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Gus Kahn

1886 - 1941

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Gus Kahn is the 1,406th most popular composer (down from 1,402nd in 2024), the 5,929th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,930th in 2019) and the 179th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gus Kahn ranks 1,407 out of 1,451. Before him are Randall Thompson, Frank Loesser, Robert Ashley, Mamoru Samuragochi, Ludger Stühlmeyer, Malcolm Williamson, and Lera Auerbach. After him are Walter Murphy, Kazumi Totaka, Alla Zahaikevych, John Murphy, and Edvin Marton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Gus Kahn ranks 304. Before him are Sam Langford, Clarence Birdseye, Luis Alberni, Nellie Sengupta, John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, and Ronald Firbank. After him are Maggie Laubser, Hobart Cavanaugh, Rameshwari Nehru, Virginia Pearson, Tommy Gorman, and Inez Milholland. Among people deceased in 1941, Gus Kahn ranks 218. Before him are Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith, Yelizaveta Chaikina, Bob Crompton, William Gibbs McAdoo, Blind Boy Fuller, and Carrie Derick. After him are Richard Carle, and Peggy Shannon.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gus Kahn ranks 5,934 out of 7,253. Before him are Manfred Binz (1965), Kelly Piquet (1988), Mikael Forssell (1981), Kati Wilhelm (1976), Karsten Braasch (1967), Michael Greis (1976), Michelle (1972), and Fritz Fischer (1956). After him are Christian Schenk (1965), Karoline Herfurth (1984), Frank Biela (1964), and Christian Friedel (1979).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Gus Kahn ranks 179. Before him are Klaus Badelt (1967), Kurt Thomas (1904), Udo Zimmermann (1943), Samuel Adler (1928), Alexander Goehr (1932), and Ludger Stühlmeyer (1961). After him are Masashi Hamauzu (1971).

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