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Cher
Cher ( ; born Cheryl Sarkisian, May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Goddess of Pop", she is known for her Androgyny, androgynous contralto voice, Music and fashion, bold visual presentation and Multiple careers, multifaceted career, while cultivating a Persona, screen persona that mirrors her public image by often portraying strong-willed and outspoken women. An Cultural impact of Cher, influential figure in popular culture, her continual reinvention has fueled multiple Comeback (publicity), comebacks over a career spanning more than six decades. Cher rose to fame in 1965 as part of the folk rock duo Sonny & Cher, early exponents of 1960s counterculture, while also scoring solo top-ten singles such as "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)". In the 1970s, she topped the Billboard Hot 100, US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with Storytelling, narrative Pop music, pop songs "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", "Half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Songs Recorded By Cher
American entertainer Cher has recorded songs for 27 studio albums and four soundtrack albums, and has been featured on songs on compilation albums or other artists' respective albums. She has also written or co-written several of her songs. Widely recognized as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Goddess of Pop", Cher has sold over 100 million records worldwide (as a solo artist) and a further 40 million as part of Sonny & Cher, making her one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling female recording artists in history. ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' ranked her as the 109th Greatest Artist of all time and the 49th Greatest Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100 Artist of all time. According to Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA, she has sold 12.5 million albums (including three multi-platinum, four platinum and nine gold records) in the United States. Her signature hit "Believe (Cher song), Believe" has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide, and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Awards And Nominations Received By Cher
Cher is an American singer, actress, producer, author and philanthropist. She has been honored with numerous worldwide awards and accolades recognizing her success in music, television, fashion and film, both as a solo artist and as part of Sonny & Cher. She has also been honored for her humanitarian and charity work. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival, making her one of few artists to have received those top honors. Cher is a Tony Award away from achieving the EGOT status (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) which is considered the "grand slam" of American show business. Complete awards and nominations history: Academy Awards The Academy Awards, or Oscars, is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry, and is organised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Cher has won one award from two nominations. ! , - , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cher Albums Discography
American entertainer Cher has released 27 studio albums, 11 compilation albums, four soundtrack albums, and three live albums. Widely recognized as the " Goddess of Pop", Cher has sold over 100 million records worldwide (as a solo artist) and a further 40 million as part of Sonny & Cher, making her one of the best-selling female recording artists in history. ''Billboard'' ranked her as the 109th Greatest Artist of all time and the 49th Greatest Hot 100 Artist of all time. According to RIAA, she has sold 12.5 million albums (including three multi-platinum, four platinum and nine gold records) in the United States. Her signature hit " Believe" has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide, and it is the UK's best-selling single by a female artist in history, and one of the best-selling physical singles of all time. In 1964 Cher signed a recording contract with Imperial Records, a label owned by Liberty Records. After the success of her first major single, Bob Dylan's " All I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cher Singles Discography
American entertainer Cher has released 80 official singles, 28 promotional singles and appeared in 36 other songs. On the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, she has achieved: 4 number 1 singles, 12 Top 10 singles, 22 Top 40 singles and a total of 34 charted singles as a solo artist. Combined with the entries she had as part of Sonny & Cher: 5 number 1 singles, 17 Top 10 singles, 32 Top 40 hits and a total of 52 singles which charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.Billboard magazine "40 Years of the Top 40" ''Billboard'', 19 September 1998. Retrieved 21 May 2014. Cher is the fifth-ranked female artist with the most ''Billboard'' US Hot 100 charted singles. She has reached the Top 10 on the Hot 100 at least once during each of four decades—the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny & Cher
Sonny & Cher were an American pop and entertainment duo in the 1960s and 1970s, made up of spouses Sonny Bono and Cher. The couple started their career in the mid-1960s as rhythm and blues, R&B backing singers for record producer Phil Spector. The pair first achieved fame with two hit songs in 1965, "Baby Don't Go" and "I Got You Babe". Signing with Atco/Atlantic Records, they released three studio albums in the late 1960s, as well as the soundtrack recordings for two unsuccessful movies, ''Good Times (film), Good Times'' and ''Chastity (1969 film), Chastity'', with Cher contributing vocals to one cut, "Chastity's Song (Band of Thieves)". In 1972, after three years of silence, the couple returned to the studio and released two other albums under the MCA/Kapp Records label. In the 1970s, they also positioned themselves as media personalities with two top-ten TV shows in the US, ''The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour'' and ''The Sonny & Cher Show''. The couple's career as a duo ended in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cher Filmography
Throughout her acting career, Cher has mainly starred in comedy, drama, and romance films. She has appeared in twenty films, including two as a cameo. She has also appeared in one starring theater role, one video game role, numerous television commercials and directed a piece of the motion picture '' If These Walls Could Talk'' in 1996 and some of her music videos of the Geffen-era in late 1980s and in early 1990s. Cher has starred in various international television commercials, as well as high-profile print advertising for Lori Davis (1992). Before she started her film career, she had a couple of hits in the 1960s, as a solo artist, and with her ex-husband Sonny Bono as the couple Sonny & Cher. Her first appearance as an actress was in 1967 in the American television series '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' as the model Ramona. That same year, she started her film career with Sonny Bono in the poorly received-film ''Good Times'' and later as a solo actress in the low budget feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cher Videography
