Buttons and Bows

"Buttons and Bows" is a popular song with music written by Jay Livingston and lyrics by Ray Evans.

It was reprised in the sequel, Son of Paleface, by Roy Rogers, Jane Russell and Bob Hope.

"Buttons and Bows" (1947) was their next multi-million seller, with four artists reaching the top ten in 1948, and won the Academy Award for Best Song.

They finished off the decade with 1949's "Mona Lisa", which was a chart hit for seven popular and two country artists in 1950, sold a million for Nat King Cole, and won the pair another Best Song Oscar.

[7][8] The most popular version of the song was recorded by Dinah Shore on November 30, 1947,[5] but wasn't released until the following year.