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"Buttons and Bows"
#1 weeks: 1
weeks: 1948-11-06
artist: Dinah Shore

"Buttons and Bows" is a popular song.

The music was written by Jay Livingston, the lyrics by Ray Evans. The song was published in 1947. The song appeared in the Bob Hope and Jane Russell movie The Paleface, and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was a vocal selection on many radio programs in late 1948.

The most popular version of the song was recorded by Dinah Shore in 1947, but reached the charts the next year. Charting versions of the song were also recorded by The Dinning Sisters, by Betty Rhodes, by Evelyn Knight, and by Betty Garrett the same year. In addition, the song was also recorded in the United States by Gene Autry and in the United Kingdom by Geraldo and his orchestra (with vocalist Doreen Lundy). It was memorably performed (with most of the lyrics forgotten) by Dr. Frasier Crane in the Frasierepisode Look Before You Leap. The song was also used in the sequel Son of Paleface.