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Gus Kahn

Gus Kahn
Aliases
Gilbert Keyes
Real name
Gustave Gerson Kahn
Born
November 6, 1886
Died
October 8, 1941
Country
United States
IPI
00015755095 116 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Born in Germany, Kahn's family immigrated to Chicago, Illinois in 1890. Kahn was a musician, songwriter, and most famously, a lyricist.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970
Family
Donald Kahn Son
Grace LeBoy Kahn wife
Lois Kahn Daughter-in-law

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Songs written by Gus Kahn

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
A Day Away from Town Gus Kahn, Richard A. Whiting, Tex Arnold Covered by (2 artists)
A Girl Friend of a Boy Friend of Mine Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Parker Gibbs July 25, 1930 Covered by (5 artists)
Ain't We Got Fun Gus Kahn, Richard A. Whiting, Raymond B. Egan Arthur West Covered by (49 artists)
A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet Gus Kahn, Harry M. Woods Bud Billings Trio October 1, 1932 Covered by (30 artists)
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Dick McDonough and Carl Kress Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Barry McKinley February 17, 1937 Covered by (97 artists)
An Earful of Music Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Ethel Merman September 7, 1934 Covered by (3 artists)
Baby Feet Go Pitter Patter ('Cross My Floor) Gus Kahn Covered by (6 artists)
Barcelona Gus Kahn, Tolchard Evans Fred Douglas May 1926 Covered by (21 artists)
Broken Hearted Melody Gus Kahn, Isham Jones Isham Jones Orchestra November 1922 Covered by (4 artists)
Carioca Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu Etta Moten January 24, 1934 Covered by (139 artists)
Carolina in the Morning Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Willie & Eugene Howard Covered by (115 artists)
Charley, My Boy Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito Puritan Novelty Orchestra June 1924 Covered by (41 artists)
Chloe Gus Kahn, Charles N. Daniels Douglas Richardson September 27, 1927 Covered by (108 artists)
Clouds Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Connie Boswell January 15, 1935 Covered by (10 artists)
Collette Gus Kahn, Abel Baer Broadway Bell-Hops - Vocal Chorus by Tom Frawley December 31, 1926 Covered by (7 artists)
Coquette Gus Kahn, Johnny Green, Carmen Lombardo Broadway Bell-Hops February 29, 1928 Covered by (113 artists)
Day Dreaming Gus Kahn, Jerome Kern Harry James and His Orchestra October 29, 1941 Covered by (9 artists)
Do What You Do George Gershwin, Gus Kahn, Ira Gershwin Ruby Keeler & Frank McHugh Covered by (6 artists)
Do You Believe in Love at Sight? Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito McKinney's Cotton Pickers September 8, 1931 Covered by (2 artists)
Dream a Little Dream of Me Gus Kahn, Wilbur Schwandt, Fabian Andre Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra February 16, 1931 Covered by (383 artists)
Dreamer of Dreams Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito Covered by (10 artists)
Eliza Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra September 18, 1924 Covered by (4 artists)
Flying Down to Rio Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu Covered by (36 artists)
Footloose and Fancy Free Gus Kahn, Carmen Lombardo Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen May 5, 1935 Covered by (3 artists)
For My Sweetheart Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson
Gone Again Gal Gus Kahn, Isham Jones The Astorites - Vocal Chorus by Paul Hagan September 10, 1926 Covered by (5 artists)
Goofus Gus Kahn, Wayne King, William Harold Wayne King and His Orchestra November 6, 1930 Covered by (45 artists)
Got No Time Gus Kahn, Richard A. Whiting Gene Rodemich's Orchestra March 25, 1925 Covered by (8 artists)
Guilty Gus Kahn, Harry Akst, Richard A. Whiting Ruth Etting September 1, 1931 Covered by (53 artists)
Here We Are Gus Kahn, Harry Warren Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians May 16, 1929 Covered by (3 artists)
He's the Last Word Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Art Kahn and His Orchestra December 4, 1926 Covered by (18 artists)
Honolulu Gus Kahn, Harry Warren Gracie Allen and The Pied Pipers Covered by (6 artists)
I'll See You in My Dreams Gus Kahn, Isham Jones Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra December 4, 1924 Covered by (278 artists)
I'm Bringing a Red Red Rose Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Ruth Etting Covered by (6 artists)
I'm Sorry Sally Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Clare Hanlon October 12, 1928 Covered by (8 artists)
