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"A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)" is a 1957 country and western song with words and music both written by Marty Robbins. It was recorded at the Bradley Studios in Nashville, Tennessee on January 25, 1957, and released on the Columbia Records label on March 4. [ 2 ]
The group was composed of three brothers who first performed together professionally on the TV show Shop Window in 1952. [2] Initially performing as The King Three, they appeared on the BBC Television early in their career on Six-Five Special, [3] and by 1957 had been named "top vocal group" in the reader's poll for the NME. [2]
His 1957 recording of "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation" [12] sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold record. [20] His musical accomplishments include the Grammy Award for his 1959 hit and signature song "El Paso", taken from his album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. "El Paso" was his first song to hit No. 1 on the pop ...
A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released on June 4, 1973, as his first album for Dunhill . The title of the album is a play on the country song " A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation " by Marty Robbins , and it contains several of what later became Buffett ...
At the start of 1957, the number-one position on all three charts was held by "Singing the Blues" by Marty Robbins, who achieved a second number one in June with "A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)". The latter song also topped all three charts and was at number one on the final C&W juke box chart published by Billboard. Robbins was the ...
"A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)" Marty Robbins: 18 "Come Go with Me" The Del-Vikings: 19 "Wake Up Little Susie" The Everly Brothers: 20 "You Send Me" Sam Cooke: 21 "Searchin'" The Coasters: 22 "School Days" Chuck Berry: 23 "Gone" Ferlin Husky: 24 "Diana" Paul Anka: 25 "A Teenager's Romance" Ricky Nelson: 26 "The Banana Boat Song" The ...
A tribute to the singer and songwriter.
"A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)" The King Brothers: 6 4 July 1957: 2 18 July 1957: 4 "Butterfingers" Tommy Steele & the Steelmen: 8 25 July 1957: 1 25 July 1957: 9 "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Presley: 3 8 August 1957: 2 1 August 1957: 14 "Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone: 2 22 August 1957: 7 8 August 1957: 14 "Island in ...