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  Sonny and Cher
Sonny and Cher proved to be one of the magical musical combinations of the mid '60s and one of the better rock-influenced acts of the early '70s, their wisecracking repartee providing counterpoint to a series of adoring hit duets.
Sonny and Cher were later married and although she was reluctant, the pair formed a professional duet, initially known as Caesar and Cleo.
He continued to represent Cher's business interests (the name Sonny and Cher is trademarked), and was beginning to make a mark as a conservative Republican member of the California House delegation when he died in a skiing accident in 1998.
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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sonny and Cher
Sonny and Cher were an American rock and roll duo, made up of husband and wife team Sonny Bono and Cher in the 1960s and 1970s.
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour was a variety show that ran on CBS in the United States from August 1971 until May 1974.
Sonny and Cher was an American rock and roll duo, made up of husband and wife team Sonny Bono and Cher in the 60s and 70s.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sonny-and-Cher   (1160 words)

  
 The Sonny and Cher Shows : Part Four
Mid-season, the Sonny and Cher Show was moved to Friday nights at 9, then to Monday nights at 10 as the program attempted to appeal to a more adult audience - as a result, the opening dialogues between Sonny and Cher were better than ever as the couple sparred over their separately dysfunctional lives.
Sonny and Cher Show hovered near the bottom of the ratings for most of the second year before limping off the air August 29, 1977.
Sonny and Cher were canceled for good after hosting four different variety series between them in just six years.
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 Free Sonny and Cher Music Online, Music Downloads, Music Videos and Lyrics - Rhapsody Online
Salvatore "Sonny" Bono and Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPiere (or "Cher" as she was later nicknamed) were both making music on their own, predating their partnership as "Sonny and Cher," the singing, bickering, entertaining duo that became a household name in the 1960s and '70s.
Cher was one of the hip, young Sunset Strip scenesters trying to make it.
Sonny died in a bizarre skiing accident that decapitated him in 1998.
www.rhapsody.com /sonnyandcher/more.html   (333 words)

  
  The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Information
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour was a variety show that ran on CBS in the United States from August 1971 until May 1974.
Cher's first feature film, Chastity, was not a success, and the duo decided to sing and tell jokes in nightclubs across the country.
However, with Cher being married to Gregg Allman and being pregnant with his child, plus with the looming threat of sketch comedy shows such as Saturday Night Live and SCTV that were putting the nail in the coffin for variety shows, the show ran two seasons.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/The_Sonny_&_Cher_Comedy_Hour   (465 words)

  
  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Sonny and Cher
Sonny and Cher was an American rock and roll duo, made up of husband and wife team Sonny Bono and Cher in the 60s and 70s.
The couple hosted a number of television series and specials, including The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour in 1971, The Sonny and Cher Show in 1976.
The marriage and the musical duo ended in 1975 when Bono and Cher were divorced.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/so/Sonny_and_Cher   (142 words)

  
 Sonny & Cher Biography
Sonny and Cher proved to be one of the magical musical combinations of the mid '60s and one of the better rock-influenced MOR acts of the early '70s, their wisecracking repartee providing counterpoint to a series of adoring hit duets.
The first couple of singles by Cher and Sonny and Cher failed, but then producer Snuff Garrett, who had been at Liberty when Cher was there but had never worked with her, was brought in, and the result was "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves," a career-reviving number one hit.
He continued to represent his ex-wife's business interests, even after his subsequent remarriage (the name Sonny and Cher is trademarked), and was beginning to make a mark as a conservative Republican member of the California House delegation when he died in a skiing accident in 1998.
www.timelessmusic.com /Bios/biosonnycher_548.htm   (797 words)

  
 TVToys.com Library - Sonny and Cher
Sonny’s perseverance eventually led to the idea that their routine would be great material for a comedy show on television.
Sonny had always been the one to forge new ventures for the duo in the past, but this time Cher asked Sonny to reunite their TV partnership for "The Sonny and Cher Show" in 1976.
Sonny and Cher weren’t able to recover their original variety show audience, and the reunion ended in little over a year.
tvtoys.com /library/sony_and_cher/index.htm   (1943 words)

