According to Gaudio, the song took about 15 minutes to write and was originally titled "Jackie Baby" (in honor of then-First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy).

Both tracks were included in the group's subsequent album release, Golden Hits of the 4 Seasons (1963).

[7] In 2023, "Sherry" was selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

[16] Shortly thereafter, "Sherry" became the band's first nationally released single and their first number one hit, reaching the top of the U.S.

The song appears on the soundtrack album of the films; Stealing Home (1988) and The Help (2011),[20] as well as a television episode of Two and a Half Men.