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"Cherry, Cherry" is a song written, composed and recorded by Neil Diamond. The song was arranged by Artie Butler and produced by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. It was issued as a 45 single in 1966 and became Diamond's first big hit,〔 p. 88.〕 reaching #6 on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart,〔 in October 1966,〔 and the ''Cash Box'' chart. Worldwide sales were said to have reached over one million copies. Ellie Greenwich came up with the chorus and can be heard as the prominent background voice. In 1973 a live recording of "Cherry, Cherry" was issued as a 45 single from the Neil Diamond live album ''Hot August Night'' (1972). The live version hit #24 on the ''Cash Box'' chart and #31 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.〔 ''Rolling Stone'' would later label "Cherry, Cherry" as "one of the greatest three-chord songs of all time."〔 〕 Session guitarist Al Gorgoni (who later played on "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel and "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison) contributed to the song. Two versions of "Cherry, Cherry" have been released. The version familiar to most listeners was released by Bang Records in 1966, and was recorded as a demo, with Butler on keyboards, and Greenwich on backing vocals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=13702 )〕 The other version, with different lyrics and originally intended to be released as the single, was finally released by Diamond and Sony Music Entertainment in 1996 on the compilation album ''In My Lifetime''. ==Cover versions== * Dizzy Gillespie recorded a cover of this song for his 1966 LP, ''The Melody Lingers On'' (on Limelight Records). * The Music Machine recorded a cover of this song on their 1966 LP, ''(Turn On) The Music Machine'' (on Original Sound). * Jonathan King recorded a cover of this song in 1970 and it became a hit all over Europe, especially in the Netherlands, Belgium and France. * Kramer recorded a cover of this song for his 2012 solo LP, ''The Brill Building'' (on Tzadik Records). Sung entirely in Spanish/Cubano, it is the first known version of the song to have not been sung in English. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cherry, Cherry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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