Don Cherry (pop singer)

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Don Cherry , actually Donald Ross Cherry , (born January 11, 1924 in Wichita Falls , Texas , † April 4, 2018 in Las Vegas ) was an American pop singer and successful golf professional.

Career as a singer

After completing his military service, Cherry studied singing and began his musical career in the late 1940s as a singer in the orchestras of Jan Garber , Tommy Dorsey and Victor Young . As a singer of the Victor Young Orchestra, he had several top 30 hits in 1950 with Mona Lisa and his first top 10 success.

In the summer of 1950 he got a record deal with Decca Records and in September 1950 his first single Thinking Of You / Here In My Arms was released , which had been recorded with the Dave Terry Orchestra. The title Thinking Of You reached number 4 on the US charts and stayed in the top 20 for 21 weeks. The following singles The Seven Wonders Of The World and I Apologize were not sales successes, but he succeeded with the title Vanity , in which he was accompanied by the Sy Oliver orchestra , in July 1951 another smaller hit that reached number 17 in the US charts, but his numerous recordings over the next few years could no longer make it into the charts.

In the fall of 1955, Cherry left Decca Records and signed a record deal with Columbia Records , but his first Columbia single was There's A Place Called Heaven / 14 kt. Gold unsuccessful. His next single, Band Of Gold / Rumble Boogie , released in December 1955, was the biggest commercial hit of his career, for which he also received a "gold record". Band Of Gold , music by Jack Taylor and lyrics by Bob Musel, reached number 5 on the Billboard Top 100 and stayed in the Top 30 for 22 weeks . Band Of Gold became a top 10 hit in Great Britain in October 1956, reaching the title No. 6 in the British charts and remained in the top 20 for 11 weeks. In 1956, Don Cherry achieved further hit parades, such as B. with Wild Cherry , which reached number 29 on the US charts, and Ghost Town , which reached number 26. His album Swingin 'For Two reached number 15 on the Billboard LP chart in 1956. 1956 was Don Cherry's most successful year in his career, but after a minor hit, Namely You , in the fall of that year, the hit streak broke off, and Cherry no longer managed to place one of his titles in the US charts, and by the end of that In the 1950s he decided that he would rather earn his living as a professional golf player.

Career as a golfer

In addition to his singing career, Don Cherry had played golf from childhood and enjoyed success in the 1950s and early 1960s. He played in the US golf team in the Walker Cup in 1953, 1955 and 1961 , won the "Sunnehanna Amateur Cup" in 1954 and finished second at the US Open in 1960 .

Country singer

In 1965 Don Cherry returned to show business and signed a recording contract with Monument Records , for which he recorded a total of seventeen singles between 1965 and 1970, all of which, however, could not place in the US charts. Cherry worked on three LPs with Willie Nelson , who also wrote the foreword to Cherry's memoir.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Don Cherry, Singer by Night and Golfer by Day, Is Dead at 94. In: The New York Times. August 21, 2018, accessed September 20, 2018 .
  2. ^ Frank Laufenberg / Ingrid Hake: Rock and Pop Lexicon. Vol. 1: ABBA - Kay Kyser . Düsseldorf / Vienna: Econ, 1994, p. 260
  3. ↑ La Vie En Rose , catalog number Decca # 24816, reached number 27 on the Billboard charts in 1950, and My Heart Cries for You , Decca # 27333, reached number 29 in 1951
  4. ↑ Decca # 27048; only Nat King Cole's version was more successful; for the information in this section see also: Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Singles 1940-1955 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, 1973, pp. 48f
  5. ↑ Decca # 27128
  6. ↑ The Seven Wonders Of The World / When You Return , Decca # 27435; I Apologize was a cover version of Billy Eckstine's hit , the B-side was Bring Back The Thrill , Decca # 27484
  7. ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Singles 1940-1955 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, 1973, p. 13
  8. ↑ Columbia Catalog # 40558
  9. ↑ Columbia # 40597
  10. ^ Murrells, Joseph: The Book of Golden Discs . 2nd edition, London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. 1978, p. 72
  11. ↑ Number 4, which can often be read in the literature, refers to the radio charts; Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, 1994, p. 108
  12. ↑ Stephen Nugent, Anne Fowler, Pete Fowler: Chart Log Of American / British Top 20 Hits 1955-1974 . In: Charlie Gillett, Simon Frith (Eds.): Rock File 4 . Frogmore, St. Albans: Panther Books, 1976, p. 112
  13. ↑ Columbia 40665; the B-side I'm Still A King To You came to 72nd place
  14. ↑ Columbia # 40705; the B-side I'll Be Around reached number 78; A- and B-sides with the Ray Conniff Orchestra
  15. ^ Columbia catalog number 893
  16. ^ Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Albums 1955-1996 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1996, p. 148
  17. ↑ The record reached number 65 on the US charts; B-side If I Had My Druthers , Columbia # 40746; A- and B-sides with the Dave Terry orchestra
  18. ↑ Don Cherry, co-author of Neil Daniels: Cherry's Jubilee. Singin 'And Swingin' Through Life With Dino And Frank, Arnie And Jack . Preface by Willie Nelson. Chicago, Illinois: Triumph Books, 2006, 256 pages - ISBN 978-1-57243-834-7

literature

Don Cherry, co-author of Neil Daniels: Cherry's Jubilee. Singin 'And Swingin' Through Life With Dino And Frank, Arnie And Jack . Preface by Willie Nelson. Chicago, Illinois: Triumph Books, 2006, 256 pages - ISBN 978-1-57243-834-7

personal data
SURNAME Cherry, Don
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cherry, Donald Ross (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician and golfer
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Wichita Falls , Texas, USA
DATE OF DEATH 4th April 2018
Place of death Las Vegas