What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
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 I’m Painting the Town Red, A Sunbonnet Blue (and a Yellow Straw Hat) and My Last Affair
Written by Teddy Powell, also You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) (Ella Fitzgerald), Unchain My Heart (Ray Charles) and Bewildered (James Brown & The Famous Flames)
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.
Leonard Whitcup’s most frequent co-writer is Teddy Powell (4 songs together)
Walter G. Samuels’s most frequent co-writer is Teddy Powell (3 songs together)
Teddy Powell first appears on fono in 1946, 49 years before this song
Leonard Whitcup first appears on fono in 1958, 37 years before this song
Credits
All 15 credits
- Written by
- Leonard Whitcup, Teddy Powell and Walter G. Samuels
- Performed by
- Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Cecil Scott, Cozy Cole, Hilton Jefferson, John Kirby, Lawrence Lucie, Roy Eldridge and Teddy Wilson
- Written by
- Leonard Whitcup, Teddy Powell and Walter G. Samuels
- 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: Teddy Powell
Same writer: Leonard Whitcup
Same writer: Walter G. Samuels
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933–1944)
Same label: Legacy
Same writer: Teddy Powell
Same writer: Leonard Whitcup
Elsewhere
Sources (16)
Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.
1MusicBrainz It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Ben Webster
It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Ben Webster
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Billie Holiday
It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Billie Holiday
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Cecil Scott
It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Cecil Scott
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Cozy Cole
It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Cozy Cole
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Hilton Jefferson
It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Hilton Jefferson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by John Kirby
It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by John Kirby
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Lawrence Lucie
It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Lawrence Lucie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Roy Eldridge
It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Roy Eldridge
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Teddy Wilson
It’s Too Hot for Words was performed by Teddy Wilson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz It’s Too Hot for Words was written by Leonard Whitcup
It’s Too Hot for Words was written by Leonard Whitcup
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz It’s Too Hot for Words was written by Teddy Powell
It’s Too Hot for Words was written by Teddy Powell
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz It’s Too Hot for Words was written by Walter G. Samuels
It’s Too Hot for Words was written by Walter G. Samuels
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz It’s Too Hot for Words is part of the release Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933–1944)
It’s Too Hot for Words 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 It’s Too Hot for Words
Columbia is the label of the song It’s Too Hot for Words
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Legacy is the label of the song It’s Too Hot for Words
Legacy is the label of the song It’s Too Hot for Words
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz It’s Too Hot for Words was released on 1995
It’s Too Hot for Words was released on 1995
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026