Gus Van (1887-1968)

Overview

According to the Internet source (found in March 2018) given below, Gus Van was a Vaudvillian comedian and actor. With his partner, Joe Schenck, they made up the comedy duo, Van & Schenck. They were together for 18 years and appeared on Broadway and in the Ziegfeld Follies. Schenck died in 1930 and Van went onto appear in films. His roles include, Atlantic City (1944), Rainbow's End (1938), Gus Van's Garden Party (1936), Gus Van And His Neighbors (1934), They Learned About Women (1930) and Metro Movietone Revue (1929).

Websites:
	Gus Van	Brief biography by www.findagrave.com

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Midi File(s) from various sources
	Open Up the Golden Gates to Dixieland (1919)	Joe Schenck	James Pitt-Payne

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Open Up the Golden Gates to Dixieland (1919)	G. Van (music) Joe Schenck (coauth.) J. Yellen (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer

Titles

The peformer is featured on 3 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


I Got Horses and Go Numbers on My Mind (1924)	Al. Bernard	Bill Wirges (co-author) Irving Bibo (co-author) Gus Van (perf.)
Since Nellie Got the Gong (1936)	John Lair(w&m)	Gus Van (perf.)
Beans! Beans!! Beans!!! (1912)	Chris Smith	Elmer Bowman (words) Gus Van (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 1 work by Gus Van (1887-1968). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Open Up the Golden Gates to Dixieland	1919	Joe Schenck (co-author) Jack Yellen (words)