<P> `` 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 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 . </P>
<P> `` 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 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 . </P>
who sings a white sports coat and a pink carnation
who sings a white sports coat and a pink carnation
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins