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{{Distinguish|Guz Khan}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Gus Kahn
| image = Gus Kahn circa 1927.jpg
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| background = non_performing_personnel
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| associated_acts = [[Richard A. Whiting]]<br/>[[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]<br/>[[Isham Jones]]
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==Life and career==
Kahn was born in 1886 in [[Bruschied]],
In his early days, Kahn wrote special material for [[vaudeville]]. In 1913 he began a productive partnership with the well-established composer [[Egbert Van Alstyne]], with whom he created several notable hits of the era, including "Memories" and, along with Tony Jackson, "Pretty Baby." Later, he began writing lyrics for composer and bandleader [[Isham Jones]]. This partnership led to one of Kahn's best-known works, "[[I'll See You in My Dreams (1924 song)|I'll See You in My Dreams]]," which became the title of [[I'll See You in My Dreams (1951 film)|a 1951 movie based on his life]], starring [[Danny Thomas]] as Kahn and [[Doris Day]] as his wife, Grace LeBoy Kahn.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=694}}</ref>
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By 1933, Kahn had become a full-time motion picture songwriter, contributing to movies such as ''[[Flying Down to Rio]]'', ''[[Thanks a Million]]'', ''[[Kid Millions]]'', ''[[A Day at the Races (film)|A Day at the Races]]'', ''[[Everybody Sing (film)|Everybody Sing]]'', ''[[One Night of Love]]'', ''[[Three Smart Girls]]'', ''[[Let's Sing Again]]'', ''[[San Francisco (1936 film)|San Francisco]]'', ''[[Naughty Marietta (film)|Naughty Marietta]]'', and ''[[Ziegfeld Girl (film)|Ziegfeld Girl]]''.<ref name="Larkin"/>
He also collaborated with co-lyricist [[Ira Gershwin]] and with some of the finest composers, including Grace LeBoy Kahn (his wife), [[Richard A. Whiting]], [[Buddy DeSylva]], [[Al Jolson]], Raymond Egan, [[Ted Fio Rito]], Ernie Erdman, [[Neil Moret]], [[Vincent Youmans]], [[George Gershwin]], [[Harry Akst]], [[Harry M. Woods]], [[Edward Eliscu]], [[Victor Schertzinger]], [[Arthur Johnston (composer)|Arthur Johnston]], [[Bronisław Kaper]], [[Jerome Kern]], [[Walter Jurmann]], [[Sigmund Romberg]], and [[Harry Warren]], though his primary collaborator was [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]].<ref name="Larkin"/>
He had a long friendship with [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]. Their first collaboration was the song ''[[My Buddy (song)|My Buddy]]'' in 1922. They went on to compose over one hundred songs together.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/bio/C102|title=Songwriters Hall of Fame – Walter Donaldson Biography|work=songwritershalloffame.org|access-date=2015-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611053151/http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/bio/C102|archive-date=2015-06-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Death and legacy==
Kahn died in Beverly Hills, California, on October 8, 1941, of a heart attack at age 54. He was interred in the [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale|Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[Glendale, California]].
His catalog contained some of the greatest collections of songs from the first half of the 20th century, and it is for this reason that he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, nearly 30 years after his death. He was survived by his son, songwriter and musician Donald Kahn, who died at the age of 89 on April 11, 2008, in [[Beverly Hills, California]]. His
Gus Kahn's most famous songs include
Kahn's papers are housed at the [[Great American Songbook Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thesongbook.org/archives-library/collections/|title=A Great American Songbook Foundation|website=The Center For The Performing Arts}}</ref>
[[Danny Thomas]] played Kahn opposite [[Doris Day]] as Grace LeBoy in the 1951 film ''[[I'll See You in My Dreams (1951 film)|I'll See You in my Dreams]].''
==Selected songs==
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*"[[Yes Sir, That's My Baby (song)|Yes Sir, That's My Baby]]" (1925)
*"[[Ukulele Lady]]" (1925)
*"Let's Talk About My Sweetie" (1926) m: [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
*"Persian Rug" (1927)
*"[[Chlo-e (Song of the Swamp)|Chlo-e]]" (1927)
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*"Thanks for the Pines" (1931)
*"[[Carioca (1933 song)|Carioca]]" (1934)
*"San Francisco" or "[[Theme from San Francisco]]" (Music: Bronislaw Kaper and Walter Jurmann) ([[San Francisco (1936 film)]])
*"My Heart Is Singing" (Music: Bronislaw Kaper and Walter Jurmann) ([[Three Smart Girls]], 1936)
*"Someone to Care for Me" (Music: Bronislaw Kaper and Walter Jurmann) ([[Three Smart Girls]], 1936)
*"The Show Must Go On" (Music: Bronislaw Kaper and Walter Jurmann) ([[Three Smart Girls]], 1936)
*"Waltzing in the Clouds" (1940)
*"[[You Stepped Out of a Dream]]" (1940)
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*{{IMDb name|6146}}
*[https://www.songhall.org/profile/Gus_Kahn Gus Kahn at the Songwriters Hall of Fame]
*[http://www.jazzbiographies.com/Biography.aspx?ID=62 Gus Kahn at Jazz Standards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123202431/http://jazzbiographies.com/Biography.aspx?ID=62 |date=2010-11-23 }}
*[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/donald-kahn Gus Kahn Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2001)]
* [https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108721 Gus Kahn recordings] at the [[Discography of American Historical Recordings]].
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[[Category:Emigrants from the German
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