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| “Cerisiers Roses et Pommiers Blancs” | |
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| Song | |
| Language | French, English |
| English title | “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” |
| Written | 1950 |
| Composer(s) | Louiguy |
| Lyricist(s) | 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 song with music by Louiguy written in 1950. French lyrics to the song by Jacques Larue and English lyrics by Mack David both exist, and recordings of both have been quite popular.
Pérez Prado version
| “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” | ||||
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| Single by Pérez Prado | ||||
| B-side | “Rhythm Sticks” | |||
| Released | December 1954 | |||
| Recorded | 1954 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, pop | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jacques Larue, Mack David | |||
| Composer(s) | Louiguy | |||
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However, Perez Prado’s recording of the song as an instrumental with his orchestra featuring trumpeter Billy Regis, whose trumpet sound would slide down and up before the melody would resume, was the most popular version in 1955, reaching number one for 10 weeks on the Billboard chart. It became a gold record. Perez had first covered this title for the movie Underwater! (1955), where Jane Russell can be seen dancing to the song. Billboard ranked this version as the No. 1 song of 1955. The most popular vocal version in the U.S. was by Alan Dale, reaching No. 14 on the chart in 1955.
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, reaching No. 14 on the chart in 1955.
In the United Kingdom, two versions of the song went to number one in 1955. The first was the version by Prado, which reached number one for two weeks. Less than a month later, a version by the British trumpeter Eddie Calvert reached number one for four weeks.
In 1982, the British pop group Modern Romance (featuring John Du Prez) had a UK Top 20 hit with the vocal version of the song.
In 1961, Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats released an album featuring the song.
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| Underwater! | |
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| Directed by | John Sturges |
| Produced by | Harry Tatelman Howard Hughes(executive producer) |
| Written by | Robert B. Bailey and Hugh King (story) |
| Starring | Jane Russell Richard Egan |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Harry J. Wild |
| Edited by | Stuart Gilmore |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million |
| Box office | $2.2 million (US rentals) |
Underwater! is a 1955 adventure film directed by John Sturges and starring Jane Russell and Richard Egan.
Plot synopsis
Johnny and his wife Theresa, along with mercenary Dominic Quesada, priest Father Cannon and Gloria, the boat owner, search for sunken treasure in the Caribbean. While on a dive they come across a wreck that they assume holds treasure. When they resurface they are confronted by a local boat of shark hunters with an unhealthy curiosity in their activities. In their effort to find funding to raise the wreck they discover that what they are looking for is a 17th-century ship that contains a life-size solid gold Madonna encrusted in precious gems and that it lies in a different underwater location. So they make plans to acquire it. However, it is on the edge of a precipice in shark-infested waters, and they are not the only ones after it.
Cast
- Jane Russell – Theresa Gray
- Richard Egan – Johnny Gray
- Gilbert Roland – Dominic Quesada
- Lori Nelson – Gloria
- Robert Keith – Father Cannon
- Joseph Calleia – Rico Herrera
- Eugene Iglesias – Miguel Vega
- Ric Roman – Jesus
Production
Howard Hughes acquired the rights to the unpublished The Big Rainbow.
Partially filmed on location in Mexico and Hawaii, Underwater! was completed in a newly constructed underwater tank in an RKO Radio Pictures soundstage. It was the first RKO film released in Superscope. The film’s budget increased from its initial $300,000 and a large amount of the budget was used on footage cut from the film.
Lori Nelson claimed Howard Hughes wanted her for the lead and paid Universal Pictures for her use; however, Jane Russell owed RKO a film. The lead was given to Russell with a part written for Nelson so she could keep her fee.
The film contained the songs “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” and “Rhythm Sticks” performed by Perez “Prez” Prado and his Orchestra (“The King of the Mambo“).
For its world premiere, on January 10, 1955, the film was projected on a submerged movie screen at Silver Springs, Florida, and the invited guests were encouraged to don aqualungs and bathing suits so that they could watch the picture while swimming.
The song “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” featured in the film became a major hit.
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