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CHER
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Personal Data:

Born:

20.05.1946

(El Centro, California, USA, as Cherilyn Sakasian La Pierre)

Appearances:

1964-65	Caesar & Cleo
1965-74	Sonny & Cher
1980-81	Black Rose

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	All I Really Want To Do	9/1965	Imperial		7	16
2.	The Sonny Side Of Cher	4/1966	Imperial		11	26
3.	Bang Bang	1966
4.	Cher	9/1966	Imperial			59
5.	With Love - Cher	11/1967	Imperial		47
6.	Backstage	1968	Imperial
7.	Golden Greats	1968
8.	Cher's Greatest Hits	11/1968	Imperial
9.	3614 Jackson Highway	7/1969	Atco
10.	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	11/1971	Kapp			16
11.	Cher Sings The Hits	1972	Springboard
12.	Hits Of Cher	1972	United Artists
13.	Cher Superpak (2LP)	1/1972	United Artists			92
14.	Foxy Lady	7/1972	Kapp			43
15.	Cher Superpak, Vol. II (2LP)	10/1972	United Artists			95
16.	Bittersweet White Light	4/1973	MCA
17.	Half Breed	9/1973	MCA			28
18.	Dark Lady	5/1974	MCA			69
19.	The Very Best Of Cher	10/1974	United Artists
20.	Stars	09.05.1975	Warner Bros
21.	Greatest Hits	3/1975	MCA
22.	The Golden Hits Of Cher	11/1975	United Artists
23.	This Is Cher	1975	Imperial
24.	I'd Rather Believe In You	10/1976	Warner Bros
25.	Cherished	4/1977	Warner Bros
26.	Two The Hard Way credited to: Allman And Woman (& Gregg Allman)	04.11.1977	Warner Bros
27.	Take Me Home	2/1979	Casablanca			25
28.	Prisoner	10/1979	Casablanca
29.	I Paralyze	11/1982	Columbia
30.	The Best Of Cher	9/1985	Liberty
31.	Golden Greats	10/1985	MCA
32.	Cher	10/1987	Geffen		26	32
33.	Heart Of Stone	7/1989	Geffen		7	10
34.	The Ugly Duckling	17.10.1990	JDC
35.	Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - The Best Of Cher	3/1991	Liberty
36.	Love Hurts	6/1991	Geffen		1	48
37.	Cher's Greatest Hits 1965-1992 (2LP)	16.11.1992	Geffen		1
38.	Holdin' Out For Love	4/1993	Pulsar
39.	It's A Man's World	06.11.1995	WEA		10	64
40.	She's No Better Than Me	30.09.1996	Traditional Line
41.	Believe	02.11.1998	WEA		7	4
42.	If I Could Turn Back Time: Greatest Hits	09.03.1999	Geffen		7	57
43.	Sunny (in Germany)	27.04.1999
44.	Bang, Bang: The Early Years	5/1999	Liberty
45.	Black Rose	17.08.1999
46.	Outrageous	13.09.1999
47.	VH1 Divas Live/99 & Whitney Houston & Tina Turner & Brandy	11/1999	Arista			90
48.	The Greatest Hits	11/1999	WEA/Universal TV
49.	Live in Concert	16.11.1999
50.	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Cher	25.01.2000	MCA
51.	Not Commercial	08.11.2000	internet
52.	The Way Of Love (2CD)	12/200	MCA
53.	Essential Collection	04.12.2001	Hip-O
54.	Living Proof	05.03.2002	Warner Music		46	9
55.	You Better Sit Down Kids	03.12.2002	Disky
56.	Absolutely the Best, Vol. 1	10.12.2002	Varese
57.	The Very Best Of Cher	01.04.2003	Rhino		17	4
58.	The Very Best of Cher: Special Edition (2CD/live)	26.08.2003	Rhino/Warner Bros			83
59.	Cher Live: The Farewell Tour	26.08.2003	Rhino/Warner Bros			40
60.	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1	08.02.2005	Fuel 2000
61.	Gold	26.04.2005	Hip-O
62.	Chronicles	27.09.2005	Geffen
63.	Best of Cher: Green Series	29.04.2008	Universal
64.	Icon	04.01.2011	Geffen
65.	Closer To The Truth	24.09.2013	Warner Bros		4	3
66.	Dancing Queen (ABBA covers)	28.09.2018	Warner Bros		2	3
67.	Christmas	10/2023	Warner		5	32
68.	Forever	9/2024	Warner		44	163

