- Holds the record for most "Oscars for Best Song" alone.
- Father of famous jazz fusion guitarist Steve Khan.
- Won Academy Awards for four songs: "Three Coins in the Fountain", "High Hopes", " All the Way" and "Call Me Irresponsible".
- The line "sleep with a smile" is written on his gravestone.
- Wrote his first lyric, "Like Niagara Falls, I'm Falling for You" at age 16.
- Changed his last name from Cohen to Kahn to avoid confusion with actor/comedian Sammy Cohen and again from Kahn to Cahn to avoid confusion with lyricist Gus Kahn.
- Inducted into the American Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 3, 1991-1993, pages 91-94. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6540 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 2, 1990.
- Following his death, he was interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
- At one point, he earned more than $1000 for his writing.
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