"Sherry" is a song written by Bob Gaudio

Bob Gaudio

Robert John "Bob" Gaudio is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist/backing vocalist for The Four Seasons.-Early career:...

 and originally recorded by The Four Seasons. It was their first nationally-released single and also their first number one hit, initially reaching the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 on September 15, 1962. It remained at number one for five consecutive weeks, and number one on the R&B charts for one week.

According to Gaudio, the song took about 15 minutes to write and was originally titled "Jackie Baby" (in honor of then-First Lady

First Lady

First Lady or First Gentlemanis the unofficial title used in some countries for the spouse of an elected head of state.It is not normally used to refer to the spouse or partner of a prime minister; the husband or wife of the British Prime Minister is usually informally referred to as prime...

 Jacqueline Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis was the wife of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and served as First Lady of the United States during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Five years later she married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle...

).

At the studio, the name was changed to "Terri Baby", and then eventually to "Sherry", the name of the daughter of Gaudio's best friend, New York disc jockey

Disc jockey

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 Jack Spector. One of the names that Gaudio pondered for the song was "Peri Baby," which was the name of the record label for which Bob Crewe

Bob Crewe

Bob Crewe is an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, record producer and fine artist. He is known for producing, and co-writing with Bob Gaudio, a string of Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons...

 worked, named after the label owner's daughter.

A version of the song was later recorded and released by British singer/songwriter Adrian Baker

Adrian Baker

Adrian Baker is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer.-Career:Baker made his debut as a singer on Magnet Records/Epic Records in the United Kingdom. In 1975, he released his first solo album, Into a Dream...

. It was released in July 1975 along with "I Was Only Fooling" on the Magnet Records

Magnet Records

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 label (MAG 34). Another version was recorded by British pop group Dreamhouse

Dreamhouse (band)

Dreamhouse are a British dance/pop group consisting of Paul Barry, David Riley, and Jules Tulley. They released their self-titled debut album in 1998 and released three singles, including a cover version of the Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs song "Stay"....

, which appears on their debut album, released in 1998.