Career
Kahn began his music career as a Top 40 radio DJ/announcer and recording engineer His early music productions include "Loves Maine Like A Rock", written by Paul Simon, performed by The Dixie Hummingbirds, and released on American Broadcasting Company Records. In 1974, he was awarded a Grammy for producing that recording.
In 1978, he was executive producer of "Hot Shot" by Karen Young, which reached #1 on Billboard Magazine"s Top Dance Singles chart.
He produced for artists at American Broadcasting Company, Atlantic, Columbia Broadcasting System, Casablanca, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, PolyGram, Radio Corporation of America and Warner Brothers
In 1992, Kahn produced The Movement"s single "Jump!", which was released on his Los Angeles-based Sunshine Records. lieutenant reached #1 on Billboard"s Top Dance Singles chart and #53 on Billboard"s Hot 100 Singles chart.
The song also went Top 10 in Australia where it spent more than six months on the chart. Kahn entered into a deal with Arista Records in New York to distribute the single and the subsequent album, which he also produced.
Kahn"s music is heard in more than 20 films and television shows.
In 1995, Kahn produced "I Wish" by rapper Skee-lo, along with a follow-up album. Kahn died in Clearwater, Florida in June 2013.