koo | Louise and Ferera | Guitar duet (Hawaiian) | composer | |
Victor | B-19065 | 10-in. | 1/18/1917 | For me and my gal | Wright and Dietrich | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-19145 | 10-in. | 1/30/1917 | Dance and grow thin | Gene Greene | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-19319 | 10-in. | 2/28/1917 | Let's all be Americans now | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Victor | B-19328 | 10-in. | 3/1/1917 | Dance and grow thin | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-19329 | 10-in. | 3/1/1917 | For me and my gal | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-19367 | 10-in. | 3/13/1917 | From here to Shanghai | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-19779 | 10-in. | 5/14/1917 | Dance and grow thin | Joseph C. Smith'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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