"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.