Cookin' Philly Style with The Sherrys - The Best Girl Group You Never Heard!

 LITTLE JOE (COOK)  

 AND THE THRILLERS 

The fabulous Philadelphia
girl group The Sherrys was

formed in 1961 by R&B
veteran Little Joe Cook,
lead singer of Little Joe
& The Thrillers, a group
that scored a hit in 1957
with "Peanuts," covered
by Rick & The Keens
and The Four Seasons.

 "Peanuts" - 
 Little Joe & The Thrillers 

 (Nov. 1957, highest chart 
 position #23 Hot 100, 
 #32 Cash Box) 

 THE SHERRYS 

The Sherrys consisted of Little Joe Cook's daughters Delphine
and Dinell Cook, their cousin Charlotte Butler and their friend
Delores "Honey" Wiley. Early on, The Sherrys lineup also
included Tammi Montgomery who went on to Motown
stardom using the stage name Tammi Terrell.

The Sherrys started as background
singers for teen idol Bobby Rydell.
When New Orleans gave birth to
a dance craze called the Popeye

and Chubby Checker scored a
Halloween hit in 1962 with
"Popeye (The Hitchhiker),"
The Sherrys recorded their
own Popeye record entitled
"Pop Pop Pop-Pie," written and
produced by Madara & White.
"Pop Pop Pop-Pie" reached the
top 40 on the pop chart and top
30 on the R&B Singles survey.

 "Pop Pop Pop-Pie" - The Sherrys 

 (Nov. 1962, highest cht. pos. #35 

 Hot 100, #40 C-Box, #25 R&B) 

The success of "Pop Pop Pop-Pie" landed The Sherrys a gig on Bandstand,
but it turned out to be the high water mark of their career. Their follow-up
single, "Slop Time," a cover of "Let's Do The Slop," papa Joe's regional hit
of the 50s, lasted only one week on the chart at #97 before vanishing!

 "Slop Time" - The Sherrys 

 (Jan. 1963, highest chart pos. #97) 

Simply put, The Sherrys were a great girl group and deserved more hits.

Need additional proof? Listen to this album track. It's a
buzzworthy cover of Chubby Checker's big hit-- "The Fly!"

 "The Fly" - The Sherrys 

 (from 1963 album At the Hop) 

That Sherrys album also includes a nifty cover of
Danny & the Juniors' rock 'n roll classic "At the Hop."

 "At the Hop" - The Sherrys 

 (from 1963 album At the Hop) 

"Dance" is another great song from the album that had
hit potential, yet it was never released as a single!

 "Dance" - The Sherrys 

 (from 1963 album At the Hop) 

Here's another dance ditty that coulda been, woulda been and
shoulda been a hit single. "Double Order Mashed Potatoes"
reminds me of James Brown's "Night Train."

 "Double Order Mashed Potatoes" 
 The Sherrys (from 1963 album At the Hop) 

I hope you enjoyed learning about Little Joe Cook

and his family girl group The Sherrys... cookin'

Philly style from the late 50s through early 60s.

Query: Why did Guyden

let so many great Sherrys
recordings go to waste un-
released when they could
 have issued them on 45s
and scored lots of hits?

Eve, make a few calls and

see what you can find out.

And bring me a cup of coffee!