What connects this song
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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Part of Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933–1944), also A Sunbonnet Blue (and a Yellow Straw Hat), My Last Affair and Spreadin’ Rhythm Around
Written by Charles Tobias, also Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me) (The Andrews Sisters), Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer (Nat King Cole) and Comes Love (Ella Fitzgerald)
Released on Legacy, also September (Earth, Wind & Fire), Sexy M.F. (Prince) and Can You Feel It (The Jacksons)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Charles Tobias wrote 22 songs on fono
Sam H. Stept wrote 10 songs on fono
Charles Tobias’s most frequent co-writer is Sam H. Stept (5 songs together)
Charles Newman first appears on fono in 1937, 53 years before this song
Credits
All 15 credits
- Written by
- Charles Newman, Charles Tobias and Sam H. Stept
- Performed by
- Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Cecil Scott, Cozy Cole, Hilton Jefferson, John Kirby, Lawrence Lucie, Roy Eldridge and Teddy Wilson
- Written by
- Charles Newman, Charles Tobias and Sam H. Stept
- Performed by
- Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Cecil Scott, Cozy Cole, Hilton Jefferson, John Kirby, Lawrence Lucie, Roy Eldridge and Teddy Wilson
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Charles Tobias
Same writer: Charles Newman
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933–1944)
Same label: Legacy
Same writer: Charles Tobias
Same writer: Sam H. Stept
Same writer: Charles Newman
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Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Ben Webster
I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Ben Webster
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Billie Holiday
I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Billie Holiday
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Cecil Scott
I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Cecil Scott
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Cozy Cole
I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Cozy Cole
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Hilton Jefferson
I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Hilton Jefferson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by John Kirby
I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by John Kirby
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Lawrence Lucie
I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Lawrence Lucie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Roy Eldridge
I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Roy Eldridge
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Teddy Wilson
I’m Painting the Town Red was performed by Teddy Wilson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz I’m Painting the Town Red was written by Charles Newman
I’m Painting the Town Red was written by Charles Newman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz I’m Painting the Town Red was written by Charles Tobias
I’m Painting the Town Red was written by Charles Tobias
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz I’m Painting the Town Red was written by Sam H. Stept
I’m Painting the Town Red was written by Sam H. Stept
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz I’m Painting the Town Red is part of the release Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933–1944)
I’m Painting the Town Red is part of the release Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933–1944)
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song I’m Painting the Town Red
Columbia is the label of the song I’m Painting the Town Red
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15MusicBrainz Legacy is the label of the song I’m Painting the Town Red
Legacy is the label of the song I’m Painting the Town Red
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16MusicBrainz I’m Painting the Town Red was released on 1990
I’m Painting the Town Red was released on 1990
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