The Hot Canary

The Hot Canary is a musical composition written for violin and piano by Paul Nero and published in 1948. 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)