Gus Edwards (songwriter)

Gus Edwards (August 18, 1879 - November 7, 1945) was a songwriter and vaudevillian. He was born Gus Simon in Hohensalza, Germany; when he was seven, his family immigrated to the United States, ending up in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Bing Crosby played him in a fictionalized version of his life in the 1939 film The Star Maker, directed by Roy Del Ruth.

He died in Los Angeles, California.