Cherry Wainer was a South African musician, born on March 2, 1935, in East London. She began playing piano as a child and later took up the Hammond organ, influenced by Jimmy Smith. Her first recording collaboration resulted in an early rock and roll LP titled Flying High. In 1958, Wainer moved to the United Kingdom and became a regular on ABC-TV's groundbreaking music show Oh Boy!, featuring Lord Rockingham's XI as the house band. She released several solo albums, including Waltzes in Swingtime (1960), Rhythmus Im Blut (1964), and It's Hammond Time! (1965). Wainer married drummer Don Storer, with whom she performed regularly during the 1960s. The couple moved to Las Vegas in 1968 and worked in cabaret before retiring from music. Wainer died on November 14, 2014, in Las Vegas.