  
 Sonny And Cher Artistfacts
Sonny was ten years older than Cher, who was still in her teens when their first hit, "Baby Don't Go" reached the upper half of Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
Cher was a session singer for Phil Spector, Sonny was a record promoter for him and got her the gig after meeting her in a coffee shop.
Sonny managed the couple's business affairs, even after their divorce, and even after he married his third wife, Mary ("Sonny and Cher" is trademarked).
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 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
Sonny Bono- Sonny Bono was born Salvatore Bono in 1935.
Sonny tryed to come back in television, but his next two shows "The Sonny Comedy Revue" and "The Sonny and Cher Show" were not ratings grabbers.
Cher Sarkisian Lapierre- Cherilyn Sarkisian Lapierre, a half-American Cherokee Indian was born in 1946 in Calfiornia.
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 Just Plain Cher - Cher Music, Photos, Movies, Pictures, Videos - Content
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour began in 1971 a five week run as a summer replacement series, and proved an instant hit with audiences - the couple were soon given their own prime time show.
Cher enjoyed more success with The Cher Show, but by the second season she had grown tired of battles with network producers and censors, and the pressures of fronting a one-woman show.
During its second season, "The Sonny & Cher Show" continued to be beaten in the ratings by "The Six Million Dollar Man", so CBS moved "The Sonny & Cher Show" to Friday nights in January of 1977.
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 Sonny & Cher by Ward Lamb
Cher lovingly and humorously described in her moving eulogy at Sonny's funeral in January 1998, that Sonny had indeed told her that he was a descendent of Napoleon, and that his family had shortened that name when they arrived in this country.
Cher's vocal, "Band of Thieves," completely out of sync with the rest of the melodramatic score, foreshadowed a really good song she did two years later, though "Band of Thieves" was no "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves." Sonny and Cher were recording unworthy, unfocused material with less than stellar arrangements.
Cher was not assertive enough to put her stamp on the material, and too many cuts were cover songs done as well or better by the original artists.
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 Cher Convention - Cher
Then "I Got You Babe" was written, and from that day on, Cher became known as the female half of the pop duo "Sonny and Cher".
Cher toured during the early 90's, spanning 2 years with the "Heart of Stone Tour" and the "Love Hurts Tour".
It was also during the 90's that Cher was asked to sing at the "1999 Super Bowl", knocking everyone out of their seats, and bringing many to tears, with her rendition of our "National Anthem".
www.cherconvention.com /Cher.htm   (593 words)

  
 Sonny and Cher Shows: TVparty!
When The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour debuted on CBS the first day of August in 1971 as a five-week summer replacement series, it was an immediate ratings hit.
Cher explained why the act broke up: "If you watched The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour you assumed I was this wisecracking girl who ran our lives off stage because Sonny seemed so meek and easy going.
With the TV show finishing 8th for the 1973-74 season, Sonny Bono filed for divorce; 58 hours later on February 22, 1974, the final episode of 'The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour' was taped.
www.tvparty.com /sonnycher.html   (826 words)

  
 Just Plain Cher - Cher Music, Photos, Movies, Pictures, Videos - Sonny Bono's Eulogy
Some people thought that Son wasn't very bright, but he was smart enough to take an introverted 16-year-old girl and a scrappy little Italian guy with a bad voice and turn them into the most successful and beloved couple of this generation.
And some people thought that Son wasn't to be taken seriously because he allowed himself to be the butt of the jokes on the Sonny and Cher show.
And he wanted to make people laugh so much that he had the confidence to be the butt of the joke because he created the joke.
www.justplaincher.net /eulogy.html   (1354 words)

  
 Sonny and Cher, pictures, bio and songs
SONNY --In 1954 Sonny moves to Los Angelos, California.
Sonny introduces her to producer Phil Spector; and she gets a job as back up singer for the Ronettes.
SONNY AND CHER --By 1963, they begin to sing together under the names of Caesar and Cleo.
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 Online Speech Bank: Cher -- Eulogy for Sonny Bono
Some people thought that Son wasn't very bright, but he was smart enough to take an introverted 16-year-old girl and a scrappy little Italian guy with a bad voice and turn them into the most successful and beloved couple of this generation.
And some people thought that Son wasn't to be taken seriously because he allowed himself to be the butt of the jokes on the Sonny and Cher show.
Because he was Sonny way before we were Sonny and Cher.
www.americanrhetoric.com /speeches/chereulogytosonnybono.htm   (1360 words)

  
 Sonny & Cher Articles: Classic Television Blog
I'd totally give them the spot but it took Sonny too long to turn politico and Cher didn't start acting until later.
All Headline News reported that Cher was recognized as being a pioneer in "groundbreaking" red carpet fashion at a private catwalk show titled "A Celebration of Oscar Fashion." Cher's been famed over the years for her outfits at the annual Oscars.
While at Atlantic Records, Ertegun helped develop a number classic pop icons, such as: Ray Charles, Sonny and Cher, The Rolling Stones, and Aretha Franklin, just to name a few.
www.classictelevisionblog.com /tv/sonny_cher   (613 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Cher and Sonny & Cher - Greatest Hits (1974): Music: Sonny & Cher   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Being limited to that era in itself would not make this a "bad" compilation, however, even with this narrow focus, this disc falls short in that it doesn't even include all the charted singles they achieved during this period of their career.
Not to say there aren't many very enjoyable Sonny and Cher tunes here - Cher's version of Kathy Kirby's "The Way Of Love" is a superb accomplishment for one along with the pop gems "All I Ever Need Is You" and "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves".
Beyond the repertoire failings, the sound quality is overall fine and the liner notes provide a brief history of their career during this era.
www.amazon.com /Cher-Sonny-Greatest-Hits/dp/B0000062XV   (606 words)

