The Hot Canary

The Hot Canary is a musical composition written for violin and piano by Paul Nero^[1] and published in 1948.^[2] Ray Gilbert added lyrics in 1949.^[3] It was a 1951 hit for violinist Florian ZaBach, selling over a million copies and spending 10 weeks on the Billboard charts, reaching number 13 on The Billboard Best Selling Pop Singles.^[4]

The composition has been recorded by many artists, including:

• Paul Weston (1949)^[5]
• Joe Venuti (1949)^[6]
• Maynard Ferguson (1951)^[7]
• Max Pollikoff (1951)^[8]
• Percy Faith (1951)^[9]
• Ella Fitzgerald (1956)^[10]
• Henry Mancini (1963)^[11]