johnny desmond sang the original 1957 version of "a white sport coat".
who sings the original 1957 version of "a white sport coat"?
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"a white sport coat" is a 1957 country and western song with words and music both written by marty robbins. it was recorded on january 25, 1957, and released on the columbia records label, over a month later, on march 4. the arranger and recording session conductor was ray conniff, an in-house conductor/arranger at columbia. robbins had demanded to have conniff oversee the recording after his earlier hit, "singing the blues", had been quickly eclipsed on the charts by guy mitchell's cover version scored and conducted by conniff in october, 1956.
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a white sport coat and a pink crustacean is the third studio album by american singer-songwriter jimmy buffett and the first major-label album in buffett's don gant-produced "key west phase", although buffett himself frequently refers to "a white sport coat and a pink crustacean" as his first album. it was initially released on june 4, 1973, as dunhill ds-50150 and october 26, 1987, as mca. it was the first album of his career to feature buffett's trademark mustache, which would remain in use until "hot water".
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