Due to the rush of
our daily activities, most of us missed the fact that one of our favorite
performers just had a birthday not long ago.
Cherilyn Sarkisian
Bono Allman was born on May 20, 1946, which makes her 72 years old.
She first burst
onto to the music scene in 1965, when she teamed up with Sonny Bono to form the
duo known as “Sonny and Cher ”. Right out of
the box, their song, “”I’ve got you, babe” reached number one on the American
and British charts. By the end of 1967, they had sold 40 million records
worldwide, and became Time magazine’s “it” couple. Even before she married
Sonny in 1969, she also embarked on a solo career in 1966, and in 1970, she
started The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.
After divorcing
Sonny in 1975, she started performing in Las
Vegas
She continued to
release records, , and she also continued to tour. Her 2002-2006 "Living Proof:
The Farewell Tour” became one of the highest grossing tours of all time,
earning $250 million. In 2008, she signed a three year deal with Caesar’s
Palace in Las Vegas
Later on this
year, she will be performing in the film, “Mama Mia! Here We Go Again”, and she
will also be traveling to Australia
In her career, Cher has won a Grammy, an Emmy, an academy Award, three
Golden Globes, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and a special CFDA Fashion Award.
Sharon and I saw
Cher in concert once in Chicago
Her father was an
Armenian-American truck driver with drug and gambling
problems, and her
mother was a was an occasional model and actress. Her father wasn’t around much
when she was an infant, and her parents divorced when she was 10 months old.
Her dad’s side of
the family has a fair amount of gypsy blood, and her mother’s side was English,
German, and Cherokee. For that reason, she has a strong personal connection to
“gypsies, tramps, and thieves” and “half breed” .
Just for fun,
let’s listen to both of them again.
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