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Title

Hot Lips

Authors

Henry Busse
Henry Lange
Lou Davis

Document Type

Score

Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive

https://archive.org/details/78_1.-hot-lips-2.-vilia-3.-dinah_richard-himber-and-his-essex-house-orchestra-busse_gbia0001151a

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_busse-lange-davis-henry-busse-and-his-orchestra_gbia0000530a

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_busse-lange-davis-the-cotton-pickers_gbia0000891b

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_dolly-kay-busse-lange-davis_gbia0003314a

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_ernest-l-stevens-trio-thrall-aron-and-stevens-busse-lange-davis-john_gbia0023282b

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_grady-martin-and-the-slew-foot-five-dutch-mcmillan-henry-busse-henry-lange_gbia0025017a

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_henry-busse-and-his-orchestra-busse-lange-davis_gbia0012993a

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_henry-busse-and-his-orchestra-busse-lange-davis_gbia0013992b

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_henry-busse-henry-lange-lou-davis-henry-busse-and-his-orchestra_gbia0000384a

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_horace-heidt-and-his-brigadiers-the-three-trumpeteers-sidney-mear-jerry-bo_gbia0005521a

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_marion-harris-busse-lange-davis_gbia0006128b

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_red-nichols-and-his-orch.-busse-lange-davis_gbia0009169a

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_synco-jazz-band-basse-lange-davis_gbia0009074b

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_synco-jazz-band-busse-lange-davis_gbia0027965b

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_ted-lewis-and-his-band-busse-lange-davis_gbia0008394a

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips_the-cotton-pickers-busse-lange-davis_gbia0030871b

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips-hes-got-hot-lips-when-he-plays-jazz_paul-whiteman-and-his-orchestra-bus_gbia0005865a

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips-hes-got-hot-lips-when-he-plays-jazz_paul-whiteman-and-his-orchestra-bus_gbia0015615a

https://archive.org/details/78_hot-lips-hes-got-hot-lips-when-he-plays-jazz_paul-whiteman-and-his-orchestra-bus_gbia0034647a

Publication Date

1922

Comments

Hot Lips

(A Blue Fox Trot Song)

Words and Music by

Henry Busse, Henry Lange, and Lou Davis

New York: Leo. Feist Inc. (1922)

Some of these resources may contain offensive language or negative stereotypes. Such materials should be seen in the context of the time period and as a reflection of attitudes of the time. The items are part of the historical record, and do not represent the views of the library or the institution.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

There’s a boy that’s in our band
And how he blows that horn,
Finest since you’re born,
When he starts you’re gone,
They all call him “Hot Lips” for
He blows real red-hot notes,
And ev’rybody on the floor just floats:
(that’s what they say:)

[Chorus]

He’s got hot lips
When he plays jazz,
He draws out steps,
Like no one has,
You’re on your toes,
And shake your shoes,
Boy, how he goes
When he plays Blues,
I watch that crowd
Until he’s through,
He can be proud
They’re “cuckoo”, too,
His music’s rare Y
ou must declare,
They boy is there
With two hot lips.
He’s got hot lips.

[Verse 2]

Heard him play the other night
And old man Oscar Clive
Who is eighty-five
Sure as you’re alive,
Got so frisky when he started out to do his stuff,
Was told to sit right down for being rough:
(and then he said:)

[Chorus]

Recommended Citation

Busse, Henry; Lange, Henry; and Davis, Lou, "Hot Lips" (1922). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 616.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/616