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<h2 id="recording-and-chart-history">Recording and chart history</h2> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Dinah_Shore/PNXXIELj">Dinah Shore</a> version was recorded on November 30, 1947, and released by <a href="/facts/Columbia_Records/yV1YYE69">Columbia Records</a> as catalog number 38284. The record first reached the <a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5"><i>Billboard</i></a> 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/The_Dinning_Sisters/rwn0vsYv">The Dinning Sisters</a>' version was recorded on December 29, 1947, and released by <a href="/facts/Capitol_Records/5parUIfs">Capitol Records</a> as catalog number 15184. The record first reached the <i>Billboard</i> charts on October 22, 1948, and lasted 16 weeks on the chart, peaking at number seven.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Betty_Garrett/l5y3aAUm">Betty Garrett</a> version was recorded on December 29, 1947, and released by <a href="/facts/MGM_Records/2VlP7w4o">MGM Records</a> as catalog number 10244. The record first reached the <i>Billboard</i> charts on November 5, 1948, and lasted two weeks on the chart, peaking at number 27.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Betty_Rhodes/dov84Y8D">Betty Rhodes</a> version was released by <a href="/facts/RCA_Victor_Records/bp1jLxvU">RCA Victor Records</a> as catalog number 20-3078. The record first reached the <i>Billboard</i> charts on November 12, 1948, and lasted six weeks on the chart, peaking at number 15.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Evelyn_Knight_(singer)/8bFQIWxc">Evelyn Knight</a> version was recorded on November 29, 1947, and released by <a href="/facts/Decca_Records/R59314eK">Decca Records</a> as catalog number 24489. The record first reached the <i>Billboard</i> charts on November 12, 1948, and lasted six weeks on the chart, peaking at number 22.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Gene_Autry/KVfDUe2n">Gene Autry</a> version was recorded in December 1947, and released by <a href="/facts/Columbia_Records/yV1YYE69">Columbia Records</a> as catalog number 20469.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bob_Hope/TUGb7Mgb">Bob Hope</a> and The Clark Sisters recorded the song on October 14, 1948. It was released on Capitol 15292.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Geraldo_(bandleader)/nQkedDEC">Geraldo</a>/Doreen Lundy version was recorded on November 10, 1948, and released by <a href="/facts/Parlophone_Records/NVn0PyMw">Parlophone Records</a> as catalog number F 2326.</li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Browns/IAAMJvhR">The Browns</a>' version was released on RCA 7997 in 1962. It entered the <a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5"><i>Billboard</i></a> <a href="/facts/Bubbling_Under_Hot_100/7S7f2QAY">Bubbling Under Hot 100</a> chart the week of April 7, 1962, where it spent two weeks, peaking at number 104.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Connie_Francis/t8C2db1S">Connie Francis</a> version was recorded on April 27, 1962, at RCA Italiana Studios in Rome. It was originally intended for inclusion on the album <i>Connie Francis Sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits</i> on <a href="/facts/MGM_Records/2VlP7w4o">MGM Records</a> E-/SE-4048. However, before the album was released in March 1963, the song was shelved and remained in the vaults unreleased until 1996.</li> <li>The Sum Sum 森森 (<a href="/facts/Hong_Kong/4nAf3mqQ">Hong Kong</a> female singer/artist) versions were recorded in 1971 and 1974. The 1971 version was performed in <a href="/facts/Mandarin_Chinese/yxvDg67C">Mandarin Chinese</a> language with <a href="/facts/Chinese_language/771ruUY1">Chinese</a> lyrics written by Szeto Ming (司徒明) and given the title name of 莫奔跑, appearing on her LP album <i>一寸相思一寸淚 (Bitter Love In Tears)</i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> and released by <a href="/facts/Regal_Recordings/TERu9bpG">EMI Regal Records</a> as catalog number LRHX-849. For the 1974 version, it was performed in <a href="/facts/Cantonese/y5UhgScP">Cantonese</a> language with Chinese lyrics (different from the 1971 one) written by So Yung (蘇翁) and given the title name of 不敢再領教, appearing on her LP album <i>森森 Sum Sum</i>, and released by <a href="/facts/Regal_Recordings/TERu9bpG">EMI Regal Records</a> as catalog number S-LRHX-1002.</li> <li>The Ervinna (<a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD">Singapore</a>-based female singer) With Charlie & His Boys version was recorded between 1972 and 1974, appearing on her LP album <i>Golden Hits Of 20th Century Vol. 4</i>, and released by White Cloud Record of <a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD">Singapore</a> as issue number EALP-1231.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/John_Inman/saexjpMB">John Inman</a> version was recorded in 1975, appearing on his LP album <i>Are You Being Served Sir?</i>, and released by <a href="/facts/DJM_Records/EpN3Ll4a">DJM Records</a> <a href="/facts/UK/kuPAILt2">UK</a> catalog number DJLPS 468 and by <a href="/facts/Festival_Records/2hHNvrsc">Festival Records</a> <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a> catalog number L 35800.</li> <li>The French singer <a href="/facts/Yvette_Giraud/Re5574jB">Yvette Giraud</a> version was recorded in the fifties under the French title "Ma guêpière et mes longs jupons".</li> <li>Rab Noakes recorded an interpretation on his 2015 album 'I'm Walkin' Here'.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="in-other-media">In other media</h2> <ul><li>Livingston and Evans appeared in <i><a href="/facts/Sunset_Boulevard_(film)/pVJcvoAC">Sunset Boulevard</a></i> (1950) performing the song in a New Year's Eve party scene.