Terry Kirkman of The Association Cherish Died Sept 23, 2023

Terry Kirkman, singer, songwriter and founding member of the 1960s folk-rock band the Association, is dead at age 83.

The musician died Saturday, September 23, 2023, at his home in Montclair, his wife Heidi Berinstein Kirkman confirmed to the Los Angeles Times. He died of congestive heart failure following a long illness.

Kirkman formed the Association alongside guitarist Jules Gary Alexander and others in Los Angeles in 1965. The group comprised a large ensemble of vocalists and instrumentalists who blended a variety of sounds — from pop and rock to folk and psychedelic — in perfect harmony.

In addition to lending his vocals, Kirkman penned a number of songs for the Association, including the popular tracks “Everything That Touches You” and “Cherish.”

Before Kirkman departed the Association in 1972, the band was nominated for six Grammy Awards, including three — contemporary rock ‘n’ roll group performance, performance by a vocal group and contemporary rock ‘n’ roll recording — for “Cherish.” Kirkman returned when the band reunited in 1979 before leaving again in 1984.

In 2003, Kirkman and other members of the Association were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Source: Los Angeles Times

The Association perform Cherish with lead vocals by Terry Kirkman and Russ Giguere. The other members of the Sixties pop vocal group are Larry Ramos, Jim Yester, Brian Cole, and Ted Bluechel.

The Association performed Cherish live and lip-synced on Solid Gold in Hollywood, CA. The romantic soft rock ballad with beautiful intricate harmonies remained at number one for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. Cherish was ranked the #2 song of that year by Billboard.

Lyrics: Oh I'm beginning to think that man has never found.
The words that could make you want me.
That have the right amount of letters, just the right sound.
That could make you hear, make you see.
That you are drivin' me out of my mind.
Oh I could say I need you but then you'd realize.
That I want you just like a thousand other guys.
Who'd say they loved you With all the rest of their lies.
When all they wanted was to touch your face, your hands.
And gaze into your eyes.
Cherish is the word I use to describe.
Songwriter: Terry Kirkman

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