| With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Pat Boone |
| B-Side: | Good Rockin' Tonight |
| Released: | 1959 |
| Recorded: | 1958 |
| Genre: | pop |
| Length: | 2:35 |
| Label: | Dot |
| Composer: | Clara Edwards |
| Lyricist: | Jack Lawrence |
| Prev Title: | I'll Remember Tonight |
| Prev Title2: | The Mardi Gras March |
| Prev Year: | 1958 |
| Title2: | Good Rockin' Tonight |
| Next Title: | For a Penny |
| Next Title2: | The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango |
| Next Year: | 1959 |
"With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair" is a song composed by Clara Edwards, with lyrics by Jack Lawrence.[1] First published in 1930, it became a hit a decade later.
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] [4] in March. His version spent 14 weeks on the Billboards Best Selling Retail Records chart, peaking at number 2 for 3 weeks.
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.
In late 1959, a version by Pat Boone reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Pat Boone's version