Hot Lips

This article is about the Jazz song. For the article about the M*A*S*H character, see Margaret Houlihan.

"Hot Lips"
Song
Language	English
Published	1922
Songwriter(s)	Henry Busse/Henry Lange/Lou Davis

"Hot Lips" ("When He Plays Jazz He's Got - Hot Lips") is a popular song written by Henry Busse, Henry Lange, and Lou Davis.

First published in 1922, it was advertised it 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, He's got hot lips.

The song has been recorded many times. The initial issue was by Paul Whiteman's orchestra of which Busse was a member at the time.

Bibliography

• Busse, Henry; Lange, Henry; Davis, Lou. "Hot Lips" (sheet music). New York : Leo. Feist, Inc. (1922).