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 401-425 of 1422 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-018454	10-in.	2/3/1938	Who are we to say	Blue Barron ; Russ Carlyle	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-018455	10-in.	2/3/1938	Shadows on the moon	Blue Barron ; Russ Carlyle	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	PBS-019424	10-in.	7/11/1938	I'll see you in my dreams	Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-019804	10-in.	2/11/1938	Shadows on the moon	Felix Knight ; Leo Reisman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-019807	10-in.	2/11/1938	Girl of the golden West	Felix Knight ; Leo Reisman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-019808	10-in.	2/11/1938	Mariachie	Felix Knight ; Leo Reisman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-021140	10-in.	3/10/1938	I never knew	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-021613	10-in.	3/22/1938	Sun-up to sundown	Nelson Eddy	Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BS-021614	10-in.	3/22/1938	Soldiers of fortune	Nelson Eddy	Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BS-021615	10-in.	3/22/1938	Who are we to say	Nelson Eddy	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BS-021616	10-in.	3/22/1938	Senorita	Nelson Eddy	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BS-031546	10-in.	1/23/1939	Honolulu	Butch Stone ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-031547	10-in.	1/23/1939	This night (Will be my souvenir)	Jayne Dover ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-033708	10-in.	2/9/1939	This night (Will be my souvenir)	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-033731	10-in.	2/16/1939	Honolulu	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-035309	10-in.	3/18/1939	How strange	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-035736	10-in.	4/11/1939	How strange	Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-040970	10-in.	10/17/1939	You tell me your dream (I'll tell you mine)	Wayne King Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-041510	10-in.	8/7/1939	Makin' whoopee	Les Brown Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-041607	10-in.	8/8/1939	You tell me your dream (I'll tell you mine)	Bob Chester Orchestra ; Kathleen Lane	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	PBS-042385	10-in.	1/19/1940	It had to be you	Lou Bring ; Dorothy Lamour	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Victor	BS-046062	10-in.	1/3/1940	Pretty baby	Smoothies	Mixed vocal group, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-046153	10-in.	1/2/1940	Pretty baby	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Charles Wilson	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	lyricist
Victor	BS-050524	10-in.	5/7/1940	Blue lovebird	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-050846	10-in.	5/22/1940	Blue lovebird	Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Helen Southern	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist

(Results 401-425 of 1422 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kahn, Gus," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108721.

Kahn, Gus. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108721.

"Kahn, Gus." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.