The Sherrys

[Rotherham Soul]

Hi,

can anybody tell me if this is the same Sherrys that did "Put Your arms Around Me"?

https://www.youtube.com/user/SixtiesPopGoldExtra#p/u/4/frfaCzr9XP0

[boba]

Hi,

can anybody tell me if this is the same Sherrys that did "Put Your arms Around Me"?

https://www.youtube.c...u/4/frfaCzr9XP0

it is the same group. this record was on guyden in 1963. "put your loving arms" was their last record from 1967. I think at least some if not all of them were daughters of joe cook.

[Godzilla]

Tammi Montgomery aka Tammi Terrell was a member at one time. Latter days I assume?

Here's the Wikipedia entry:

The Sherrys were an American girl group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, active briefly in the 1960s.

The group came together in 1961 around Philadelphia singer Little Joe Cook, former lead singer of The Thrillers; it featured two of his daughters and their cousin. Initially they acted as a backup ensemble for local acts such as Bobby Rydell. In 1962, a dance craze called The Popeye shot to popularity, and the group recorded the tune "Pop Pop Pop-Pie" (written by Johnny Madara and Dave White of The Spokesmen) in hopes of capitalizing on it.

The group was invited to perform on American Bandstand and the record peaked at #25 on the US Billboard R&B chart, and #25 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

The group recorded a follow-up single called "Slop Time" (to accompany a dance called The Slop), but the record did not sell as well. An album entitled At the Hop with the Sherrys followed early in 1963 on Guyden Records; most of the songs on it were written by Madera and White. The group faded in the US but became wildly popular in Europe, where they toured twice.[1]

Charlotte Butler left the group after these tours, and the group continued to tour with a modified lineup. The members later decided to find a new manager, and Joe Cook, who owned the rights to the group's name, retired it. Butler eventually settled in Sweden, where she married Svenne Hedlund, and formed the duo Svenne & Lotta, that became a famous act throughout Scandinavia during the 1970s and 1980s.

Members

- Delphine Cook

- Dinell Cook

- Charlotte Butler

- Delores "Honey" Wiley

- Tammi Montgomery

[Godzilla]

I was wrong - she was a member in the early days according to the sleevenotes of a German CD Compilation and AMG:

The Sherrys were a short-lived girl group with a rich soulful sound, built around dance numbers that they performed with extraordinary exuberance, organized by Philadelphia singing star Little Joe Cook. A veteran of gospel and rhythm-and-blues, Cook had led a group called the Thrillers from the mid-1950's until 1961, when he began putting a group together around his two daughters, Delthine and Dinell Cook, their cousin Charlotte Butler, and Delores "Honey" Wiley.

At one point early in the days of the group's formation, future Motown star Tammi Montgomery (later Terrell) was a member. The group spent a lot of its early days backing other Philadelphia-based acts, including Bobby Rydell, on their recordings. Their big moment as a recording act in their own right came when a dance-craze arose in New Orleans, called the Popeye-initially, the dance was done to Chris Kenner's "Something You Got," but Eddie Bo soon came along with "Check Mr. Popeye," which became a major seller in New Orleans. By early 1962, the dance was being touted as a rival to the Twist, with acts as different as Huey Smith & the Clown and Chubby Checker starting to push it.

Little Joe Cook, who'd seen his own recording of "Let's Do The Slop" become a serious regional hit in 1956, knew a good prospect when he saw it and had the Sherrys record "Pop Pop Pop-Pie," written by producers Johnny Madera and Dave White, and aimed at the dance crowd. American Bandstand then featured the group and the record heavily, and the single (issued on Guyden) charted in October of 1962, for an eight week run that carried it up to No. 35 nationally on the pop charts and to No. 25 on the r&b lists.

The group's success was short-lived, however, as they never came up with a suitable follow-up-their "Slop Time" didn't chart nearly as well. A superb album, At The Hop With The Sherrys, made up almost entirely of Madera-White songs, appeared on Guyden in early 1963, but it undeservedly disappeared without leaving much of a trace. Ironically, while the Sherrys' moment in the sun in the USA proved to be both brief and over, their records were extremely popular and enduring in Europe, where audiences devoured their authentic soul-dance sound. The quartet ended up touring overseas twice, with great success.

They might've regained their career momentum in America, but for a series of personnel and business difficulties that ensued over the next several months. Delthine, the younger Cook daughter, married, and then Charlotte Butler left the act soon after. Cook held a version of the Sherrys together to fulfill bookings, but during a successful engagement in Boston, the group-now a trio-decided to get a new manager. Their history came to an end with this decision, because Cook owned the name The Sherrys. The trio, deprived of the name under which they were known, was never heard from again, and the Sherrys became part of pop music and dance history

Bruce Eder ..... AMG

[Rotherham Soul]

Thanks for that Guys

Edited January 2, 2012 by rotherham soul