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Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)

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"'Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White'" or "Cerezo Rosa" or "Ciliegi Rosa" or "Gummy Mambo", is the English version of "Cerisiers Roses et Pommiers Blancs", a popular song with music by Louiguy written in 1950. French lyrics to the song by Jacques Larue and English lyrics by Mack David both exist, and recordings of both have been quite popular. However, Prez Prado's recording of the song as an instrumental with his orchestra featuring trumpeter Billy Regis, whose trumpet sound would slide down and up before the melody would resume, was the most popular version in 1955, reaching number one for 10 weeks on the 'Billboard' chart. It became a gold record. Prez had first recorded this title for the movie 'Underwater!' (1955), where Jane Russell can be seen dancing to the song. Prado recorded 'Cherry Pink' several times, the best known version being the original hit recording from 1955 and the 1960 recording in stereo. 'Billboard' ranked the former version as the No. 1 song of 1955.Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1955 The most popular vocal version in the U.S. was by Alan Dale, reaching No. 14 on the chart in 1955.

In the United Kingdom, two versions of the song went to number one in 1955. The first was the version by Prado, which reached number one for two weeks. Less than a month later, a version by the British trumpeter Eddie Calvert reached number one for four weeks.

Al Hirt released a version on his 1965 album, 'They're Playing Our Song.'

In 1982, the British pop group Modern Romance (featuring John Du Prez) had a UK Top 20 hit with the vocal version of the song.

In 1961, Jerry Murad's Harmonicats released an album featuring the song.

Recorded versions



*Andr Claveau (original version in French, 1950)

*Georgia Gibbs (1951)

*Nilla Pizzi (in Italian, 1951)

*Fotis Polymeris (in Greek, 1952)

*Alan Dale (1955)

*Prez Prado (instrumental) (1955 and 1960)

*Eddie Calvert (instrumental, 1955)

*Chet Atkins 1955

*Gyula/Jules Apatini (before october 1956 in Hungarian, "Nekem sem tantotta senki sem" means "No one taught me either")

*Pat Boone (1960)

*Jerry Murad (1961)

*Petula Clark (in French, 1962)

*Lester Sterling (under the pseudonym Mr. Versatile; instrumental) (1969)

*Norrie Paramor Orchestra (1977)

*Mnozil Brass (2004)

*Arthur Murray

*Bill Black's Combo

*Billy Vaughn

*Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1955 for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set 'The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56)' issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.

*Devo (as "Softcore Mutations" - unreleased)

*Earl Bostic

*Edmundo Ros

*Gisele MacKenzie

*Harry James

*Horst Fischer

*Hugo Montenegro

*Ivo Robi (as "Jabuke i trenje"; Croatian lyrics by Mario Kinel)

*James Last Orchestra

*John Barry

*Lawrence Welk

*Liberace

*Lou Donaldson

*Michel Legrand

*Modern Romance

*Nino Impallomeni

*Ron Livingston

*Ruben Pena

*Spike Jones (under the pseudonym "Davey Crackpot"; a parody of the Perez Prado hit record featuring George Rock on trumpet)

*Stanley Black

*The Fabulous Thunderbirds

*The Ventures

*Xavier Cugat

*Relly Coloma (1970) - Philippine Version under Villar Records

'Finnish versions "Kaksi ruusua" ("Two Roses")'

* Henry Theel (1955)

* Olavi Virta (1955)

* Erkki Junkkarinen (1975)

* Reijo Taipale (1975)

* Agents (1985)

In films



* The song was featured in the film 'Underwater!' starring Jane Russell.

* The recording by Prez Prado was featured in the films 'Cookie' and 'Parents' in 1989.

*The song is often played in the Hong Kong film 'Cageman', most notably during the scene where tenants party while celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival.

See also



*List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s

References



Category:Number-one singles in the United States

Category:1955 singles

Category:1961 singles

Category:1950 songs

Category:Songs with lyrics by Mack David

Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles

Category:Songs about flowers

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