Gus Kahn Lyricist Gustave Kahn, Coblenz, Germany, November 6, 1886; Beverly Hills, California, October 8, 1941. Kahn worked with such top Alleyites as Egbert Van Alstyne , Walter Donaldson, Isham Jones, Richard Whiting, Ted Fio Rito, Vincent Youmans, George and Ira Gershwin, Harry Akst, Sigmund Romberg, and Arthur Johnston. Kahn’s family immigrated to Chicago from Germany around 1891. His first published song was written with composer (and his future wife) Grace LeBoy, 1908’s “I Wish I Had A…