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Dream Baby / Stan Quetzal	3/1965	Imperial
2.	All I Really Want To Do / I'm Gonna Love You	6/1965	Liberty	9	15
3.	Where Do You Go / See See Rider	29.10.1965	Liberty		25
4.	The Hits Of Cher	1966	Liberty
5.	Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) / Our Day Will Come	25.03.1966	Liberty	2	2
6.	Alfie / She's Not Better Than Me	15.07.1966	Imperial		32
7.	I Feel Something In The Air / Come To Your Window	29.07.1966	Liberty	43
8.	Sunny / She's No Better Than Me	30.09.1966	Liberty	32
9.	Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies) / Behind The Door	16.12.1966	Liberty		97
10.	Hey Joe / Our Day Will Come	8/1967	Imperial		94
11.	You Better Sit Down Kids / Elusive Butterfly	10/1967	Imperial		9
12.	Yours Until Tomorrow / Very Thought Of You	2/1969	Atco
13.	Chastity's Song / I Walk On Gilded Splinters (v USA)	4/1969	Atco
14.	I Walk On Gilded Splinters / Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (v GB)	6/1969	Atlantic
15.	For What It's Worth / (Just Enough To Keep Me) Hangin' On	9/1969	Atlantic		125
16.	You Made Me So Very Happy / First Time	11/1969	Atco
17.	Superstar / First Time	1970	Atco
18.	Lay Lady Lay / (Just Enough To Keep Me) Hangin' On	1971	Atco
19.	Don't Put It On Me / Classified A1	5/1971	Kapp
20.	Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves / He'll Never Know	24.09.1971	Kapp	3	1
21.	The Way Of Love / Don't Put It On Me	1/1972	Kapp		7
22.	The Way Of Love / Fire And Rain	18.02.1972	MCA
23.	Living In A House Divided / One Honest Man	5/1972	Kapp		22
24.	Don't Hide Your Love / The First Time	9/1972	Kapp		46
25.	Am I Blue / How Long Was This Been Going On	27.04.1973	RACA
26.	Half-Breed / Melody	7/1973	MCA		1
27.	Dark Lady / Two People Clinging To A Thread	18.01.1974	MCA	36	1
28.	Train Of Thought / Dixie Girl	5/1974	MCA		18
29.	I Saw A Man Who Danced With His Wife / I Hate To Sleep Alone	8/1974	MCA		42
30.	A Woman's Story / Baby, I Love You	12/1974	Warner Bros
31.	Rescue Me / Dixie Girl	24.04.1975	MCA
32.	A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day) / (Just Enough To Keep Me) Hangin' On & Harry Nilsson, (v USA 4/75)	11.07.1975	Spector
33.	Geronimo's Cadillac / These Days	1975	Warner Bros
34.	A Woman's Story / Baby, I Love You	19.03.1976	Warner Bros
35.	Long Distance Love Affair / Borrowed Time	10/1976	Warner Bros
36.	Pirate / Send The Man Over	1/1977	Warner Bros		93
37.	War Paint And Soft Feathers / Send The Man Over	1977	Warner Bros
38.	Love Me / Move Me credited to: Allman And Woman (& Gregg Allman)	02.12.1977	Warner Bros
39.	Take Me Home / My Song (Gone Too Far)	2/1979	Casablanca		8
40.	Wasn't It Good / It's Too Late To Love Me Now 12" + Take Me Home	5/1979	Casablanca		49
41.	Hell On Wheels / Git Down (Guitar Groupie)	28.09.1979	Casablanca		59
42.	It's Too Late To Leave Me Now / Shoppin'	3/1980	Casablanca
43.	Holding Out For Love / Boys And Girls (v USA)	3/1980	Casablanca
44.	Holdin' Out For Love / Outrageous	3/1980	Casablanca
45.	Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves / Dark Lady	7/1980	MCA
46.	Dead Ringer For Love / More Than You Deserve & Meat Loaf	11/1981	Epic	5
47.	Rudy / Do I Ever Cross Your Mind	3/1982	Columbia
48.	Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves / Half Breed	7/1982	Old Gold
49.	I Paralyze / Walk With Me	8/1982	Columbia
50.	Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) / All I Really Want To Do	7/1984	EMI Gold
51.	I Found Someone / Dangerous Times	10/1987	Geffen	5	10
