A White Sport Coat
| "A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)" | ||||
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| Single by Marty Robbins | ||||
| from the album Marty's Greatest Hits | ||||
| B-side | "Grown-Up Tears" | |||
| Released | March 1957 | |||
| Recorded | January 25, 1957 | |||
| Studio | Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:31 | |||
| Label | Columbia 40864 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Marty Robbins | |||
| Producer(s) | Mitch Miller | |||
| Marty Robbins singles chronology | ||||
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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. The arranger and recording session conductor was Ray Conniff, an in-house conductor/arranger at Columbia. Robbins had demanded to have Conniff oversee the recording after his earlier hit, "Singing the Blues", had been quickly eclipsed on the charts by Guy Mitchell's cover version, which was scored and conducted by Conniff in October 1956.
The song reached No. 1 on the US country chart, becoming Marty Robbins' third No. 1 record. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard pop chart, and No. 1 in the Australian music charts. In Canada it was ranked No. 7 for 2 weeks on the first 2 CHUM Charts. Billboard ranked it as the No. 17 song for 1957.