Buttons and Bows

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"Buttons and Bows" is a popular 1947 American song, best known from the film *The Paleface*, that became a major hit and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

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Buttons and Bows canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
associatedPerformer Betty Garrett NERFINISHED
Bob Hope NERFINISHED
Dinah Shore NERFINISHED
Evelyn Knight NERFINISHED
The Dinning Sisters NERFINISHED
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Song NERFINISHED
awardYear 1949
basedOnWork short story “The Paleface” (film source material)
composer Jay Livingston NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuredInFilm The Paleface NERFINISHED
filmReleaseYear 1948
firstPopularizedBy Bob Hope NERFINISHED
genre popular music
traditional pop
hasAward Oscar for Best Original Song NERFINISHED
hasCulturalOrigin American popular culture
hasEra post–World War II popular music
hasNotableChartSuccess United States pop charts NERFINISHED
hasTheme contrast between city sophistication and rural life
hasType film song
popular standard
includedIn American songbook of the 1940s
isFrom film The Paleface soundtrack
language English
lyricist Ray Evans NERFINISHED
lyricsBy Ray Evans NERFINISHED
lyricsLanguage English
medium vocal music
musicBy Jay Livingston NERFINISHED
notableFor being a major hit in the late 1940s
winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song
originalMedium film song
partOf soundtrack of The Paleface
publicationDate 1947
recordedBy Betty Garrett NERFINISHED
Dinah Shore NERFINISHED
Evelyn Knight NERFINISHED
Frankie Laine NERFINISHED
Gene Autry NERFINISHED
Kaye Starr NERFINISHED
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra NERFINISHED
The Andrews Sisters NERFINISHED
The Dinning Sisters NERFINISHED
usedIn Hollywood film music
yearWritten 1947

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Jay Livingston notableWork Buttons and Bows
Jay Livingston academyAwardWinningSong Buttons and Bows
Ray Evans notableWork Buttons and Bows
The Paleface featuresSong Buttons and Bows
Dinah Shore notableWork Buttons and Bows