George W. Meyer

George William Meyer (January 1, 1884, Boston, Massachusetts – August 28, 1959, New York City)[1] was an American Tin Pan Alley songwriter. Meyer wrote the music for the song "For Me and My Gal" and many others. He had a publishing company Geo. W. Meyer Co. located at the Exchange Bldg, 143 West 45th Street, New York City, where he published his songs and the songs of other songwriters.[2][3][4]

Selected songs

References
  1. Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1679/80. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. American Popular Songs, From the Revolutionary War to the Present, edited by David Ewen, Random House, New York (1966)
  3. The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, Third Edition, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, New York (1966)
  4. ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, Fourth Edition, compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers by Jaques Cattell Press; R.R. Bowker (1980)
  5. Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music - Volume 1. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 59, 123, 168, 239, 263, 325, 329, 363, 426). ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7.
  6. "George W. Meyer | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  7. Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music - Volume 2. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 663, 667, 669, 807. ISBN 978-0-7864-2799-4.
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