George W. Meyer (songwriter)

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George William Meyer ( Geo. W. Meyer ; born January 1, 1884 in Boston , † August 28, 1959 in New York City ) was an American songwriter.

Meyer worked as an accountant in Boston department stores after attending Roxbury High School . In the late 1890s he moved to New York. As a self-taught pianist, he began working as a song plugger for music producers on Tin Pan Alley . In addition, he occasionally composed songs himself. He had his first successes with I'm Awfully Glad I Met You (1909) and the brass band Ephraham Jones (1912). The latter song became known throughout the US with the recording of Al Jolson , who also recorded other songs by Meyer such as If You Were the Only Girl in the World and Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go with Friday on Saturday Night? based on texts by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young (1916), For Me and My Gal (text by Edgar Leslie and E. Ray Goetz , 1917) and Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia (with Milton Ager and Grant Clarke , 1918).

In 1923 Meyer wrote Sittin 'in a Corner with Gus Kahn . Clarence Williams ' Blue Five recorded Meyer's songs I'm a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird and Mandy, Make Up Your Mind in 1924 with Louis Armstrong , Sidney Bechet , Charlie Irvis , Buddy Christian and Eva Taylor . Other compositions by Meyer include Someone Is Losin 'Susan (1926), My Song of the Nile (1929). I'm Sure of Everything But You (1932), I Believe in Miracles , The Girl I Left Behind Me and I'm Growing Fonder of You (1935, recorded by Fats Waller & His Rhythm) and There Are Such Things (1942) .

Meyer also composed the Broadway musical Dixie to Broadway (with Arthur Johnston ; libretto: Walter De Leon , Tom Howard , Lew Leslie and Sidney Lazarus ; songs: Grant Clarke and Roy Turk , 1923) and songs for various film productions. Under the name Geo. W. Meyer Co. he ran his own music production since 1912. From 1914 he was a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), from 1920 to 1923 and from 1932 to 1959 he was one of its directors.

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SURNAME Meyer, George W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meyer, George William; Meyer, Geo. W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1959
Place of death New York City