"The Man in the Raincoat" is a song written by Warwick Webster, which was first released by Priscilla Wright in April 1955,[1] and became a hit in the United States.
Priscilla Wright performed the song on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town on July 3, 1955.
12 on the Cash Box Top 50 Best Selling Records chart, in a tandem ranking of Priscilla Wright, Marion Marlowe, Karen Chandler, and Lita Roza's versions, with Priscilla Wright and Marion Marlowe's versions marked as bestsellers,[9] while reaching No.
10 on Cash Box's chart of records disk jockeys played most, in a tandem ranking of Priscilla Wright and Marion Marlowe's versions,[10] and No.
[13] In 1967, Claudine Longet released a version of the song as the B-side of "Small Talk" and on the album The Look of Love.