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 176-200 of 499 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-044311 | 10-in. | 12/4/1939 | The debutante waltz | Californians ; Eddie Holly ; Abe Lyman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-045748 | 10-in. | 12/12/1939 | Mandy, make up your mind | Ragtime Band [Muggsy Spanier] | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-070655 | 10-in. | 1/5/1942 | We've got to do a job on the Japs, baby | Art Jarrett Orchestra ; Gale Robbins | Jazz/dance band, with female and male vocal solos and male vocal quartet | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-071080 | 10-in. | 10/2/1941 | Tuck me to sleep in my old Kentucky home | Riley Puckett | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | composer | |
Victor | BS-075209 | 10-in. | 5/19/1942 | For me and my gal | Californians ; Abe Lyman ; Billy Sherman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-075253 | 10-in. | 6/2/1942 | When you're a long, long way from home | Hal McIntyre Orchestra ; Jerry Stuart | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-075400 | 10-in. | 7/1/1942 | There are such things | The Pied Pipers ; Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | D7VB-1743 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | In a little book shop | Vaughn Monroe ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with vocal ensemble and jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Victor | D7VB-1893 | 10-in. | 11/12/1947 | Tuck me to sleep in my old 'Tucky home | Dude Martin ; Round-up Gang | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | D7VB-2034 | 10-in. | 11/11/1947 | If I only had a match | Cathy Allen ; Louis Prima Orchestra ; Louis Prima | Female-male vocal duet, with vocal chorus and jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Victor | D9VB-2176 | 10-in. | 8/16/1949 | The Story of Annie Laurie | Ella Logan | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | BVE-Test-621 | 10-in. | 3/4/1929 | The sun is at my window | Irving Karo | Male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1921-02-08-01] | 10-in. | 2/8/1921 | Beautiful Annabelle Lee | Conly Concert Company | Mixed vocal quartet, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1921-08-24-01] | 10-in. | 8/24/1921 | Melody in F | Horace Davis ; Sam Moore | Octo-chorda and harp-guitar duet | composer | |
Columbia | 3666 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-June 1907 | Blondy | Ada Jones ; Len Spencer | Comic dialogue and female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 4129 | 10-in. | between January and August 1909 | Let's go back to baby days | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 4138 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Aug. 1909 | Under the Irish moon | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 4227 | 10-in. | ca. 1909 | All I want is one loving smile from you-oo-oo | Frank C. Stanley ; Elise Stevenson | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 4372 | 10-in. | between January and May 1910 | Underneath the monkey moon | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 4394 | 10-in. | ca. 3/28/1910 | You'll come back | Elida Morris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 4863 | 10-in. | ca. 1910 | That's the fellow I want to get | Ed Morton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19259 | 10-in. | 3/10/1911 | That was before I met you | Ada Jones ; Walter Van Brunt | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19682 | 10-in. | 12/7/1911 | I live uptown | Ada Jones ; Walter Van Brunt | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19710 | 10-in. | 1/5/1912 | Honey love | "That Girl" Quartet | Female vocal quartet, unaccompanied | composer | |
Columbia | 19766 | 10-in. | 2/16/1912 | Brass band Ephraham Jones | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Meyer, George W.," accessed September 15, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105829.
Meyer, George W.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 15, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105829.
"Meyer, George W.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 15 September 2024.
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