52.	We All Sleep Alone / Working Girl 12",CD + I Found Someone	3/1988	Geffen	47	14
53.	Skin Deep / Perfection	7/1988	Geffen		79
54.	Dead Ringer For Love / More Than You Deserve & Meat Loaf, (reissue)	8/1988	Epic
55.	After All / Dangerous Times & Peter Cetera	3/1989	Geffen	84	6
56.	If I Could Turn Back Time / Some Guys 12" + Kiss To Kiss CD + I Found Someone	6/1989	Geffen	5	3
57.	Just Like Jesse James / Starting Over 12",CD + I Found Someone	10/1989	Geffen	7	8
58.	Heart Of Stone / All Because Of You 12",CD + Working Girl	1/1990	Geffen	43	20
59.	You Wouldn't Know Love / Kiss To Kiss 12" + Bang Bang / Heart Of Stone CD + If I Could Turn Back Time / I Found Someone / We All Sleep Alone (remix)	7/1990	Geffen	55
60.	Baby I'm Yours / (It's Been) Hard Enough Getting Over You 12",CD + Just Like Jesse James	15.10.1990	Geffen	89
61.	The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) / Baby I'm Yours 12",CD + We All Sleep Alone	11/1990	Epic	1	33
62.	Love And Understanding / Trail Of Broken Hearts 12",CD + If I Could Turn Back Time	6/1991	Geffen	7	17
63.	Save Up All Your Tears / A World Without Heroes 12",CD + Love And Understanding	9/1991	Geffen	37	37
64.	Love Hurts / One Small Step 12",CD + Just Like Jesse James	11/1991	Geffen	43
65.	Could've Been You / Love And Understanding 12",CD + Save Up All Your Tears	4/1992	Geffen	18
66.	Oh No, Not My Baby / Love Hurts CD + Love On A Rooftop / Main Man	10/1992	Geffen	26
67.	Many Rivers To Cross / Who You Gonna Believe	04.01.1993	Geffen	37
68.	Whenever You're Near / Could've Been You 12",CD + You Wouldn't Know Love / I'll Never Stop Loving You	2/1993	Geffen	72
69.	I Got You Babe / I Got You Babe & Beavis And Butthead	03.01.1994	Geffen	35
70.	Love Can Build A Bridge / Help CD + Can't Get Enough Of Your Love & Neneh Cherry & Chrissie Hynde & Eric Clapton & Bananarama & Tom Jones	06.03.1995	London	1
71.	Walking In Memphis / Angels Running CD + The Fall	10/1995	WEA	11
72.	One By One	08.01.1996	WEA	7	52
73.	Like This And Like That	2/1996
74.	Not Enough Love In The World	4/1996		31
75.	The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore	8/1996	WEA	26
76.	Rescue Me & Solomon J	13.07.1998	51st/Rough Trade
77.	Believe	09.11.1998	WEA	1	1
78.	Strong Enough	15.02.1999	WEA	5	57
79.	All Or Nothing (Almighty, K-Klass mixes)	21.06.1999	WEA	12
80.	Dov'e L'Amore (Ray Roc vocal mix, Tony Moran edit)	25.10.1999	WEA	21
81.	All Or Nothing (Danny Tenaglia mixes, Almighty mix & Metro edit) / Dov'e L'Amore (Todd Terry mixes, Tony Moran vocal mix & Ray Roc vocal mix)	08.11.1999	Warner Bros
	Dov'e L'Amore (Emilio Estefan Jnr, Ray Roc, Tony Moran remixes & Todd Terry edit)	08.11.1999	WEA
82.	If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time	11/1999
83.	Piu che puoi & Eros Ramazzotti	5/2001
84.	Music's No Good Without You	11/2001	Warner Music	8
85.	Alive Again	3/2002
86.	Song For The Lonely	15.04.2002	Warner Music		85
87.	When The Money's Gone / Love One Another	10.02.2003	Warner Music
88.	Play It Straight / Believe (reggae remix One Drop rhythm) & Serani & Melanie Fiona	02.10.2010	Benz
89.	You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me	1/2011
90.	Woman's World	27.11.2012
91.	I Hope You Find It	10/2013	Warner Bros	25
92.	Take It Like A Man	12.12.2013	Warner Music
93.	Fernando & Andy Garcia	7/2018	Polydor	92
94.	Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)	09.08.2018	Warner Bros
95.	DJ Play A Christmas Song	12/2023	Warner	18	90
96.	What Christmas Means To Me	12/2023	Warner	95
97.	DJ Play A Christmas Song	12/2024	Warner	39

