Meyer, George W.

George W. Meyer Composer Boston, Massachusetts, January 1, 1884; New York City, August 28, 1959. Meyer was a songwriter-plugger when Fred Mills published his first hit song, “Lonesome,” in 1909. He wrote the snappy “Brass Band Ephraham Jones” in 1911 with lyricist Joe Goodwin (1889–1943). Meyer was a publisher for two years, starting in 1912 with the publication of “Variety Rag” by Harry Tierney. He followed it up the same year with “That Entertaining Rag” by Arthur Wellesley and Abe Olman ’s…