The Hot Canary is a musical composition written for violin and piano by Paul Nero and published in 1948.Nero, P.; Walters, H. (1948). The Hot Canary [score]. Leeds Music: [New York] Ray Gilbert added lyrics in 1949. 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.
The composition has been recorded by many artists, including: Paul Weston (1949) Joe Venuti (1949) Maynard Ferguson (1951) Max Pollikoff (1951) Percy Faith (1951) Ella Fitzgerald (1956) Henry Mancini (1963)
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