George Fairman

George Wayne Fairman (1881–1962) was a lyricist, composer, and music publisher whose work includes popular songs. Several of his songs charted including two that reached #1.[1] Fairman's work includes coon songs, ragtime, songs related to World War I, and a foxtrot.

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Music published by Fairman

The Peerless Quartet recorded his song "I think we've got another Washington and Wilson is his name" in 1916 on Silvertone Records.

Songs
  • "Bugavue Rag" (1902)[2]
  • "Preacher and the Bear" (1904)
  • "Fever's on" (1906)[3]
  • "Fare-Thee-Well" (1909), with Tell Taylor[4]
  • "Way Down South" (1912)[5][6]
  • "I Think We've Got Another Washington (and Wilson Is His Name)" (1915)[7][8]
  • "I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way (1917)[9]
  • "Good-bye My Rosary"[9] (1917)[10]
  • "Hello America, hello!" (1917)[11]
  • "When You Find There's Someone Missing" (1917), words by Joe McCarthy[9]
  • "Here's to Your Boy and My Boy" (1918)[12]
  • "It's All Over Now" (1918)[13]
  • "He's a Better Man Than You Kaiser Bill" (1918)
  • "Bo-La-Bo" (1919),[14] a fox trot
  • "Syncopated Butterfly" (1922) published by Jack Mills Inc., New York
  • "Syncopated Polish Dance" (1922)
  • "Silence 'N Fun" (1923)
  • "Syncopated Scarf Dance" (1923)
  • "Minuet In Blue" (1928)

References
  1. "George Fairman ••• Top Songs as Writer ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com.
  2. Jasen, David A. (February 22, 2007). Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415978620 – via Google Books.
  3. "George Fairman". www.loc.gov.
  4. "057.115 - Fare-Thee-Well. | Levy Music Collection". levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu.
  5. Fairman, George (February 22, 1912). "Way down South". Allan & Co – via National Library of Australia (new catalog).
  6. "Fordham University Libraries Digital Collections". www.library.fordham.edu.
  7. "I Think We've Got Another Washington and Wilson Is His Name". Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library.
  8. "I think we've got another Washington (and Wilson is his name) / words & music by George Fairman - Collections - Sheet Music Collection - Digital Gallery - BGSU University Libraries". digitalgallery.bgsu.edu.
  9. "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions". Library of Congress, Copyright Office. February 22, 1944 – via Google Books.
  10. "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions". Library of Congress, Copyright Office. February 22, 1917 – via Google Books.
  11. "George Fairman". Open Music Library.
  12. "Here's to your boy and my boy". Library of Congress.
  13. Carolina, University of South (February 22, 2005). The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection at the University of South Carolina: An Illustrated Catalogue. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781570035906 – via Google Books.
  14. "Fairman, George 1881-1962 [WorldCat Identities]".
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