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Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries

Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries

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"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] Ethel Merman introduced this song in George White's Scandals of 1931.[2] A Rudy Vallée 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

The song is sung by David Hyde Pierce in the fifth episode of the second season of Julia as a duet between identical twins Paul and Charles Child.

References

  1. [1]
    Young & Young 2005, p. 47.
  2. [2]
    "Remembering Yesterday's Hits". Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1986 ISBN 0-89577-249-3
  3. [3]
    "Joel Whitburn presents A Century of Pop Music". Records Research, Inc., 1999 ISBN 0-89820-135-7
  4. [4]
    "Single Releases". Jaye P. Morgan (official website). Retrieved March 8, 2011.
  5. [5]
    "The Music of Ray Henderson". The American Composer Series. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
  6. [6]
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082894/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd [user-generated source]
  7. [7]
    "Harrah, Walt".
  • Young, William H.; Young, Nancy K. (2005), Music of the Great Depression, Greenwood, ISBN 0313332304


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