It was founded in 1960 by Milton Okun[2][3] in the apartment above the Cherry Lane Theater in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York.
The print company's portfolio included sheet music of performing artists from a wide variety of genres, including Linda Ronstadt, Kenny Rogers, Barbra Streisand, Richard Marx, Bonnie Raitt, Billy Idol, Pat Benatar, Maury Yeston, Billy Squier, John Denver, The Black Eyed Peas, Quincy Jones, John Legend, Elvis Presley, the soundtrack to the Pokémon franchise,[4] the White Stripes, the Dave Matthews Band, Metallica, and Jack Johnson.
When BMG acquired Cherry Lane in 2010, the number of copyrighted musical works was approximately 150,000.
[5] As of 2019, BMG no longer lists Cherry Lane as a subsidiary or a company brand.
Cherry Lane provided a number of different kinds of personality folios aimed at musicians of all skill levels.