I'm Thru with Love Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Fud Livingston Henry Busse and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Richard Barry April 14, 1931 Covered by (171 artists)
I Need Some Pettin' Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito, Robert King Barney Rapp and His Orchestra May 8, 1924 Covered by (9 artists)
I Never Knew Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito Lou Gold and His Orchestra October 30, 1925 Covered by (123 artists)
It Had to Be You Gus Kahn, Isham Jones The Ambassadors [US2] March 24, 1924 Covered by (475 artists)
I've Had My Moments Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by George Beuler April 5, 1934 Covered by (21 artists)
I Wish I Had a Girl Gus Kahn, Grace LeBoy Kahn Manuel Romain February 1909 Covered by (9 artists)
I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Billy Jones [US] October 13, 1925 Covered by (52 artists)
Josephine Gus Kahn, Wayne King, Burke Bivens Wayne King and His Orchestra December 22, 1936 Covered by (23 artists)
Just a Bird's Eye View (Of My Old Kentucky Home) Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra August 30, 1926 Covered by (10 artists)
Kentucky's Way of Sayin' Good Mornin' Gus Kahn, Egbert Van Alstyne The Ambassadors [US2] November 27, 1925 Covered by (9 artists)
Lazy Day Gus Kahn, Eric Maschwitz, Grace LeBoy Kahn, George Posford Covered by (8 artists)
Let's Sing Again Gus Kahn, Jimmy McHugh Mal Hallett and His Orchestra May 9, 1936 Covered by (6 artists)
Little Orphan Annie Gus Kahn, Joe Sanders [US1] Coon-Sanders Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by J. L. Sanders December 3, 1928 Covered by (8 artists)
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) George Gershwin, Gus Kahn, Ira Gershwin Sammy Fain July 16, 1929 Covered by (186 artists)
Love Me or Leave Me Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Ruth Etting Covered by (300 artists)
Love Song of Tahiti Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Muzzy Marcellino and The Debutantes May 6, 1935 Covered by Art Kassel and His Kassels-in-the-Air - Vocal Refrain by Ted Travers
Makin' Whoopee! Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Eddie Cantor Covered by (365 artists)
Memories Gus Kahn, Egbert Van Alstyne Harry McClaskey (Henry Burr) December 14, 1915 Covered by (45 artists)
Mindin' My Business Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Ernest Hare December 1923 Covered by (6 artists)
My Baby Just Cares for Me Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Arthur Jarrett July 25, 1930 Covered by (238 artists)
My Buddy Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Henry Burr July 18, 1922 Covered by (127 artists)
My Isle of Golden Dreams Gus Kahn, Walter Blaufuss The Dolly Sisters Covered by (40 artists)
My Ohio Home Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Eddie South and His Alabamians December 9, 1927 Covered by (15 artists)
Never Again Gus Kahn, Isham Jones Isham Jones Orchestra January 17, 1924 Covered by (9 artists)
New Orleans Gus Kahn, Arthur Johnston Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Ramona July 9, 1935 Covered by Daryl Sherman
Nobody's Sweetheart Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman, Elmer Schoebel, Billy Meyers Isham Jones and His Orchestra February 22, 1924 Covered by (187 artists)
No, No, Nora Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman, Ted FioRito Covered by (24 artists)
Now That You're Gone Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito Covered by (15 artists)
Oh! If I Only Had You Gus Kahn, Cliff Friend Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman June 17, 1926 Covered by (8 artists)
Okay Toots Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Eddie Cantor September 12, 1934 Covered by (9 artists)
One Night of Love Gus Kahn, Victor Schertzinger Grace Moore Covered by (20 artists)
On the Alamo Gus Kahn, Isham Jones, Joe Lyons Isham Jones Orchestra March 1922 Covered by (121 artists)
On the Road to Home Sweet Home Gus Kahn, Egbert Van Alstyne Campbell and Burr January 29, 1918 Covered by (11 artists)
Orchids in the Moonlight Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu Raúl Roulien November 8, 1933 Covered by (53 artists)
Persian Rug Gus Kahn, Charles N. Daniels Covered by (21 artists)
Pretty Baby Gus Kahn, Egbert Van Alstyne, Tony Jackson [US] Emerson Military Band April 1916 Covered by (118 artists)
Ready for the River Gus Kahn, Charles N. Daniels The Rounders [US1] March 21, 1928 Covered by (22 artists)
Riptide Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians – Vocal by Carmen Lombardo and Trio April 5, 1934 Covered by (9 artists)
