A White Sport Coat - Wikipedia A White Sport Coat This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2009 ) `` A White Sport Coat '' Single by Marty Robbins B - side `` Grown - Up Tears '' Released April 20, 1957 Format 7 '' ( 45 rpm ) Genre Country Label Columbia 40864 Songwriter ( s ) Marty Robbins Producer ( s ) Mitch Miller `` 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 January 25, 1957, and released on the Columbia Records label March 4, 1957. The arranger and recording session conductor was Ray Conniff, an in - house conductor / arranger at Columbia. Robbins had demanded to have Conniff in charge of the song after his earlier hit, `` Singing the Blues '', had been quickly eclipsed on the charts by Guy Mitchell'a cover version scored and conducted by Conniff in October, 1956. Robbins recalled writing the song in about 20 minutes while being driven in a car. He is said to have had the inspiration for the song while driving from a motel to a venue in Ohio where he was due to perform that evening. During the course of the journey, he passed a high school, where the students were dressed ready for their prom. The song reached number one on the U.S. country chart becoming Marty Robbins ' third number one, the song reached number two on the Billboard pop chart in the U.S. and # 1 in the Australian music charts in 1957. A version by Johnny Desmond got some play also, peaking at # 62 on the US pop charts. In UK the song was a notable hit for the English Rock'n'Roll singer Terry Dene, and also for The King Brothers. The Terry Dene version reached # 18 in the UK Charts, while The King Brothers ' recording peaked at # 6, both in early summer 1957. Jimmy Buffett 's 1973 album A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean spoofs the title of the song. References Jump up ^ Thoenicke, Manfred. The Ray Conniff Recordings : The Columbia Years, Part 1 : The Backings and New York * Recordings. p. 18. Jump up ^ Marty Robbins interviewed on the Pop Chronicles ( 1969 ) Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 293. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition ( Billboard Publications ), page 532. External links AllMusic Preceded by `` Gone '' by Ferlin Husky Billboard C&W Best Sellers in Stores number - one single May 20, 1957 ( 5 weeks ) Succeeded by `` Bye Bye Love '' by The Everly Brothers Marty Robbins Albums Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Today The Performer Notable singles `` I 'll Go On Alone '' `` I Could n't Keep from Crying '' `` That 's All Right '' `` Maybellene '' `` Singing the Blues '' `` Knee Deep in the Blues '' `` A White Sport Coat '' `` The Story of My Life '' `` Just Married '' `` The Hanging Tree '' `` El Paso '' `` Big Iron '' `` Do n't Worry '' `` Devil Woman '' `` Ruby Ann '' `` Begging to You '' `` Ribbon of Darkness '' `` Tonight Carmen '' `` I Walk Alone '' `` It 's a Sin '' `` My Woman, My Woman, My Wife '' `` Laura ( What 's He Got That I Ai n't Got ) '' `` El Paso City '' `` Among My Souvenirs '' `` I Do n't Know Why ( I Just Do ) '' `` Return to Me '' `` Some Memories Just Wo n't Die '' `` Tie Your Dream to Mine '' Related articles Discography Columbia Records MCA Records Jeanne Pruett Book : Marty Robbins This 1950s single - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_White_Sport_Coat&oldid=800895400 '' Categories : 1957 singles Marty Robbins songs Number - one singles in Australia Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Songs written by Marty Robbins Columbia Records singles Song recordings produced by Mitch Miller 1957 songs 1950s single stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from August 2009 All articles needing additional references All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from June 2013 All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 16 September 2017, at 10 : 37. About Wikipedia

Question: who sings a white sportcoat and a pink carnation
Answer: Marty Robbins