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 201-225 of 499 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 38252 | 10-in. | 9/11/1912 | That mellow melody | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 38622 | 10-in. | 2/10/1913 | Underneath the cotton moon | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 38973 | 10-in. | 7/30/1913 | That naughty melody | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39126 | 10-in. | 12/1/1913 | Daddy did a wonderful thing | Billy Watkins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39151 | 10-in. | 12/17/1913 | 'Cross the great divide | Henry Burr ; Andrea Sarto | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39497 | 10-in. | 7/17/1914 | The high cost of loving | Elida Morris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39638 | 10-in. | 11/25/1914 | That moonlight serenade | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39696 | 10-in. | 12/16/1914 | When you're a long, long way from home | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39699 | 10-in. | 12/16/1914 | San Francisco | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39787 | 10-in. | 1/20/1915 | What'll you do? | Henry Burr ; Miriam Clark [i.e., Grace Kerns] | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39800 | 10-in. | 1/27/1915 | What'll you do? | Henry Burr ; Frances Fisher | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39866 | 10-in. | 2/13/1915 | All for the love of a girl | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 45795 | 10-in. | 6/19/1915 | There's a little lane without a turning on the way to home sweet home | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 46290 | 10-in. | 12/18/1915 | My mother's rosary | Harry McClaskey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 46459 | 10-in. | 2/28/1916 | Where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday night? | Al Jolson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 46732 | 10-in. | 4/21/1916 | I've got the blues for home sweet home | Oscar Shaw | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 46829 | 10-in. | 6/13/1916 | Yaaka hula hickey dula | Samuel Jospe ; Howard Kopp | Piano and drums duet | composer | |
Columbia | 46953 | 10-in. | 8/12/1916 | Come on and baby me | Marguerite Farrell | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 47072 | 10-in. | 10/16/1916 | Way down in Iowa I'm going to hide away | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 47166 | 10-in. | 11/14/1916 | Yaddie kaddie kiddie kaddie koo | Knickerbocker Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 47176 | 10-in. | 11/20/1916 | Yaddie kaddie kiddie kaddie koo | Watson Sisters | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 47177 | 10-in. | 11/20/1916 | Way down in Iowa I'm going to hide away | Watson Sisters | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 47182 | 10-in. | 11/22/1916 | Yaaka hula hickey doola | Saxo Sextette [i.e., Columbia Saxophone Sextette] | Saxophone sextet | composer | |
Columbia | 47277 | 10-in. | 1/6/1917 | For me and my gal | M. J. O'Connell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 47408 | 10-in. | 3/9/1917 | Let's all be Americans now | Knickerbocker Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter |
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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