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 451-475 of 498 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Edison | 5187 | 10-in. | 12/1/1916 | Way down in Iowa (I'm going to hide away) | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5209 | 10-in. | 12/12/1916 | Since Maggie Dooley learned the hooley-hooley | Ada Jones | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5419 | 10-in. | 2/28/1917 | Let's all be Americans now | Adolph J. Hahl | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Edison | 5486 | 10-in. | 4/3/1917 | For me and my gal | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5825 | 10-in. | 10/2/1917 | Hello, aloha, hello! | George Wilton Ballard ; Helen Clark | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5867 | 10-in. | 11/2/1917 | In the land of wedding bells | Arthur Fields ; Grace Woods | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5964 | 10-in. | between 1/10/1918 and 1/14/1918 | Homeward bound | George Wilton Ballard | Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6021 | 10-in. | Feb. 1918 | Homeward bound | George Wilton Ballard | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6097 | 10-in. | Mar. 1918 | Just like Washington crossed the Delaware (General Pershing will cross the Rhine) | George W. Reardon ; John Young | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6125 | 10-in. | Mar. 1918 | Just like Washington crossed the Delaware, General Pershing will cross the Rhine | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6192 | 10-in. | between 5/24/1918 and 5/30/1918 | If he can fight like he can love | Elaine Gordon | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6286 | 10-in. | 7/31/1918 | Everything is peaches down in Georgia | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6351 | 10-in. | between 9/5/1918 and 9/6/1918 | You'll find old Dixieland in France | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6570 | 10-in. | 1/17/1919 | In the land of beginning again (Where broken dreams come true) | George Wilton Ballard | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6607 | 10-in. | 2/4/1919 | Johnny's in town | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6647 | 10-in. | 3/4/1919 | Anything is nice if it comes from Dixieland | Premier Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7160 | 10-in. | 2/13/1920 | The hen and the cow (A dream of the past) | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7250 | 10-in. | 3/30/1920 | Hiawatha's melody of love | Elizabeth Lennox ; Betsy Lane Shepherd | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7252 | 10-in. | 3/30/1920 | I'm always falling in love with the other fellow's girl | Helen Clark ; Joseph A. Phillips | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7598 | 10-in. | 10/25/1920 | Beautiful Annabel Lee | Alfred Curtis | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 8146 | 10-in. | 7/27/1921 | Tuck me to sleep (In my old Kentucky home) | Roy Cropper | Male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 8277 | 10-in. | 11/2/1921 | Tuck me to sleep (In my old Kentucky home) | Lou Chiha Frisco | Xylophone solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 8803 | 10-in. | 12/28/1922 | Open your arms, my Alabamy | Kaplan's Melodists | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 8808 | 10-in. | 1/3/1923 | Open your arms, my Alabamy | Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones | Male vocal duet | composer | |
Edison | 8905 | 10-in. | 4/3/1923 | Down among the sleepy hills of Tennessee | Robert Denning ; Jack Holt | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Meyer, George W.," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105829.
Meyer, George W.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105829.
"Meyer, George W.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 April 2024.
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