CHERRY'S JUBILEE

CHERRY'S JUBILEE
Singin' and Swingin' Through Life
with Dino and Frank, Arnie and Jack

By Don Cherry and Neil T. Daniels
 Foreword by Dan Jenkins with Epigraph by legendary Willie Nelson

Don, you’re the only guy I know with a top ten record and a top ten finish at the U.S. Open, both at the same time!
—"Bing Crosby"

Cherry's Jubilee is the true rags-to-riches autobiography of Don Cherry, a man born into the most humble of circumstances at the beginning of the depression, but who lived to become the embodiment of the American Dream, achieving stardom in both golf and his singing career.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of his number one hit single "Band of Gold," this book chronicles his incredible rise to heights in the entertainment and sports worlds most people only dream about. From palling around with the likes of Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Demaret, Bing Crosby, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Mickey Mantle, Peggy Lee, Buddy Hackett, Willie Nelson, Sonny King (the man who introduced Jerry Lewis to Dean Martin) and a host of other A-list celebrities, to singing in front of (and playing golf with) U.S. Presidents, Cherry's charmed life story is told for the first time with co-author Neil T. Daniels.

Not that it was all a bed of roses, because no life ever is, Cherry will also describe the dark days he spent lying in a coma and the tragic loss of his son in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. But through all the ups and downs, from gold records and golf victories to sorrows and disappointments, he tells the story of his remarkable life with candor, humor, and grace. Cherry's Jubilee is a compelling portrait of a unique individual who became a legend in two different professions.

DEAN MARTIN AND DON CHERRY WERE THE BEST OF FRIENDS. WHILE DEAN HEADLINED IN THE MAIN SHOWROOMS, DON WOULD OFTEN ACCOMPANY DEAN IN THE SHOWCASE ROOMS. BOTH SANG BY NIGHT (SOMETIMES AT EACH OTHERS' SHOWS) AND WOULD GET UP EARLY TO PLAY GOLF ON THE FOLLOWING MORNINGS... A PASSION THAT BOTH SHARED. DON CHERRY HAS SET WORLD RECORDS BY PLAYING IN THE MASTERS 9 TIMES, WINNING THE WALKER CUP THREE TIMES AND TAKING HOME THE AMERICA'S GOLF CUP TWICE.

AS A WORLD CHAMPION GOLFER DON ALSO (SIMULTANEOUSLY) HAD A STRING OF HIT SONGS THAT BEGAN WITH THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE BIG BAND ERA... JAN GARBER, ARTE SHAW, AND TOMMY DORSEY. FROM HERE, DON HAD HIT AFTER HIT ON HIS OWN, CLAIMING GOLD WITH HIS OWN SONG  BAND OF GOLD. EVEN THOUGH DON'S MILLION SELLING SONG IS INSCRIBED INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS, ONE SONG THAT NEVER GETS MENTIONED, BUT HAS BEEN HEARD BY MORE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD (THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER TUNE IN HISTORY), WAS THE JINGLE FOR A PRODUCT CALLED "MR. CLEAN."

MR. CLEAN  IS THE SINGLE MOST PLAYED JINGLE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC AND ADVERTISING, AND THE JINGLE RAN FOR NEARLY TWELVE STRAIGHT YEARS, EARNING DON CHERRY MORE GOLD THAN HE COULD EVER IMAGINE.

DON HAS CAPTURED SO MANY OF THESE AND OTHER MOMENTS IN HIS MEMOIRS. YOU'LL GET TO KNOW DEAN MARTIN A BIT BETTER TOO, FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS THERE AS CLOSE AS ONE COULD GET. THE STORIES ABOUT DEAN ALONG WITH SO MANY OTHER CELEBRITIES, SINGERS, SPORTS FIGURES, PRESIDENTS AND EVEN ASTRONAUTS ARE WHAT MAKE UP THIS WONDERFUL BOOK OF A MAN WHO SIMPLY CALLS HIS LIFE A JUBILEE!

DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN , NEIL T. DANIELS, WAS CO-WRITER ALONG WITH DON CHERRY HIMSELF! THIS IS A FUN AND FASCINATING NEW BOOK!

AUTOGRAPHED EDITIONS SIGNED BY COAUTHOR NEIL T. DANIELS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!

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(P.S. REGULAR HARDCOVER EDITIONS ALSO AVAILABLE)

PUBLISHED BY TRIUMPH BOOKS

2006  DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER