"339263"^^ . "Jeff Barry" . "0.564734"^^ . "false"^^ . "%22Cherry, Cherry%22 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, 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 %22Cherry, Cherry%22 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 %22Cherry, Cherry%22 as %22one of the greatest three-chord songs of all time.%22Session guitarist Al Gorgoni (who later played on %22The Sound of Silence%22 by Simon & Garfunkel and %22Brown Eyed Girl%22 by Van Morrison) contributed to the song.Two versions of %22Cherry, Cherry%22 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. 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." . "168.0"^^ . . . "Bang Records" . . . . . "eng" . . "Cherry Cherry" . "4"^^ . "0.720729"^^ . "163000.0"^^ . "true"^^ . "1966 songs" . "Neil Diamond" . . "true"^^ . . "USSM11100065" . "Bang Records singles" . "2001-12-11"^^ . "3094" . "Ellie Greenwich" . "Cherry, Cherry" . . . . "5714dedd25ac0d8aee4c62f6" . "2"^^ . . "Gramophone record" . "TROSSQA12903CC4FD4" . . "f3522c85-0ff3-4d12-b36d-8d9e90220478" . . "1967" . "1973 singles" . "Songs written by Neil Diamond" . "1967" . "Neil Diamond songs" . "-8.7"^^ . "1966 singles" . "864448" . "english" .