With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair

"With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair"
Single by Pat Boone
B-side"Good Rockin' Tonight"
Released1959
Recorded1958
Genrepop
Length2:35
LabelDot
Composer(s)Clara Edwards
Lyricist(s)Jack Lawrence
Pat Boone singles chronology
"I'll Remember Tonight" / "The Mardi Gras March"
(1958) 		"With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair" / "Good Rockin' Tonight"
(1959) 		"For a Penny" / "The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango"
(1959)
Audio
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"With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair" is a song composed by Clara Edwards, with lyrics by Jack Lawrence.[1][2] First published in 1930, it became a hit a decade later.[1]

A known recording by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra (with the vocal refrain by Ginny Simms) dates from November 28, 1939 and was issued on a Columbia 78 rpm record (cat. nr. 35350) in 1940.[2]

Bob Crosby recorded the song with his orchestra on February 13, 1940 and released on a Decca 78 rpm (cat. nr. 3018)[3][4] in March. His version spent 14 weeks on the Billboard's Best Selling Retail Records chart, peaking at number 2 for 3 weeks.[citation needed]

Another hit version was by Bob Chester featuring Dolores O'Neill on vocals (b/w "I Walk with Music", Bluebird 10614), it peaked at number 18 in April 1940.[clarification needed][citation needed]

In late 1959, a version by Pat Boone reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5]

Charts

Pat Boone's version

Chart (1959) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 21
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 21

References

  1. ^ a b Grattan, Virginia L. (1993), American Women Songwriters: A Biographical Dictionary, Westport, Connecticut, and London: Greenwood Press, p. 12, ISBN 0-313-28510-1
  2. ^ a b "Cover versions of With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  3. ^ "Cover versions of With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair by Bob Crosby and His Orchestra". SecondHandSongs.
  4. ^ "Decca matrix 67189. With the wind and the rain in your hair / Bob Crosby Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  5. ^ a b "Pat Boone Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2023-01-04.