American singer-actress Cher has released numerous music video titles since 1989 on VHS, LaserDisc, VCD and DVD. These listings include the official international videography, some titles and formats were only released in certain countries such as North America or the UK. Cher has also appeared on DVD releases for VH1 Divas live concerts '' Divas Live '99'', '' Divas 2002''. This list includes a comprehensive listing of official music video releases by Cher. Cher was ranked #17 on VH1's "50 Greatest Women of The Video Era" list. Music videos Second versions Second versions were created for some videos. While some are almost identical, some are completely different. Remix videos Video albums Fitness videos See also *List of best-selling music artists * List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.) *List of number-one dance hits (United States) *List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart References External linksOfficial Cher webs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny & Cher Discography
The discography of American pop rock duo Sonny & Cher consists of five studio albums, eight compilation albums, one soundtrack album, two live albums and twenty-three singles. Sonny and Cher had released three albums and one single which achieved Gold status in the United States: ''Look At Us'', ''Sonny & Cher Live'', ''All I Ever Need Is You'' and ''I Got You Babe''. In the decade they spent together, Sonny and Cher sold over 40 million records worldwide. Their debut single was released under the pseudonym ''Caesar and Cleo'', and was "The Letter", on the Vault Records label. Later in 1964 they released " Love Is Strange", a cover of Mickey & Sylvia's 1957 classic, and "Do You Wanna Dance" on the Reprise Records label, Those singles received little attention in the US and failed to chart in the ''Billboard'' 100. In 1964, "Baby Don't Go" was released as a single and was their first success, becoming a regional hit on the West Coast. After the success of "Baby Don't Go" the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Holt
Georgia Holt (born Jackie Jean Crouch; June 9, 1926 – December 10, 2022) was an American singer-songwriter, model, and occasional bit part actress. She was best known for being the mother of Cher. Early life Holt was born Jackie Jean Crouch on June 9, 1926, in Kensett, Arkansas, to Lynda Inez (née Gulley; 1913–2009) and Roy Malloy Crouch (1905–1969). Mr. Crouch was a baker at the time. Holt said she was of English, German, Irish, French, Dutch, and Cherokee descent. Frequently moving back and forth between her separated parents, Holt estimated that she attended 17 junior high schools. Her father taught her how to sing and play guitar. Career Holt sang on an Oklahoma City radio station when she was six years old, and by the age of 10, had sung with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. She won several talent and beauty competitions, and had a number of minor television and film roles in the 1950s. These included ''Watch the Birdie'' (1950), '' Grounds for Marriage'' (1951) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cher Concerts
American singer-actress Cher has embarked on seven concert tours and three concert residencies. As a solo artist, Cher has made concerts in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Cher's first ever concert was with her ex-husband Sonny Bono in 1966 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. In 1979, Cher embarked on her first solo concert tour, the Take Me Home Tour, with performances in Europe, North America, Africa and Oceania. After the success with disco music, Cher and her boyfriend at the time, Les Dudek, formed the new wave band Black Rose with which she did her first mini-tour, The Black Rose Show. Black Rose band during their tour were the opening act for Bob Seger in Europe and for Hall & Oates during the 1980 summer in North America. After eight years off the road, Cher did her second solo sold-out tour in 1990, the Heart of Stone Tour, which was followed up by 1992's Love Hurts Tour. The Love Hurts Tour is well known by fans for cancellations due to Cher's illness. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Bono
Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono ( ; February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American singer, songwriter, actor, and politician. In partnership with his second wife, Cher, he formed the singing duo Sonny & Cher. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Bono served as the 16th mayor of Palm Springs, California, from 1988 to 1992, and served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for California's 44th congressional district, California's 44th district from 1995 until his death in 1998. The United States Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, which extended the term of copyright by 20 years, was named in honor of Bono when it was passed by Congress nine months after his death. Mary Bono (his widow and successor in Congress) had been one of the original sponsors of the legislation, commonly known as the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. Early life Bono was born in Detroit, the son of Zena "Jean" (née DiMercurio) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah Blue Allman
Elijah Sky Blue Allman (born July 10, 1976), known professionally as P. Exeter Blue I (Phillips Exeter Blue), is an American musician, and the son of singer Cher and singer-songwriter Gregg Allman; he is the half-brother of Chaz Bono, Delilah Allman, Michael Allman, Layla Allman, and Devon Allman. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist and lyricist of the industrial rock band Deadsy. Career Allman is the singer and guitarist for the rock band Deadsy which, prior to its hiatus in April 2007, consisted of Alec Püre on drums, Dr. Nner on synthesizer, Carlton Megalodon on Ztar, and Jens Funke on bass. Deadsy released two albums: 2002's '' Commencement'', and '' Phantasmagore'', which came out on August 22, 2006. Many of the themes used by Allman in Deadsy have been heavily influenced by the 1955 film '' This Island Earth''. He was given his first guitar by Kiss bassist Gene Simmons, and at age 13, went on tour as a guitarist with Cher; he appears as a guitarist in the music vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
