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 101-125 of 499 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-25707 | 10-in. | 9/30/1921 | Tuck me to sleep in my old 'Tucky home | Roy Bargy ; Benson Orchestra of Chicago | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-25832 | 10-in. | 11/30/1921 | Cry baby blues | Horace Davis ; Sam Moore | Octo-chorda and guitar duet | composer | |
Victor | B-25970 | 10-in. | 1/23/1922 | I've got the wonder where he went and when he's coming back blues | Victor Arden ; Phil Ohman | Piano duet | composer | |
Victor | B-26323 | 10-in. | 4/28/1922 | Kicky-koo, kicky-koo (You for me, me for you) | Green Brothers Marimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with guitars (Hawaiian) | composer | |
Victor | B-26520 | 10-in. | 6/8/1922 | My cradle melody (Just carries me back to old Virginia) | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-26563 | 10-in. | 6/21/1922 | Kicky-koo, kicky-koo (You for me, me for you) | Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-26848 | 10-in. | 8/29/1922 | No wonder I'm lonesome | Billy Murray ; Aileen Stanley | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-27133 | 10-in. | 11/10/1922 | Open your arms my Alabamy | Zez Confrey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-27262 | 10-in. | 12/27/1922 | Come on home | Ross Gorman ; Isabelle Patricola ; Virginians | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-27786 | 10-in. | 4/30/1923 | Down among the sleepy hills of Ten-Ten-Tennessee | Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-27802 | 10-in. | 4/4/1923 | Down among the sleepy hills of Ten-Ten-Tennessee | Great White Way Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-28594 | 10-in. | 9/26/1923 | Sittin' in a corner | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-28845 | 10-in. | 11/6/1923 | Sittin' in a corner | Elliott Shaw | Male vocal solo, with cello and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-29048 | 10-in. | 11/30/1923 | If she was what she was, when she was sixteen | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-29589 | 10-in. | 3/7/1924 | Cover me up with the sunshine of Virginia | Brox Sisters | Female vocal trio, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-29805 | 10-in. | 3/25/1924 | I must have company | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-29814 | 10-in. | 3/28/1924 | Cover me up with the sunshine of Virginia | Jean Goldkette Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-30697 | 10-in. | 9/4/1924 | Mandy, make up your mind | Brox Sisters | Female vocal trio, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-30820 | 10-in. | 9/15/1924 | Mandy, make up your mind | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-31091 | 10-in. | 11/7/1924 | Dixie dreams | George Olsen and his Music | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-31124 | 10-in. | 10/27/1924 | On the road back home | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-31958 | 10-in. | 2/17/1925 | Take me back to your heart | Dan Gregory Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BVE-32741 | 10-in. | 6/23/1925 | Row! Row! Rosie | George Olsen and his Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | composer | |
Victor | BVE-33456 | 10-in. | 10/8/1925 | Brown eyes, why are you blue? | Franklyn Baur | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-33500 | 10-in. | 9/22/1925 | Brown eyes, why are you blue? | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | 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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