  
 Sonny and Cher Summary
Though Sonny claimed to be stunned by the charges—he wrote in his diary, "I though I was teaching; she thought I was intimidating"—Cher insisted that he had been controlling and stifling.
Sonny and Cher, who chose to use their one-word names after the divorce, each went on to extraordinary careers separately.
Sonny and Cher were an American rock and roll duo, made up of husband and wife team Sonny Bono and Cher in the 1960s and 1970s.
www.bookrags.com /Sonny_and_Cher   (2016 words)

  
 Definition of Sonny and Cher
Sonny and Cher's biggest hit, I Got You Babe hit the #1 spot in July 1965.
The marriage and the musical duo ended in 1974 when Bono and Cher were divorced.
During the performance, Cher remained resistant to the reunion, while Bono felt the earnestness of the moment.
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 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sonny at least knew he was not a versatile entertainer, and chose to go into politics, where he belonged.
Musical number: Sonny and Cher sing a tender melody, as only they can, to Chastity Bono, who drools and farts in their arms, and stares directly into the camera the whole time, probably already plotting her revenge.
And a clarification for the previous poster, it wasn't just "Sonny and Cher performing while Cher carried a drug addict's baby." It was that she was performing with Sonny while carrying a DIFFERENT drug addict's baby.
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 TVToys.com Library - Sonny and Cher
Sonny’s perseverance eventually led to the idea that their routine would be great material for a comedy show on television.
Sonny had always been the one to forge new ventures for the duo in the past, but this time Cher asked Sonny to reunite their TV partnership for "The Sonny and Cher Show" in 1976.
Sonny and Cher weren’t able to recover their original variety show audience, and the reunion ended in little over a year.
www.tvtoys.com /library/sony_and_cher/index.htm   (1943 words)

  
 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour was a comedy musical variety series with Sonny Bono and his wife Cher singing songs, ad-libbing one-liners at each other, and performing with their guest stars who encompassed some of the most popular TV and movie celebrities of the day!
Sonny was delivering meat for a butcher shop and writing songs in his spare time when he was hired by the promotion department of "Art Rupe's Specialty Records" in the late 1950s.
So Sonny came up with the idea of them forming a duet even though he was the first to admit that he was no headliner as a singer.
www.crazyabouttv.com /sonnychercomedyhour.html   (1371 words)

  
 Collins' Oldies Website: Sonny and Cher
Cher sings all the solo parts, playing the role of a girl whose "little man" helps her face society with confidence.
The parts Sonny and Cher sing together, beginning with "little girl," are sung from the perspective of the guy, who assures the girl he's always around when she needs him.
Cher's character's boyfriend may not be attractive or smart, but she loves him just the same.
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Sonny's, entitled The Sonny Comedy Revue, debuted on ABC in the fall of 1974.
The tone of Sonny & Cher shifted toward more mainstream entertainment and led to success on television with their own variety series in the early 70s: The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour.
Cher's terrific, gypsy-influenced "Little Man" and dryly witty "Podunk" are the highlights of her solo set.
www.lycos.com /info/sonny-and-cher.html   (382 words)

  
 The Sonny & Cher Show TV Show - The Sonny & Cher Show Television Show - TV.com
With their solo ventures limping along after one season, a professional reconciliation was reached and the duo reteamed for The Sonny & Cher Show in February 1976.The new series debuted to outstanding ratings and high expectations.
An attempt to romantically reunite Sonny & Cher (or at least their alter egos, LaVerne and Alvin) did not seem to be enough to keep the show from slipping in the ratings.
Sonny and Cher singing and kind of acting and generally having fun with their friends.
www.tv.com /sonny-and-cher-show/show/3256/summary.html   (818 words)

  
 sonny&cher
Catherine Marie and Mark are the UK's only true Sonny and Cher tribute act.
The Sonny and Cher Shows are an entertaining and comical experience that feature the well-loved, all time classic and very popular song- 'I Got You Babe'.
Sonny and Cher guest appearence special, can be booked as part of the Spirit of Cher show for that added nostalgia and comedy romance.
www.spirit-of-cher.co.uk /sonnyandcher.htm   (194 words)

  
 Sonny and Cher
Snuff was Sonny and Cher's producer and Lenny engineered and mixed all those old hits with SandC and later with Cher alone.
Sonny, who worked with, and learned everything from Phil Spector, always tried to be the master of ceremonies at sessions.
She was on the mic and Sonny asked "which doctor?" She mentioned some name and Sonny had an assistant make the call.
www.barryrudolph.com /stories/sonny.html   (393 words)

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