San Francisco Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Jeanette MacDonald 1954 Covered by (32 artists)
Santa Claus Blues Gus Kahn, Charley Straight Red Onion Jazz Babies November 26, 1924 Covered by (25 artists)
Say Arabella (What's a “Fella” to Do?) Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito Original Indiana Five June 19, 1925 Covered by (8 artists)
Sleepy Head Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Mills Brothers March 29, 1934 Covered by (8 artists)
Someone to Care for Me Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Binnie Barnes Covered by (6 artists)
Sometime Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito Regent Club Orchestra May 16, 1925 Covered by (8 artists)
Sometimes Gus Kahn, Carmen Lombardo Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan November 28, 1941 Covered by (11 artists)
Spain Gus Kahn, Isham Jones Isham Jones Orchestra April 24, 1924 Covered by (33 artists)
Susie Gus Kahn, Clayton Naset Wolverine Orchestra May 6, 1924 Covered by (21 artists)
Sweet Southern Breeze Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito
Swingin' down the Lane Gus Kahn, Isham Jones Isham Jones Orchestra May 4, 1923 Covered by (42 artists)
Sympathy Gus Kahn, Otto Harbach, Rudolf Friml Audrey Maple & Melville Stewart Covered by (13 artists)
Ten Little Miles from Town Gus Kahn, Elmer Schoebel The Harmonians – Vocal Chorus by Tom Frawley July 18, 1928 Covered by (14 artists)
Thanks a Million Gus Kahn, Arthur Johnston Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Johnny Hauser July 10, 1935 Covered by (25 artists)
That Certain Party Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Mr. X (Arthur Fields) July 1925 Covered by (36 artists)
That's Annabelle Gus Kahn, Ted FioRito Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman June 17, 1926 Covered by (4 artists)
The Black Sheep Blues Gus Kahn, Phil Baker Covered by (3 artists)
The Kinky Kids Parade Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson The Mark Strand Orchestra (Incidental singing by Ernest Hare) (Direction of Cortland Mark) August 7, 1925 Covered by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else Gus Kahn, Isham Jones Isham Jones Orchestra December 21, 1923 Covered by (113 artists)
The One I Love Just Can't Be Bothered with Me Gus Kahn, Seymour Simons Philip Spitalny and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Burt Lorin February 6, 1930 Covered by (7 artists)
There Ain't No Maybe in My Baby's Eyes Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson, Raymond B. Egan Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone) October 30, 1926 Covered by (6 artists)
The Voice in the Old Village Choir Gus Kahn, Harry M. Woods Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra featuring Jack Fulton April 14, 1932 Covered by (8 artists)
The Waltz You Saved for Me Gus Kahn, Wayne King, Emil Flindt Wayne King and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ernie Birchill November 7, 1930 Covered by (57 artists)
Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye) Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman, Ted FioRito, Dan Russo Al Jolson Covered by (108 artists)
Ukulele Lady Gus Kahn, Richard A. Whiting Irving Kaufman March 6, 1925 Covered by (43 artists)
Venetian Moon Gus Kahn, Phil Goldberg, Frank Magine Joseph A. Phillips September 1919 Covered by (4 artists)
Weary (Of Waiting for You) Gus Kahn, Richard A. Whiting, Emerson Gill
When My Ship Comes In Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees September 7, 1934 Covered by (13 artists)
When You Come to the End of the Day Gus Kahn, Frank Westphal Leo Reisman and His Orchestra April 22, 1929 Covered by (9 artists)
Where the Shy Little Violets Grow Gus Kahn, Harry Warren Colonial Club Orch. – Vocal Chorus by Jack Parker September 21, 1928 Covered by (18 artists)
While My Lady Sleeps Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper Nelson Eddy Covered by (29 artists)
While the Years Go Drifting By Gus Kahn, Joe Burke Manhattan Dance Makers (Vocal Chorus by Arthur Hall) July 9, 1926 Covered by (11 artists)
Who Wants Love? Gus Kahn, Franz Waxman Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra September 13, 1937 Covered by Mina Agossi
With All My Heart Gus Kahn, Jimmy McHugh Covered by (4 artists)
Yes Sir, That's My Baby Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson Gene Austin April 24, 1925 Covered by (208 artists)
You're All I Need Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood April 29, 1935 Covered by (8 artists)
You Stepped out of a Dream Gus Kahn, Nacio Herb Brown Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires January 17, 1941 Covered by (342 artists)

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