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 501-525 of 1422 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	77325	10-in.	9/11/1917	So long Mother	Columbia Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77464	10-in.	10/30/1917	Rock-a-bye land	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77602	10-in.	12/27/1917	'N' ev'rything	Al Jolson	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	77653	10-in.	1/29/1918	On the road to home, sweet home	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77718	10-in.	3/11/1918	There's a lump of sugar down in Dixie	Marimbaphone Band	Marimba band	songwriter
Columbia	77732	10-in.	3/25/1918	What are you going to do to help the boys?	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77779	10-in.	4/22/1918	You're in style when you're wearing a smile	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	77988	10-in.	8/7/1918	For your boy and my boy	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	78153	10-in.	10/24/1918	I'll say she does	Al Jolson	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	78373	10-in.	3/29/1919	I'll say she does	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	78684	10-in.	9/22/1919	You ain't heard nothing yet	Al Jolson	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	78708	10-in.	9/28/1919	My isle of golden dreams	Charles Harrison	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	78890	10-in.	12/23/1919	Venetian moon	Charles Harrison ; Lewis James	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	79000	10-in.	2/26/1920	Your eyes have told me so	Margaret Romaine	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	79121	10-in.	4/14/1920	Early in the morning (Down on the farm)	Frank Crumit	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	79300	10-in.	6/22/1920	Nobody to love	Frank Crumit	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	79379	10-in.	8/20/1920	Drifting along (on a blue lagoon)	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	79648	10-in.	1/20/1921	Soft and low	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	79806	10-in.	4/21/1921	Ain't we got fun	Van and Schenck	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	80182	10-in.	2/10/1922	After the rain	Billy Jones	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	80424	10-in.	6/27/1922	Dixie Highway	Van and Schenck	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	80532	10-in.	9/9/1922	Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Goo'bye)	Al Jolson	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	80552	10-in.	9/18/1922	Carolina in the morning	Van and Schenck	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	80577	10-in.	10/2/1922	My buddy	Edwin Dale	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	80965	10-in.	4/17/1923	Beside a babbling brook	Van and Schenck	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist

(Results 501-525 of 1422 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kahn, Gus," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108721.

Kahn, Gus. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108721.

"Kahn, Gus." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.