If you were a fan of any of the big-name stars on this list, then you already know the Cherry Sisters. The most highly booked Nashville studio vocalists in the 1970s and 80s, the Cherry Sisters, Diane Tidwell Vanette, Lisa Silver and Sheri Huffman, created the tight vocal harmonies, crisp diction and trendy backup sound for all the biggest stars.
Chet Atkins
Dolly Parton
John Denver
Kenny Rogers
Charlie Pride
Randy Travis
George Burns
Helen Reddy
Gene Cotton
Michael Johnson
Mary MacGregor
Debby Boone
George Strait
Ronnie Milsap
Lee Greenwood
Anne Murray
Crystal Gayle
Reba Mc Entire
Dwight Yoakam
Johnny Mathis
Steve Wariner
Jericho Harp
TOP 10 ARTIST CHART HITS
England Dan & John Ford Coley “Nights are Forever” Really Love to See you Tonight Cherry Sisters, & Janie Fricke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8RShs00yR0
Nights are Forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWTZcA8-v1I
Dr. Hook “Pleasure and Pain” Sharing the Night Together Cherry Sisters 1978
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo-HRGqOkBQ
“Pleasure and Pain” When You’re In Love With a Beautiful Woman Cherry Sisters 1978
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQL0urSHZmQ
“Sometimes You Win” Sexy Eyes
Cherry Sisters 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poRjqrGHKho
Most Performed Song of 1983:
Sylvia “Sylvia” Nobody Cherry Sisters 1982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC_2274dNag
More Artist Chart Hits:
Randy Travis ‘Always and Forever,’ Too Gone Too Long Cherry Sisters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XC1Tw0YwGQ
Dan Seals Bop Cherry Sisters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB83njMPl7M
Mac Davis “Thunder in the Afternoon” Plastic Saddle Sheri, Lisa, Diane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2lqSWnHzak
Barbara Mandrell “Spun Gold” In Times Like These Cherry Sisters 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvYGF6sxoEY
B J Thomas “Home Where I Belong” You Were There to Catch Me Sheri, Lisa, Diane
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=you+were+there+to+catch+me+bj+thomas
“Don’t Worry Baby” Don’t Worry Baby Sheri, Lisa, Diane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9BOm34Kblk
Christy Lane “One Day at a Time” One Day at a Time Sheri, Lisa, Diane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz2L1v7Wkx8
Dave Loggins “Country Suite “ Wild Millie the Mountain Girl Sheri, Lisa, Diane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Iai0K35sg
Fiddle intro played by Lisa Silver
“Country Suite” You’ve Got Me to Hold On To Sheri, Lisa, Diane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtEnCmp_9-M
Gene Cotton “Rain On” You Got Me Runnin’ Sheri, Diane, Lisa Silver Reynolds 1976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fA-H4yNh9c
Before My Heart Finds Out B W and the Cherry Sisters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bq25FfJ1Fw
Ray Stevens “Be Your Own Best Friend” 1978 Cherry Sisters
https://www.allmusic.com/album/crackin-up%21-mw0000195864
Ray Stevens Mississippi Squirrel Revival 1984 Lisa & Diane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GIDBkwi-nc
FUN, FUN, UNIQUE, AND WHERE IT ALL STARTED
Tommy Dougherty “Touch My Soul” Sweet Sweet Lullaby Sheri Kramer, Lisa Silver, Diane Tidwell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfcjD3v4WGk&t=151s
Ray Sawyer “Ray Sawyer” Red Winged Blackbird Sheri, Diane, Lisa Silver Reynolds 1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNEDJX5Rm7w
Couldn’t Sing for a week after:
City Streets “Livin’ in the Jungle” Plastic Saddle Cherry Sisters 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G07oJd_imCY
Great Intro:
Con Hunley “Con Hunley” Since I Fell For You Cherry Sisters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnqbDaAMCv4
Smooth Vocals:
Weekend Friend Cherry Sisters
Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings Take It to the Limit Toni Wine, Sherilyn Huffman, Lisa Silver, Gary Talley 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccJMBxXTV8U
Thom Bresh Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette Sheri, Lisa, Diane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqNPgZDjIgo
Jesse Winchester “A Touch on the Rainy Side” Sassy Sheri, Diane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5zWNs48FjY
Just Now It Feels Right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dVaub4n6Oc Sheri, Diane 1978
Marie Osmond “All In Love” All In Love
Michael Black, Jessica Boucher, Jana King, Diane Vanette, Lisa Silver, Dennis Wilson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2mKdM83WDU
Charlie Rich “Once A Drifter” Once A Drifter Tom Brannon, Denny Brooks, Sheri Kramer, Alan Moore, Diane Tidwell, Herb Peterson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwHVX53gdS0
POP ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Solo Lines From Sheri Huffman:
James and Bobby Purify Get Closer Sheri, Lisa, Diane 1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqXdImdZBgY&t=1s
Mary MacGregor “Mary” This Girl Sheri, Lisa, Diane 1976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEmmkoRGEEI
Some Great Unison Lines:
Engelbert Humperdinck “You and Your Lover” Who’s That Look in Your Eyes Cherry Sisters 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4epN-z7GCA
You Look Good on Me Cherry Sisters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTOEpzKedHM
Lou Rawls “When the Night Comes” Upside Down Cherry Sisters 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JZBBEL5lTI
“When the Night Comes” When the Night Comes Donna McElroy, Cherry Sisters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz8BWzez41M
Ray Charles “Friendship” Two Old Cats Like Us Hershel Wiginton, Louis Nunley, Lisa Silver, Diane Tidwell 1984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Y3wJA2wGo&list=OLAK5uy_ndBVbz2oUGATaggHmpFYL2JmQPgdeN58k&index=1
“Friendship” Seven Spanish Angels Hershel Wiginton, Louis Nunley, Lisa Silver, Diane Tidwell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EKiQm49ud0&list=OLAK5uy_ndBVbz2oUGATaggHmpFYL2JmQPgdeN58k&index=10
John Denver “Some Days are Diamonds” Diane Tidwell,
Sheri Huffman, Buzz Cason, and Bergen White
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUt2zDrddIQ
EARLY DAYS PRE-CHERRY
Jimmy Buffet “White Sport Coat” Why Don’t We Get Drunk Carol Montgomery, D Bergen White, Diane Harriss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjqCkIzT3fM
Michael Bacon “Bringing It Home” Best Friend Rickie Page, D Bergen White, Dianne Harriss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecno1sEBML0
Mickey Newbury I Came to Hear the Music Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews,
Gordon Stoker, Ray Walker, Bergen White, Dottie DeLeonibus,
Laverna Moore, Wendy Suits and Diane Tidwell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlHzPE1xMtw
LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEOS
Ed Sullivan VIDEO Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass Down Yonder Tom Brannon, Janie Brannon, Diane Harriss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2efpNCb8eA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b3PNyAcXFU I Saw the Light March 28, 1971
Jerry Reed VIDEO Eastbound and Down – Live Austin City Limits 1982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxDC7Rhpphs
Cherry Sisters, & Greg Gordon
Charlie Rich VIDEO The Most Beautiful Girl/Behind Closed Doors 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o27uUQhLp-I
Cherry Sisters