Francis recorded the song April 15 1959 in a session at Metropolitan Studio (NYC) produced and conducted by Ray Ellis. Veteran guitarist George Barnes contributed a solo to the track.

To provide a contrasting B-side for the upbeat track, a ballad from the same session: "Frankie", was utilized. This Howard Greenfield/ Neil Sedaka composition was inspired by Frankie Avalon.

"Lipstick on Your Collar" became the first uptempo Connie Francis single to reach the US Top Ten, peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1959. That summer the track also reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart, and became Francis' first Top Ten hit in Australia at No. 4. It sold over one million copies in the US alone.

"Frankie" also became a Top Ten hit in the US with a #9 peak making the "Lipstick on Your Collar"/ "Frankie" single the most successful double-sided hit of Francis' career.

In a 1959 interview, Francis attributed her being the sole songstress then scoring rock and roll hits by saying: "Rock 'n' roll is a masculine kind of music" with its mindset of "'Come on out baby we're going to rock'..[best] suited for a man to sing...The mistake that many girl singers have made is trying to compete with the men [whereas] I've tried for the cute angle in lyrics, things like 'Lipstick on Your Collar' and 'Stupid Cupid'."

The cover version of "Lipstick on Your Collar" for the UK Embassy Records budget disc label was recorded by Maureen Evans.

"Lipstick on Your Collar" was recorded in German by Conny as "Lippenstift am Jacket" which reached #13¹ in Germany in April 1960 (the single was a double-sided hit with the Rex Gildo duet "Yes, My Darling"). It was the success of the German version of "Lipstick on Your Collar" that alerted Francis to her potential success singing her singles in other languages: she made her first foreign language recording, that being "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" in German, in April 1960.

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