Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries - Wikipedia Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries `` Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries '' is a popular song with music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Lew Brown, published in 1931. Ethel Merman introduced this song in George White 's Scandals of 1931. A Rudy Vallee version, recorded in 1931, spent five weeks in the top - 10 pop music charts. The song was revived in 1953 by singer Jaye P. Morgan. The song title gave rise to the revue of composer Ray Henderson 's music called It 's the Cherries, which launched the American Composer Series in 2000. Notable recordings Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees -- 1931 single peaked at # 3 on 9 / 19 / 1931 Jack Hylton - 1931 Leslie `` Hutch '' Hutchinson - 1931 Layton & Johnstone - 1931 Jaye P. Morgan -- 1953 single debuted 12 / 19 / 1953 and peaked at # 26 on pop charts in 1954. Doris Day -- The Love Album ( 1967 ) and My Heart ( 2011 ) Judy Garland -- Judy ( 1956 ) Johnny Mathis featuring Forever Plaid -- Mathis on Broadway ( 2000 ) References Jump up ^ Young 2005, p. 47. Jump up ^ `` Remembering Yesterday 's Hits ''. Reader 's Digest Association, Inc., 1986 ISBN 0 - 89577 - 249 - 3 Jump up ^ `` Joel Whitburn presents A Century of Pop Music ''. Records Research, Inc., 1999 ISBN 0 - 89820 - 135 - 7 Jump up ^ `` Single Releases ''. Jaye P. Morgan ( official website ). Retrieved 8 Mar 2011. Jump up ^ `` The Music of Ray Henderson ''. The American Composer Series. Archived from the original on 2011 - 07 - 07. Retrieved 8 Mar 2011. Young, William H. ; Young, Nancy K. ( 2005 ), Music of the Great Depression, Greenwood, ISBN 0313332304 Jaye P. Morgan Singles `` Just a Gigolo '' `` Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries '' `` That 's All I Want from You '' `` Softly, Softly '' `` Chee Chee - Oo Chee ( Sang the Little Bird ) '' `` Swanee '' `` Mutual Admiration Society '' `` Are You Lonesome Tonight ? '' `` I Walk the Line '' `` A Song for You '' Book : Jaye P. Morgan This pop standards - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Life_Is_Just_a_Bowl_of_Cherries&oldid=787079957 '' Categories : Songs with music by Ray Henderson Songs with lyrics by Lew Brown 1931 songs Great Depression songs Judy Garland songs Pop standard stubs Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 23 June 2017, at 08 : 52. About Wikipedia

Question: who said life is a bowl of cherries
Answer: Lew Brown