Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
"Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" is a popular song with music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Lew Brown, published in 1931.[1]
It was Ethel Merman who introduced this song in George White's Scandals of 1931.[2] A Rudy Vallee version, recorded in 1931, spent five weeks in the top 10 pop music charts.[3] The song was revived in 1953 by singer Jaye P. Morgan.[4]
The song title gave rise to the revue of composer Ray Henderson's music called It's the Cherries, which launched the American Composer Series in 2000.[5]
Notable recordings
- Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees – 1931 single peaked at #3 on 9/19/1931.
- Jack Hylton - 1931
- Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson - 1931.
- Layton & Johnstone - 1932.
- Jaye P. Morgan – 1953 single debuted 12/19/1953 and peaked at #26 on pop charts in 1954.
- Doris Day – The Love Album (1967) and My Heart (2011)
- Judy Garland – Judy (1956)
- Johnny Mathis featuring Forever Plaid – Mathis on Broadway (2000)
References
- Young, William H.; Young, Nancy K. (2005), Music of the Great Depression, Greenwood, ISBN 0313332304
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- ↑ Young 2005, p. 47.
- ↑ "Remembering Yesterday's Hits". Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1986 ISBN 0-89577-249-3
- ↑ "Joel Whitburn presents A Century of Pop Music". Records Research, Inc., 1999 ISBN 0-89820-135-7
- ↑ "Single Releases". Jaye P. Morgan (official website). Retrieved 8 Mar 2011.
- ↑ "The Music of Ray Henderson". The American Composer Series. Retrieved 8 Mar 2011.
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