COMPOSER

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gus Kahn has received more than 403,481 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gus Kahn is the 1,402nd most popular composer (down from 1,313th in 2019), the 5,929th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,066th in 2019) and the 179th most popular German Composer.

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  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gus Kahn ranks 1,402 out of 1,451. Before him are Robert Ashley, Kazumi Totaka, Justin Hurwitz, Alan Bush, Bernie Worrell, and Michel van der Aa. After him are Jeremy Soule, William Alwyn, Arturo Rodas, Steve Roach, Michiru Yamane, and Vivian Kubrick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Gus Kahn ranks 306. Before him are Maggie Laubser, John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, Clarence Birdseye, Tommy Gorman, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, and Luis Alberni. After him are Zoe Akins, Rameshwari Nehru, Hobart Cavanaugh, and Inez Milholland. Among people deceased in 1941, Gus Kahn ranks 218. Before him are Richard Carle, William Gibbs McAdoo, James Stephenson, Carrie Derick, Élie Blanchard, and Charles Murray. After him are Peggy Shannon, and Helen Morgan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gus Kahn ranks 5,929 out of 7,253. Before him are Judith Arndt (1976), Julia Klöckner (1972), Kaan Ayhan (1994), Karl-Heinz Bußert (1955), Nadiem Amiri (1996), and Fredy Schmidtke (1961). After him are Thomas Kemmerich (1965), Till Brönner (1971), Julius Falkenstein (1879), Vincenzo Grifo (1993), Deniz Aytekin (1978), and Albrecht Behmel (1971).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Gus Kahn ranks 179. Before him are Kurt Thomas (1904), Udo Zimmermann (1943), Hauschka (1966), Alexander Goehr (1932), Samuel Adler (1928), and Ludger Stühlmeyer (1961). After him are Masashi Hamauzu (1971).

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