<P> "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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

Who said life is a bowl of cherries