Red Nichols - "Hot Lips" (1939)

"Hot Lips" (Henry Busse, Henry Lange, Lou Davis) Performed by Red Nichols and His Orchestra Recorded June 21, 1939 Personnel: Red Nichols - trumpet, director Don Stevens, J. Douglas Wood - trumpets Martin Croy, Robert Gebhart - trombones Harry Yolonsky, Ray Schultz - clarinet, alto sax Bobby Jones, Billy Shepard - clarinet, tenor sax Billy Maxted - piano Tony Colucci - guitar Jack Fay - string bass Victor Engle- drums "Hot Lips" was first published in 1922 and was presented as a "Blues Fox Trot Song." The song is about a trumpet player. The chorus is: He's got hot lips, when he plays jazz, He draws out step, like no one has, You're on your toes, and shake your shoes, Boy, how he goes, when he plays blues. I watch the crowd, until he's through, He can be proud, they're "cuckoo,' too; His music's rare, you must declare, The boy is there, with two hot lips. The song has been recorded many times. The initial issue was by Paul Whiteman's orchestra of which Henry Busse was a member at the time.