| Biography | Cherry Wainer is a South African-born musician, best known as a member of Lord Rockingham's XI and a soloist on the Hammond organ.
Wainer first became known to UK television audiences as a regular in the 1950s magazine programme Lunchbox, with Noele Gordon. She subsequently featured as a session musician in Oh, Boy!, one of the first British series to feature rock'n'roll regularly, with Lord Rockingham's XI, a "scratch" band led by Harry Robertson, which also included Benny Green and Red Price. Their single, "Hoots Mon", was number one in the UK charts in 1958. Along with the band, Wainer appeared in the 1959 Royal Variety Performance, held at the Palace Theatre, Manchester.
Wainer married drummer Don Storer with whom she appeared regularly as a duo during the 1960s. They appeared regularly in a German television series called Beat! Beat! Beat (1967). Wainer also released several solo albums and four singles, none of which made the UK chart. |