"A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)" is a 1957 country and western song with words and music both written by Marty Robbins... The song reached no. 1 on the US country chart, becoming Marty Robbins' third No. 1 record... It reached no. 2 on the Billboard pop chart and no. 1 in the Australian music charts... In Canada it was ranked No. 7 for 2 weeks on the first 2 CHUM Charts...
Billboard ranked it as the No. 17 song for 1957...