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 76-100 of 499 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | C-19780 | 12-in. | 5/14/1917 | For me and my gal | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-19848 | 10-in. | 5/9/1917 | For me and my gal | Six Brown Brothers | Saxophone sextet | composer | |
Victor | B-20812 | 10-in. | 10/1/1917 | In the land of wedding bells | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-20835 | 10-in. | 10/4/1917 | Hello, aloha, hello | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-21403 | 10-in. | 1/3/1918 | Homeward bound | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-21670 | 10-in. | 4/8/1918 | Just like Washington crossed the Delaware, General Pershing will cross the Rhine | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22176 | 10-in. | 7/25/1918 | Everything is peaches down in Georgia | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22222 | 10-in. | 9/5/1918 | You'll find old Dixieland in France | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22493 | 10-in. | 12/31/1918 | In the land of beginning again (Where broken dreams come true) | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22557 | 10-in. | 1/24/1919 | Johnny's in town | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22646 | 10-in. | 3/21/1919 | You'll find old Dixieland in France | Pietro | Accordion solo | composer | |
Victor | B-22666 | 10-in. | 3/31/1919 | Anything is nice if it comes from Dixieland | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22679 | 10-in. | 4/10/1919 | Friends | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-23168 | 10-in. | 9/22/1919 | There's a lot of blue-eyed Marys down in Maryland | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-23416 | 10-in. | 10/16/1919 | My baby's arms | Pietro | Accordion solo | composer | |
Victor | B-23699 | 10-in. | 2/24/1920 | You ain't heard nothing yet | All Star Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | B-23747 | 10-in. | 2/24/1920 | I'm always falling in love with the other fellow's girl | Elliott Shaw | Male vocal solo, with violin duet and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-23752 | 10-in. | 2/27/1920 | Hiawatha's melody of love | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-23775 | 10-in. | 3/16/1920 | The hen and the cow (Only a dream of the past) | Artie Mehlinger | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-24605 | 10-in. | 9/30/1920 | Nobody to love | Esther Walker | Female vocal solo, with cello and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-24758 | 10-in. | 12/22/1920 | Now I lay me down to sleep | Charles Hart ; Elliott Shaw | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-24759 | 10-in. | 12/22/1920 | Beautiful Annabelle Lee | Charles Hart ; Elliott Shaw | Male vocal duet, with harp and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-25005 | 12-in. | 3/16/1921 | All for you | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-25117 | 10-in. | 3/26/1921 | Beautiful Annabelle Lee | Blue and White Marimba Band | Marimba band | composer | |
Victor | B-25532 | 10-in. | 8/24/1921 | Tuck me to sleep (In my old 'Tucky home) | Criterion Trio ; Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Meyer, George W.," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105829.
Meyer, George W.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.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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