George William Meyer (January 1, 1884 – August 28, 1959)[1] was an American Tin Pan Alley songwriter.
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.
[2] 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.
[3][4][5] 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.
[2] Meyer also wrote the score for a Broadway show, Dixie to Broadway, the Blackbirds of 1926 revue that was a hit in Paris and London, and songs for films, such as Footlights and Fools (1929).