PEREZ ‘PREZ’ PRADO AND HIS ORCHESTRA - “Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White”
(29th April 1955)
The intro to this is easily the most exciting sound to hit No.1 so far ? a slamming one-note trumpet fanfare that takes you into the tune’s gimmicky sliding-horn hook. Beyond that it’s hard for me to get much of a grip on “Cherry Pink” - it’s a stomping dance number but it keeps stopping and starting, and what’s that grunting man doing there? (Answer: harshing the buzz, mostly.) The ID3 for this MP3 describes it as “House”, which isn?t totally unreasonable: I don’t think I’d truly understand “Cherry Pink” unless I was giving it some on a 1955 dancefloor. 6
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wichita lineman on May 31st, 2008
In a year when Vera Lynn could still rack up a few hits, this must have sounded super-exciting and deliciously rude. Not as panting-rude as Such A Night, but Perez’s rasping, lascivious trumpet reminds me of a Tex Avery cartoon wolf. What’s that middle eight all about?? It’s not Love To Love You Baby, but this one would have fooled the BBC. Ha!
Ernie on June 28th, 2008
This was a huge hit in 1957! I was an 8th grader at St Vincent’s School for Boys in San Rafael, California. The band leader for the 49′ers taught me how to play this song and how to slur that one note. St Vincents is the oldest school in the US west of the Rockies and the Dominican sisters from Germany took care of us boys back than God Bless them all and this wonderful song!