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Gus Kahn

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Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist. [1]

79 relations: A Day at the Races (film), Ain't We Got Fun, Al Jolson, Arthur Johnston (composer), Beer and Pretzels, Beverly Hills, California, Bronisław Kaper, Buddy DeSylva, Carioca (song), Carolina in the Morning, Charles N. Daniels (music), Charley, My Boy, Chicago, Chlo-e (Song of the Swamp), Danny Thomas, Doris Day, Dream a Little Dream of Me, Edward Eliscu, Egbert Van Alstyne, Everybody Sing (film), Flying Down to Rio, For Your Boy and My Boy, Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), George Gershwin, German Empire, Give a Little Credit to the Navy, Glendale, California, Goofus (song), Grace Leboy, Great American Songbook Foundation, Guilty (Richard Whiting, Harry Akst and Gus Kahn song), Harry Akst, Harry M. Woods, Harry Warren, I'll See You in My Dreams (1924 song), I'll See You in My Dreams (1951 film), Ira Gershwin, Isham Jones, It Had to Be You (song), Jerome Kern, Kid Millions, Koblenz, Let's Sing Again, Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song), Lyricist, Makin' Whoopee, Memories (1915 song), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, My Baby Just Cares for Me, My Buddy (song), ..., Naughty Marietta (film), On the Alamo, One Night of Love, Pretty Baby (song), Richard A. Whiting, San Francisco (1936 film), Show Girl (1929 musical), Side by Side (1927 song), Sigmund Romberg, So Long, Mother, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Swingin' Down the Lane, Ted Fio Rito, Ted Healy, Thanks a Million, The Three Stooges, Three Smart Girls, Tin Pan Alley, Ukulele Lady, Vaudeville, Victor Schertzinger, Vincent Youmans, Walter Donaldson, Walter Jurmann, What Are You Going to Do to Help the Boys?, Whoopee!, Yes Sir, That's My Baby (song), You Stepped Out of a Dream, Ziegfeld Girl (film). Expand index (29 more) »

A Day at the Races (film)

A Day at the Races (1937) is the seventh film starring the Marx Brothers, with Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones, and Maureen O'Sullivan.

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Ain't We Got Fun

"Ain't We Got Fun" is a popular foxtrot published in 1921 with music by Richard A. Whiting, lyrics by Raymond B. Egan and Gus Kahn.

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Al Jolson

Al or Albert Jolson (born Asa Yoelson; May 26, c.1886 – October 23, 1950) was an American singer, comedian, and stage and film actor.

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Arthur Johnston (composer)

Arthur Johnston (January 10, 1898 – May 1, 1954) was a composer known for such works as “Mandy, Make Up Your Mind,” "Pennies From Heaven," and many others.

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Beer and Pretzels

Beer and Pretzels (1933) is the second of five short films starring Ted Healy and His Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard) released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, surrounded by the cities of Los Angeles and West Hollywood.

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Bronisław Kaper

Bronisław Kaper (February 5, 1902April 26, 1983) was a Polish film composer who scored films and musical theater in Germany, France, and the USA.

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Buddy DeSylva

George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva (January 27, 1895 – July 11, 1950) was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive.

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Carioca (song)

"(The) Carioca" is a 1933 popular song with music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn, as well as the name of the dance choreographed to it for the 1933 film Flying Down to Rio.

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Carolina in the Morning

"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.

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Charles N. Daniels (music)

Charles N. Daniels (April 12, 1878 – January 23, 1943), was a composer, occasional lyricist, and music publishing executive.

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Charley, My Boy

"Charley, My Boy" is a song with music by Ted Fio Rito and lyrics by Gus Kahn.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chlo-e (Song of the Swamp)

"Chlo-e (Song of the Swamp)" (1927) is a show tune with music by Charles N. Daniels, writing under the pseudonym of "Neil Morét," and lyrics by Gus Kahn.

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Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas (born Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz; January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub comedian, singer, actor, and producer whose career spanned five decades.

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Doris Day

Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922) is an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist.

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Dream a Little Dream of Me

"Dream a Little Dream of Me" is a 1931 song with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics by Gus Kahn.

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Edward Eliscu

Edward Eliscu (April 2, 1902 – June 18, 1998) was a lyricist, playwright, producer and actor, and a successful writer of songs for films.

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Egbert Van Alstyne

Egbert Anson Van Alstyne (March 4, 1878 – July 9, 1951) was an American songwriter and pianist.

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Everybody Sing (film)

Everybody Sing is a 1938 American musical comedy film starring Allan Jones, Judy Garland, and Fanny Brice, and featuring Reginald Owen and Billie Burke.

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Flying Down to Rio

Flying Down to Rio is a 1933 American pre-Code RKO musical film noted for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing and the leading roles.

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For Your Boy and My Boy

"For Your Boy and My Boy" is a 1918 song composed by Egbert Van Alstyne, with lyrics written by Gus Kahn and published by Jerome H. Remick & Co.

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Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a privately owned cemetery in Glendale, California, US.

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George Gershwin

George Jacob Gershwin (September 26, 1898 July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist.

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German Empire

The German Empire (Deutsches Kaiserreich, officially Deutsches Reich),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people.

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Give a Little Credit to the Navy

"Give a Little Credit to the Navy" is a World War I song written by Buddy DeSylva & Gus Kahn and composed by Albert Gumble.

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Glendale, California

Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Goofus (song)

"Goofus" is a 1930 popular song with music written by Wayne King and William Harold and lyrics by Gus Kahn.

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Grace Leboy

Grace LeBoy or Grace Leboy (September 22, 1890 - May 24, 1983) was an American composer.

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Great American Songbook Foundation

The Great American Songbook Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the music of the Great American Songbook.

