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{{Short description|Song composed by Louis Guglielmi}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Cerisiers Roses et Pommiers Blancs
| cover         =
| alt           =
| type          =
| language      = French, English
| English_title = "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White"
| written       = 1950
| published     =
| writer        =
| composer      = [[Louiguy]]
| lyricist      = [[Jacques Larue]] (French), [[Mack David]] (English)
}}
"'''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 music|popular]] song with music by [[Louiguy]] written in 1950. French lyrics by [[Jacques Larue]] and English lyrics by [[Mack David]] both exist,<ref name="500 Number One Hits">
{{cite book
| first= Jo
| last= Rice
| year= 1982
| title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Guinness Superlatives
| location= Enfield, Middlesex
| page= 18
| isbn= 0-85112-250-7}}</ref> and recordings of both have been quite popular.
==Pérez Prado version==
{{Infobox song
| name          = Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
| cover         = Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White.jpg
| alt           = The label for the record
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Pérez Prado]]
| B-side        = Rhythm Sticks
| released      = December 1954
| recorded      = 1954
| studio        =
| genre         = * [[Jazz]]
* [[Pop music|pop]]
* [[Latin music|Latin]]<ref name="Molanphy 2023">{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2023/09/how-instrumentals-become-infectious-hits|title= Insert Lyrics Here Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=September 15, 2023|access-date=October 1, 2023}}</ref>
| length        = {{Duration|2:59}}
| label         = [[RCA Victor Records|RCA Victor]]
| lyricist      = [[Jacques Larue]], [[Mack David]]
| composer      = [[Louiguy]]
| producer      =
| prev_title    = Marilyn Monroe Mambo
| prev_year     = 1954
| next_title    = Maria Elena
| next_year     = 1955
}}
[[Pérez Prado]]'s recording of the song as an instrumental with his orchestra featuring trumpeter Billy Regis,<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/> whose trumpet sound would slide down and up before the melody would resume, was the most popular version.
It was first recorded and released in Mexico in 1953<ref>{{cite web |title=Cerezo rosa|url=https://latinpop.fiu.edu/albumdd.cfm?bid=7050&term=Cerezo+rosa |website=The Díaz-Ayala Cuban and Latin American Popular Music Collection |access-date=28 January 2023}}</ref> under the full title "Cerezo Rosa (Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White)", becoming one of the biggest hits of that year in Mexico.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mejía Barquera |first1=Fernando |title=El Sound Track de la vida cotidiana: Radio y música popular en México D.F. |date=June 2006 |publisher=Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales UNAM|page=202}}</ref> It was then released in the United States in 1954, becoming a hit there in 1955, reaching number one for 10 weeks on the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' chart. It became a [[Music recording sales certification|gold record]], and it was featured on 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 1953 and the 1960 recording in stereo.<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/>
''Billboard'' ranked the former version as the number one song of 1955. The most popular vocal version in the U.S. was by [[Alan Dale (singer)|Alan Dale]], which was number fourteen on the chart in 1955.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=159}}</ref>
==Other significant versions==
In the United Kingdom, two versions went to number one in 1955. The first was the rendition by Prado, which reached number one for two weeks.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| pages= 43, 44, 373}}</ref> Less than a month later, the take by the British trumpeter [[Eddie Calvert]] reached number one for four weeks.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
[[Al Hirt]] included it on his 1965 album, ''[[They're Playing Our Song (album)|They're Playing Our Song]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Al-Hes-The-King-Hirt-Theyre-Playing-Our-Song/release/2451132 |title=Al (He's The King) Hirt* - They're Playing Our Song (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs |year=1966 |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2014-04-03}}</ref>
In 1982, the British pop group [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]] (featuring [[John Du Prez]]) had a UK Top 20 hit with a vocal of the song.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
==See also==
*[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s]]
*[[List of top-ten songs for the 1950s in Mexico#1953]]
==References==
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{{Billboard Year-End number one singles 1946–1959}}
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