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Buttons and Bows
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{{Short description|1947 song by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans}}- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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}}"Buttons and Bows" is a popular song with music written by Jay Livingston and lyrics by Ray Evans.BOOK, David, Roberts, 2006, British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th, Guinness World Records Limited, London, 1-904994-10-5| title = "Buttons and Bows"
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Recording and chart history
- The Dinah Shore version was recorded on November 30, 1947, and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 38284. The record first reached the Billboard charts on September 17, 1948, and lasted 24 weeks on the chart. It was the biggest hit of her career, selling a minimum of one million units.
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- The Dinning Sisters' version was recorded on December 29, 1947, and released by Capitol Records as catalog number 15184. The record first reached the Billboard charts on October 22, 1948, and lasted 16 weeks on the chart, peaking at number seven.
- The Betty Garrett version was recorded on December 29, 1947, and released by MGM Records as catalog number 10244. The record first reached the Billboard charts on November 5, 1948, and lasted two weeks on the chart, peaking at number 27.
- The Betty Rhodes version was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3078. The record first reached the Billboard charts on November 12, 1948, and lasted six weeks on the chart, peaking at number 15.
- The Evelyn Knight version was recorded on November 29, 1947, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 24489. The record first reached the Billboard charts on November 12, 1948, and lasted six weeks on the chart, peaking at number 22.
- The Gene Autry version was recorded in December 1947, and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 20469.
- Bob Hope and The Clark Sisters recorded the song on October 14, 1948. It was released on Capitol 15292.
- The Geraldo/Doreen Lundy version was recorded on November 10, 1948, and released by Parlophone Records as catalog number F 2326.
- The Browns' version was released on RCA 7997 in 1962. It entered the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart the week of April 7, 1962, where it spent two weeks, peaking at number 104.
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- The Connie Francis version was recorded on April 27, 1962, at RCA Italiana Studios in Rome. It was originally intended for inclusion on the album Connie Francis Sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits on MGM Records E-/SE-4048. However, before the album was released in March 1963, the song was shelved and remained in the vaults unreleased until 1996.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}}
- The Sum Sum 森森 (Hong Kong female singer/artist) versions were recorded in 1971 and 1974. The 1971 version was performed in Mandarin Chinese language with Chinese lyrics written by Szeto Ming (å¸å¾æ) and given the title name of è«å¥è·, appearing on her LP album ä¸å¯¸ç¸æä¸å¯¸æ· (Bitter Love In Tears),WEB,weblink ƣ森 - ĸ寸ç¸æä¸å¯¸æ· Photo by macaenese5354 - Photobucket, Photobucket, 17 September 2015, and released by EMI Regal Records as catalog number LRHX-849. For the 1974 version, it was performed in Cantonese language with Chinese lyrics (different from the 1971 one) written by (:zh:èç¿|So Yung (èç¿)) and given the title name of ä¸æ¢åé æ, appearing on her LP album 森森 Sum Sum, and released by EMI Regal Records as catalog number S-LRHX-1002.
- The Ervinna (Singapore-based female singer) With Charlie & His Boys version was recorded between 1972 and 1974, appearing on her LP album Golden Hits Of 20th Century Vol. 4, and released by White Cloud Record of Singapore as issue number EALP-1231.
- The John Inman version was recorded in 1975, appearing on his LP album Are You Being Served Sir?, and released by DJM Records UK catalog number DJLPS 468 and by Festival Records Australia catalog number L 35800.
- The French singer Yvette Giraud version was recorded in the fifties under the French title "Ma guêpière et mes longs jupons".
- Rab Noakes recorded an interpretation on his 2015 album 'I'm Walkin' Here'.WEB, I'm Walkin' Here, by Rab Noakes, Rab Noakes, 16 October 2015,weblink 14 April 2023,
In other media
- Livingston and Evans appeared in Sunset Boulevard (1950) performing the song in a New Year's Eve party scene.
- The haberdashery department is said to perform the song for Mr. Grace's birthday on the episode "Happy Returns" of Are You Being Served?
- The melody to "Buttons and Bows" was used as a character theme in the 1960s TV sitcom F Troop. It was frequently heard over the entrance of "Wrangler Jane", played by Melody Patterson.
- The song makes an appearance in "Look Before You Leap," an episode from the third season of Frasier. He considers the song simplistic, but during a PBS pledge telethon, Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) tries to perform it but forgets nearly all of the lyrics, much to the amusement of his father Martin Crane and his physical therapist, Daphne Moon.
- Gisele MacKenzie sang "Buttons and Bows" on The Jack Benny Program in the episode "Ghost Town: Western Sketch" S12/Ep17 (1962) where she played a saloon singer.
- This song makes an appearance in the (American Horror Story: Asylum) episode "Tricks and Treats", in a scene set in 1949 where a character hits a small girl with a car while driving intoxicated.
- The song is sung by the characters in Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988).
- In the episode of Hope's radio show that aired on December 7, 1948, guest Bing Crosby contends that, if he had known Beethoven, the composer would have written songs for him. There follows a sketch in which Hope plays Beethoven, and Crosby plays "Herr Bingle von Crosbein", both with comical German accents. The pair perform a parody song set to the tune of "Buttons and Bows", called "Heinie's and Moe's", about a delicatessen.
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