Sherry (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Sherry


Artist = The Four Seasons
from Album = Sherry & 11 Others
B-side = I've Cried Before
Released = August 1962
Format = 7"
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 2:32
Label = Vee-Jay Records
Writer = Bob Gaudio
Producer = Bob Crewe
Certification =
Chart position = * #1 (USA Hot 100)
Last single = Bermuda/Spanish Lace (1961)
This single = Sherry
(1962)
Next single = Big Girls Don't Cry
(1962)"Sherry" is a song written by Bob Gaudio and originally recorded by The Four Seasons. It was their first nationally-released single and also their first number one hit, initially reaching the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on September 15, 1962. It remained at number one for five consecutive weeks.

According to Gaudio, the song took about 15 minutes to write and was originally titled "Jackie" (in honor of then-First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy). [Sasfy, Joe. "Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons: 1961-1967", Time-Life Records "The Rock 'N' Roll Era" (1987)]

At the studio, the name was changed to "Terri", and then eventually to "Sherry," the name of the daughter of Gaudio's best friend, New York disk jockey Jack Spector (ironically, one of the names that Gaudio pondered for the song was "Peri," which was the name of the record label for which Bob Crewe worked, named after the label owner's daughter). [ [http://www.bobshannon.com/stories/Sherry.html Behind the Hits:Shannon] ]

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