Cherry's Jubilee Singin' and Swingin' Through Life with Dino and Frank, Arnie and Jack

by Cherry, Don; Daniels, Neil; Nelson, Willie

• ISBN13: 9781572438347
• ISBN10: 1572438347
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Triumph Books

Summary

The embodiment of the American dream, Don Cherry reveals a life that sounds like a dream, but is entirely true: a former Big Band singer who went on to have a No. 1 hit on the music charts while simultaneously establishing himself as one of the best amateur golfers in the country--"he nearly won the 1960 U.S. Open as a signing amateur--"before he finally went pro on the PGA Tour.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Dan Jenkins	vi
Preface by Neil T. Daniels	vii
Preface and Acknowledgments by Donald Ross Cherry	x
Prologue: Before the Curtain Rises	xii
First Act	1	(176)
Hole 1 Chipping through the First 18	3	(14)
Hole 2 D-Day	17	(5)
Hole 3 Singin' in the Clubs	22	(22)
Hole 4 Swingin' with the Clubs	44	(4)
Hole 5 Jimmy Demaret...By a Hair	48	(6)
Hole 6 Tommy Bolt	54	(5)
Hole 7 Mickey Mantle—Bobby Layne	59	(6)
Hole 8 The Mastins, The Masters, and The Walker Cup...Big Time	65	(10)
Hole 9 Snakes and Sinatra	75	(5)
Hole 10 Peggy Lee and '53	80	(15)
Hole 11 Phil Harris: The Bear Necessities	95	(5)
Hole 12 Band of Gold, St. Andrews, and Rock and Roll Takes Over	100	(15)
Hole 13 The Plunge...And Everything That Went with It	115	(19)
Hole 14 Marriage Ills and Cherry Hills—Letting Go and Turning Pro	134	(19)
Hole 15 Turning Pro	153	(5)
Hole 16 Damone, Crosby, and Mother, God Rest Her Soul	158	(11)
Hole 17 Dean Martin, Jack Benny, and Number Three	169	(4)
Hole 18 In a Coma	173	(4)
Second Act	177	(107)
Hole 19 Caddies	179	(6)
Hole 20 The Dean Martin TV Shows	185	(8)
Hole 21 Shouting the Words	193	(4)
Hole 22 Living Las Vegas	197	(5)
Hole 23 The Football Greats	202	(4)
Hole 24 My Sixth Best Friend: Willie	206	(3)
Hole 25 The Break-Up	209	(3)
Hole 26 Bocce Ball	212	(2)
Hole 27 Losing People Who Meant So Much	214	(4)
Hole 28 Fourth Marriage	218	(5)
Hole 29 Francine Bond Smith	223	(4)
Hole 30 A Burt and a 'Bert	227	(4)
Hole 31 The Great Hunt	231	(3)
Hole 32 Quite an Honor	234	(7)
Hole 33 9/11	241	(6)
Hole 34 Lately...Busier Than Ever	247	(5)
Hole 35 Comin' Down the Final Stretch	252	(3)
Hole 36 Another 18 Holes to Go	255	(29)
Afterword by Neil T. Daniels	284	(3)
Index	287