Cher And Sonny
Cher and sonny bono who found fame singing i got you babe to each other in 1965 are one of the 20th centurys most iconic couples.
Cher and sonny. In an attempt to resuscitate their fading star sonny and cher rebranded themselves as a vegas duo singing and performing comedy. Sonny cher were an american rock duo of entertainers made up of husband and wife sonny bono and cher in the 1960s and 1970s. At that time she had a brief relationship with actor warren beatty. However their relationship was uniquely complicated.
The couple formed a professional and personal partnership that. Sonny and cher in the early 1960s bonos life changed after meeting a young woman named cherilyn sarkisian better known as cher. Frustrated she quit fresno high school at 16 to pursue her dream. The pair first achieved fame with two hit songs in 1965 baby dont go and i got you babe.
Sonny bono a songwriter and record producer for phil spector wrote the lyrics to and composed the music of the song for himself and his then wife cher late at night in their basementwhen cher was woken up to sing the lyrics she hated the song and didnt think it would soon be a hit and immediately went back to bed. Cher had undiagnosed dyslexia which acutely affected her studies. At first this seemed as doomed as their other projects but eventually cher and sonny were able to hit on a good formula with their act growing gradually more popular. Sonny cher proved 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 couple started their career in the mid 1960s as rb backing singers for record producer phil spector.