Gus Kahn

Gus Kahn

Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886 – October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist who contributed a number of songs to the Great American Songbook, including "Pretty Baby", "Ain't We Got Fun?", "Carolina in the Morning", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)", "My Buddy" "I'll See You in My Dreams", "It Had to Be You", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby", "Love Me or Leave Me", "Makin' Whoopee", "My Baby Just Cares for Me", "I'm Through with Love", "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and "You Stepped Out of a Dream".

Birth and Death Data: Born November 6, 1886 (Koblenz), Died October 8, 1941 (Beverly Hills)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1908 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 76-100 of 1422 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-32534	10-in.	4/23/1925	When you and I were seventeen	John McCormack	Tenor vocal solo, with violin and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-32722	10-in.	6/2/1925	Ukulele lady	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet	lyricist
Victor	BVE-32731	10-in.	6/11/1925	Ida, I do	Jane Green	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-32739	10-in.	6/23/1925	Say Arabella (What's a fella to do?)	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-32769	10-in.	7/13/1925	Alone at last	Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-32817	10-in.	5/21/1925	The midnight waltz	Elliott Shaw	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-32833	10-in.	5/28/1925	Got no time	Jane Green	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-32881	10-in.	6/8/1925	Sometime	Elsie Baker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-32885	10-in.	6/10/1925	Ukulele lady	Frank Crumit	Male vocal solo, with violin, guitar, and ukulele	lyricist
Victor	BVE-32887	10-in.	6/10/1925	My sweetie turned me down (What do I care, what do I care)	Frank Crumit	Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano	lyricist
Victor	BVE-33200	10-in.	7/28/1925	Yes, sir! That's my baby	Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-33305	10-in.	8/12/1925	The kinky kids parade	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-33330	10-in.	8/19/1925	Alone at last	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with violin, saxophone, and piano	lyricist
Victor	BVE-33482	10-in.	10/23/1925	I never knew	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-33627	10-in.	11/25/1925	That certain party	The Happiness Boys	Male vocal duet, with piano	lyricist
Victor	BVE-33667	10-in.	1/15/1926	The kinky kids' parade	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	lyricist
Victor	BVE-33772	10-in.	11/10/1925	I wonder where my baby is to-night?	Henry Burr ; Carl Mathieu ; Billy Murray	Male vocal trio, with piano	lyricist
Victor	BVE-33774	10-in.	11/10/1925	That certain party	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-33958	10-in.	12/2/1925	Yes sir sie is mein kale	Charles Cohan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-34034	10-in.	12/16/1925	But I do, you know I do	Ralph Williams Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-34044	10-in.	12/18/1925	That certain party	Russo and Fiorito's Oriole Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus	lyricist
Victor	BVE-34048	10-in.	12/18/1925	Kentucky's way of sayin' good-mornin'	Brox Sisters	Female vocal trio, with piano	lyricist
Victor	BVE-34059	10-in.	12/20/1925	The kinky kids' parade	Charles J. Correll ; Freeman F. Gosden	Male vocal duet, with tiple and piano	lyricist
Victor	BVE-34063	10-in.	12/21/1925	Sittin' around	Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-34104	10-in.	11/30/1925	I never knew	Gene Austin	Male vocal solo, with violin, saxophone, and piano	lyricist

(Results 76-100 of 1422 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kahn, Gus," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108721.

Kahn, Gus. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108721.

"Kahn, Gus." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.