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George William Meyer aka Geo. W. Meyer (January 1, 1884, Boston, Massachusetts – August 28, 1959, New York City) was an American Tin Pan Alley songwriter, University of Michigan Ph.D. (1941) and a Guggenheim award winner. 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 as well.〔''American Popular Songs, From the Revolutionary War to the Present'', edited by David Ewen, Random House, New York (1966)〕〔''The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary'', Third Edition, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, New York (1966)〕〔''ASCAP Biographical Dictionary'', Fourth Edition, compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers by Jaques Cattell Press; R.R. Bowker (1980)〕 ==Selected songs== * "When I First Met You" * "For Me and My Gal" * "I'm Awfully Glad I Met You" * "Brass Band Ephraham Jones" * "Cover Me Up With The Sunshine Of Virginia" * "If You Were the Only Girl in the World" * "Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go with Friday on Saturday Night?" (used in the musical ''Robinson Crusoe, Jr.'') * "Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia" * "If He Can Fight Like He Can Love, Good Night Germany!" * "Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old 'Tucky Home" * "Sittin' in a Corner" * "I'm a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird" * "Mandy, Make Up Your Mind" * "Someone Is Losin' Susan" * "My Song of the Nile" * "I'm Sure of Everything But You" * "I Believe in Miracles" * "The Girl I Left Behind Me" * "I'm Growing Fonder of You" * "There Are Such Things" * "Ki-Ki-Koo" * "Homeward Bound" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George W. Meyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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