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Guilty (Richard Whiting, Harry Akst and Gus Kahn song)

"Guilty" is a popular song published in 1931.

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Harry Akst

Harry Akst (August 15, 1894 – March 31, 1963) - accessed November 19, 2011 was an American songwriter, who started out his career as a pianist in vaudeville accompanying singers such as Nora Bayes, Frank Fay and Al Jolson.

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Harry M. Woods

Henry MacGregor "Harry" Woods (November 4, 1896 – January 14, 1970) was a Tin Pan Alley songwriter and pianist.

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Harry Warren

Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna, December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and lyricist.

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I'll See You in My Dreams (1924 song)

"I'll See You in My Dreams" is a popular song.

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I'll See You in My Dreams (1951 film)

I'll See You in My Dreams is a 1951 musical film starring Doris Day and Danny Thomas, directed by Michael Curtiz.

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Ira Gershwin

Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.

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Isham Jones

Isham Edgar Jones (January 31, 1894 – October 19, 1956) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter.

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It Had to Be You (song)

"It Had to Be You" is a popular song written by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn.

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Jerome Kern

Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music.

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Kid Millions

Kid Millions (1934) is an American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth, produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions, and starring Eddie Cantor.

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Koblenz

Koblenz (Coblence), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine where it is joined by the Moselle.

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Let's Sing Again

Let's Sing Again is a 1936 American film directed by Kurt Neumann.

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Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song)

"Love Me or Leave Me" is a popular song written in 1928 by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn.

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Lyricist

A lyricist or lyrist is a person who writes lyrics—words for songs—as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's melody.

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Makin' Whoopee

"Makin' Whoopee" is a jazz/blues song, first popularized by Eddie Cantor in the 1928 musical Whoopee!.

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Memories (1915 song)

"Memories" is a popular song with music by Egbert Van Alstyne and lyrics by Gus Kahn, published in 1915.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (initialized as MGM or hyphenated as M-G-M, also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or simply Metro, and for a former interval known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, or MGM/UA) is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of feature films and television programs.

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My Baby Just Cares for Me

"My Baby Just Cares for Me" is a jazz standard written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn.

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My Buddy (song)

"My Buddy" is a popular song.

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Naughty Marietta (film)

Naughty Marietta is a 1935 film based on the operetta Naughty Marietta by Victor Herbert.

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On the Alamo

"On the Alamo" is a jazz standard written by Isham Jones and Gus Kahn.

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One Night of Love

One Night of Love is a 1934 American Columbia Pictures romantic musical film set in the opera world, starring Grace Moore and Tullio Carminati.

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Pretty Baby (song)

"Pretty Baby" is a song written by Tony Jackson during the Ragtime era.

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Richard A. Whiting

Richard Armstrong Whiting (November 12, 1891 – February 19, 1938) was an American composer of popular songs, including the standards "Hooray for Hollywood", "Ain't We Got Fun?" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop".

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San Francisco (1936 film)

San Francisco is a 1936 musical-drama directed by Woody Van Dyke, based on the April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

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Show Girl (1929 musical)

Show Girl is a musical by William Anthony McGuire that ran from Jul 2, 1929 to Oct 5, 1929.

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Side by Side (1927 song)

"Side by Side" is a popular song by Harry M. Woods written in 1927, now considered a standard.

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Sigmund Romberg

Sigmund Romberg (July 29, 1887 – November 9, 1951) was a Hungarian-born American composer.

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So Long, Mother

"So Long, Mother" is a World War I era song released in 1917.

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Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF), was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work represents and maintains the heritage and legacy of a spectrum of the most beloved songs from the world's popular music songbook.

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Swingin' Down the Lane

"Swingin' Down the Lane" is a 1923 song composed by Isham Jones with lyrics by Gus Kahn.

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Ted Fio Rito

Theodore Salvatore Fiorito (December 20, 1900 – July 22, 1971),DeLong, Thomas A. (1996).

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Ted Healy

Ted Healy (born Ernest Lea Nash, October 1, 1896 – December 21, 1937) was an American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor.

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Thanks a Million

Thanks a Million is a 1935 musical film produced and released by 20th Century Fox and directed by Roy Del Ruth.

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The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best known for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures that have been regularly airing on television since 1958.

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Three Smart Girls

Three Smart Girls is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Barbara Read, Nan Grey, Deanna Durbin, and Ray Milland.

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Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

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Ukulele Lady

"Ukulele Lady" is a popular standard, an old evergreen song by Gus Kahn and Richard A. Whiting.

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Vaudeville

Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment.

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Victor Schertzinger

Victor L. Schertzinger (April 8, 1888 - October 26, 1941) was an American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter.

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Vincent Youmans

Vincent Millie Youmans (September 27, 1898 – April 5, 1946) was an American Broadway composer and producer.

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Walter Donaldson

Walter Donaldson (February 15, 1893 – July 15, 1947) was a United States prolific popular songwriter and publishing company founder, composing many hit songs of the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, that have become standards and form part of the Great American Songbook.

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Walter Jurmann

Walter Jurmann (October 12, 1903 - June 17, 1971) was an Austrian-born composer of popular music renowned for his versatility who, after emigrating to the United States, specialized in film scores and soundtracks.

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What Are You Going to Do to Help the Boys?

"What Are You Going to Do to Help the Boys?" is a World War I era song released in 1918.

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Whoopee!

Whoopee! is a 1928 musical comedy with a book based on Owen Davis's play, The Nervous Wreck. The musical libretto was written by William Anthony McGuire, with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Gus Kahn.

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Yes Sir, That's My Baby (song)

"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" is a popular U.S. song from 1925.

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You Stepped Out of a Dream

"You Stepped Out of a Dream" is a popular song with music written by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Gus Kahn that was published in 1940.

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Ziegfeld Girl (film)

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Kahn

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