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

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 1422 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-6693	10-in.	12/30/1908	I wish I had a girl	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-9493	10-in.	10/3/1910	To the strains of that wedding march	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-11856	10-in.	4/11/1912	Music vot's music must come from Berlin	Maurice Burkhart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-13305	10-in.	5/13/1913	Sunshine and roses	Edna Brown ; James F. Harrison	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14210	10-in.	12/17/1913	The good ship Mary Ann	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-15752	10-in.	3/2/1915	Oh how that woman could cook	George L. Thompson	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-15869	10-in.	4/9/1915	Everybody rag with me	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-17108	10-in.	2/3/1916	Memories	John Barnes Wells	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-17475	10-in.	4/11/1916	My dreamy China lady	Lyric Quartet	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-18013	10-in.	6/22/1916	Pretty baby	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-18378	10-in.	9/18/1916	Pretty baby	Orpheus Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-18718	10-in.	11/17/1916	Just a word of sympathy	James F. Harrison ; James Reed	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-18955	10-in.	1/4/1917	If you ever get lonely	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-18984	10-in.	1/12/1917	That funny jas band from Dixieland	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-19123	10-in.	1/24/1917	Whose pretty baby are you now?	Orpheus Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-19300	10-in.	2/19/1917	Memories	E. K. Rose	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	B-19379	10-in.	3/16/1917	Because you're Irish	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-20066	10-in.	6/20/1917	Along the way to Waikiki	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-20452	10-in.	7/25/1917	Sailin' away on the Henry Clay	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-20493	10-in.	8/3/1917	Memories	Paul Reimers	Male vocal solo, with cello and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-20535	10-in.	8/27/1917	So long, Mother	Charles Hart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-20625	10-in.	8/14/1917	Some Sunday morning	Ada Jones ; Billy Murray	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-20811	10-in.	10/1/1917	Where the morning glories grow	Elizabeth Spencer ; Sterling Trio	Female vocal solo, with male vocal trio and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-21434	10-in.	1/30/1918	On the road to home, sweet home	Percy Hemus	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-21907	10-in.	5/6/1918	What are you going to do to help the boys?	Charles Hart ; Shannon Four	Male vocal quartet and soloist, with orchestra	lyricist

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kahn, Gus," accessed November 23, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108721.

Kahn, Gus. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108721.

"Kahn, Gus." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 November 2024.