Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886 - October 8, 1941) was a famous Jewish-German-American musician, songwriter and lyricist. November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... This page is a list of Jews. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... A lyricist is an author of song lyrics. ...

Born in Koblenz, Germany, Kahn and his family moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1890. He began his musical career writing lyrics for vaudeville acts, graduating later to Broadway and Hollywood musicals. With his wife Grace LeBoy he wrote one of Al Jolson's first hits, "Everybody Rag With Me," in 1916. His most famous songs include "It Had To Be You" (1924) and "Makin' Whoopee!" (1928), both written with Walter Donaldson. Danny Thomas played Kahn in the 1951 biographical film I'll See You In My Dreams. Koblenz (also Coblenz in pre-1926 German spellings; French Coblence; from ) is situated on the left bank of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck (German Corner) and its monument are situated. ... Nickname The Windy City Motto Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area  - City    - Land    - Water  - Urban  - Metro 606. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... ... The Golden Age of the Broadway musical is generally considered to have begun with Oklahoma! (1943) and to have ended with Hair (1968). ... Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson to Moshe Reuben Yoelson and Naomi Etta Cantor - the original family name was Hesselson - in Seredzius, Lithuania, on May 26, 1885 or 1886, and died in San Francisco, California, October 23, 1950) was an American singer and the son of Jewish immigrants. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Walter Donaldson (February 15, 1893 - July 15, 1947) was a prolific United States popular songwriter, producing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s. ... Danny Thomas (January 6, 1914 - February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor of Lebanese Maronite descent. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ...

On his passing in 1941, Gus Kahn was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Gates of Forest Lawn Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. ... Nickname The Jewel City Location Location of Glendale within Los Angeles County and the State of California. ...

Selected Songs

• "Everybody Rag With Me" (1914)
• "Ain't We Got Fun?" (1921)
• "Carolina in the Morning" (1922)
• "Toot Toot Tootsie" (1922)
• "I'll See You in My Dreams" (1924)
• "It Had to Be You" (1924)
• "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (1925)
• "Side by Side" (1927)
• "Love Me or Leave Me" (1928)
• "Makin' Whoopee" (1928)
• "My Baby Just Cares for Me" (1930)
• "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (1931) (music: Fabian Andre/Wilbur Schwandt)

Carolina in the Morning is a popular song with words by Gus Kahn and music by Walter Donaldson, first published in 1922 by Jerome H. Remick & Co. ... Fabian Andre was a composer, best known for cowriting the music of Dream a Little Dream of Me with Wilbur Schwandt in 1931. ... Wilbur Schwandt wrote Dream a Little Dream of Me with Fabian Andre. ...

Work for Broadway Theater

• Holka Polka (1925) - musical
• Kitty's Kisses (1926) - musical
• Whoopee! (1928, revival in 1979) - musical
• Show Girl (1929) - revue

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External links

• Gus Kahn at the Internet Broadway Database
• Gus Kahn at the Songwriters Hall of Fame