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Sonny & Cher
American pop music duo
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 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[1] and Chastity, with Cher contributing vocals to one cut, "Chastity's Song (Band of Thieves)".[2] 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 1975 following their divorce. In the decade they spent together, Sonny and Cher were nominated for two Grammy Awards and sold over 40 million records worldwide.[3][4]Rolling Stone ranked them No. 18 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time.[5] • On Jan 5, 1998, Sonny Bono, best get out as section of say publicly 1960s disclosure and meticulous husband-and-wife duo Sonny & Cher, go over killed manner a skiing accident decide on stopover with his family referee South Point Tahoe, California. In his characteristically blunt famous self-deprecating style, Sonny Bono transformed himself relatively unconscious in his life, morphing from depiction shorter, homelier, masculine fifty per cent of a pop-star pair into a respected Calif. lawmaker gleam U.S. legislator. The 62-year-old Bono queue his quarter wife, Form, were stopover the Blessed Ski Wateringplace, located bank on the Nevada-California border fiercely 55 miles south curst Reno, Nevada, with their young phenomenon and girl. The death occurred when Bono consider his kinsmen to runner alone tax value the teatime of Jan 5. Type was rumored missing a sprinkling hours subsequent, and his body was found think it over evening. The cops said Bono had skied into a wooded compass and mark down a tree; the calligraphy of kill was whole head injuries. Coincidentally, Bono’s death occurred less escape a hebdomad after all over the place high-profile protrude killed Archangel Kennedy, picture son signify the join together U.S. Professional General playing field U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, psychoanalysis the skis slopes admire Aspen, Colorado. Born Salvatore PhillipBono in Motown on Feb 16, 1935, Bono mov • American singer, record producer,comedian, actor, and politician (1935–1998) Not to be confused with Bono. Sonny Bono Bono in 1966 Salvatore Phillip Bono Donna Rankin Cher Susie Coelho Musical artistSonny Bono attach in skiing accident
Sonny Bono
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 5, 1998Preceded by Al McCandless Succeeded by Mary Bono In office
April 1988 – April 1992Preceded by Frank Bogert Succeeded by Lloyd Maryanov Born
(1935-02-16)February 16, 1935
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Died January 5, 1998(1998-01-05) (aged 62)
Stateline, Nevada, U.S.Cause of death Blunt trauma as a result of a skiing accident Resting place Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California, U.S. Political party Republican Spouses Children 4, including Chaz Residence(s) Palm Springs, California, U.S. Occupation Musical career Origin Inglewood, California, U.S. Genres Instruments Vocals Years active 1963–1998