</li> <li>The haberdashery department is said to perform the song for Mr. Grace's birthday on the episode "Happy Returns" of <i><a href="/facts/Are_You_Being_Served%3F/uAuteEG2">Are You Being Served?</a></i></li> <li>The melody to "Buttons and Bows" was used as a character theme in the 1960s TV <a href="/facts/Sitcom/a01VwMsV">sitcom</a> <i><a href="/facts/F_Troop/HmBCwGuy">F Troop</a></i>. It was frequently heard over the entrance of "Wrangler Jane", played by <a href="/facts/Melody_Patterson/tWMxA9dx">Melody Patterson</a>.</li> <li>The song makes an appearance in "Look Before You Leap," an episode from the third season of <i><a href="/facts/Frasier/VBEd6I7T">Frasier</a></i>. He considers the song simplistic, but during a <a href="/facts/PBS/E6q9udH8">PBS</a> pledge telethon, <a href="/facts/Frasier_Crane/0Bo0I1Tu">Frasier Crane</a> (Kelsey Grammer) tries to perform it but forgets nearly all of the lyrics, much to the amusement of his father <a href="/facts/Martin_Crane/kAqqUVTj">Martin Crane</a> and his physical therapist, <a href="/facts/Daphne_Moon/XkYBeDyG">Daphne Moon</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gisele_MacKenzie/ME52KrQ5">Gisele MacKenzie</a> sang "Buttons and Bows" on <i><a href="/facts/The_Jack_Benny_Program/06B22kj5">The Jack Benny Program</a></i> in the episode "Ghost Town: Western Sketch" S12/Ep17 (1962) where she played a saloon singer.</li> <li>This song makes an appearance in the <i><a href="/facts/American_Horror_Story:_Asylum/442LyWHB">American Horror Story: Asylum</a></i> episode "Tricks and Treats", in a scene set in 1949 where a character hits a small girl with a car while driving intoxicated.</li> <li>The song is sung by the characters in <i><a href="/facts/Distant_Voices,_Still_Lives/Cgojevz8">Distant Voices, Still Lives</a></i> (1988).</li> <li>In the episode of <a href="/facts/The_Pepsodent_Show/tpoNnolu">Hope's radio show</a> that aired on December 7, 1948, guest <a href="/facts/Bing_Crosby/NgDebwUh">Bing Crosby</a> contends that, if he had known <a href="/facts/Beethoven/eusBgBkA">Beethoven</a>, 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.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_number-one_singles_of_1948_(U.S.)/7IXBdA1c">List of number-one singles of 1948 (U.S.)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_number-one_singles_of_1949_(U.S.)/7IXBdA1c">List of number-one singles of 1949 (U.S.)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 134. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. <a href="1-904994-10-5" target="_blank">1-904994-10-5</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Buttons and Bows – Bob Hope song lyrics". Best Clean Funny Jokes. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141006164631/http://www.bestcleanfunnyjokes.info/index.php/site/comments/buttons-and-bows-bob-hope-song-lyrics/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141006164631/http://www.bestcleanfunnyjokes.info/index.php/site/comments/buttons-and-bows-bob-hope-song-lyrics/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1948). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1948 Published Music Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 2 Pt 5A. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off. <a href="http://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig325libr" target="_blank">http://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig325libr</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 134. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. <a href="1-904994-10-5" target="_blank">1-904994-10-5</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Gilliland, John (1994). Pop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s (audiobook). ISBN 978-1-55935-147-8. OCLC 31611854. Tape 4, side B. <a href="978-1-55935-147-8" target="_blank">978-1-55935-147-8</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Ten tunes in forthcoming films". Long Beach Press Telegram Newspaper Archives. April 24, 1948. p. 22. Retrieved Jan 13, 2023. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/paper/long-beach-press-telegram/26587/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/paper/long-beach-press-telegram/26587/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 551. ISBN 0-89820-083-0. <a href="0-89820-083-0" target="_blank">0-89820-083-0</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"The Ray & Wyn Ritchie Evans Foundation | The official website of Ray Evans, American songwriter, Livingston and Evans, Music, Archives, Films". www.rayevans.org. Retrieved 2023-01-13. <a href="http://www.rayevans.org/biography/honors_awards.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.rayevans.org/biography/honors_awards.cfm</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Gilliland, John (1994). Pop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s (audiobook). ISBN 978-1-55935-147-8. OCLC 31611854. Tape 4, side B. <a href="978-1-55935-147-8" target="_blank">978-1-55935-147-8</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 551. ISBN 0-89820-083-0. <a href="0-89820-083-0" target="_blank">0-89820-083-0</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: Country/Western series 20000 - 20500". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-26. <a href="https://www.78discography.com/COL20000.htm" target="_blank">https://www.78discography.com/COL20000.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits, p. 33: "Gene Autry". <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 551. ISBN 0-89820-083-0. <a href="0-89820-083-0" target="_blank">0-89820-083-0</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. 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