Videos:

1. Extravaganza - Live At The Mirage - 1992, live
2. The Video Collection - 2/1993
3. Live In Concert - 1999, Warner Vision Int., live
4. Cher Live: The Farewell Tour - 26.08.2003, Image Entertainment, live

Movies:

1. Good Times (1967, directed by William Friedkin)
2. Chastity (1969, directed by Alessio De Paola)
3. Come Back To The Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
4. Silkwood (1984, directed by Mike Nichols)
5. Mask (1985, directed by Peter Bogdanovich)
6. The Witchess Of Eastwick (1987, directed by George Miller)
7. Suspect (1987, directed by Peter Yates)
8. Moonstruck (1988, directed by Norman Jewison)
9. Mermaids (1991, directed by Richard Benjamin)
10. Tea With Mussollini (1999)
11. Breakers (1999)
12. Stuck On You (2003, starring, directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly )
13. Burlesque (2010, starring, directed by Steven Antin)

Bibliography:

Mick St. Michael: Cher - A Visual Documentary

Awards:

1988 Oscar ("Moonstruck")
1998 New Musical Express No. 1 UK Single ("Believe")
1999 Grammy Awards - Pop Dance Recording ("Believe")
2000 Echo Awards (Germany) - Most Successful International Female Artist
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Female Artist - Pop
2002 Billboard Music Awards

- Dance/club play artist of the year
- Artist Achievement Award

2003 Emmy Awards

- outstanding variety, music or comedy special award ("Cher - The Farewell Tour")
- outstanding costumes ("Cher - The Farewell Tour")
- outstanding technical direction ("Cher - The Farewell Tour")

2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

Various:

26.6.1974 divorced Sonny Bono
30.6.1974 married Greggem Allmanem
16.1.1979 divorced Gregg Allman

Compilation Appearances:

"I Got You Babe" on compilation "The Beavis And Butthead Experience" (22.11.93, Geffen)
"Believe" / "Song For The Lonely" / "Heartbreak Hotel" on compilation "Divas Las Vegas" (22.10.02, Epic)
"Believe" on compilation "Woman & Songs" (27.4.04, Warner Bros)

appeared on the SP:

Bonnie And The Treasures: Home Of The Brave (9/65)
The Standells: The Boy Next Door (1965, Vee Jay)

appeared on the LP:

Meat Loaf: Dead Ringer (4.9.81, Epic)
Rosie O'Donnell: A Rosie Christmas (2.11.99, Columbia)

Press References:

Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1988	8		20	Melodie ze světa	profile
1992	4		36	Recenze	album review
1993	3		36	Recenze	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	34	25.08.1973	16	New Singles	single review
1975	17	26.04.1975	13	Singles	single review
1975	28	12.07.1975	14	Singles	single review
1975	37	13.09.1975	19	Singles	single review
1977	48	26.11.1977	3		interview
1977	48	26.11.1977	14	Caught In The Act	gig review
1977	48	26.11.1977	32	Albums	album review
1977	49	03.12.1977	18	Singles	single review
1979	14	14.04.1979	28	Albums	album review
1979	37	29.09.1979	34	Singles	single review
1979	40	20.10.1979	22	Singles	single review
1990	0	27.10.1990	25	Live!	gig review
1990	0	03.11.1990	15	Talk Talk Talk
1992	18	02.05.1992	48	True Stories - Biting Tongues
1992	20	16.05.1992	46	True Stories - Biting Tongues
1992	21	23.05.1992	44	True Stories - Biting Tongues
1993	2	09.01.1993	25	Singles	single review
1994	1	01.08.1994	27	Singles	single review
1996	2	13.01.1996	28	Singles	single review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1965	0	17.09.1965	3	recenze LP	album review
1965	0	29.10.1965	4	Singles	single review
1966	0	25.03.1966	4	Singles	single review
1966	0	08.04.1966	9	Question Time
1966	0	29.07.1966	4	Singles	single review
1974	0	16.02.1974	18	Albums	album review
1974	0	24.08.1974	14	Albums	album review
1975	0	21.06.1975	19	Platters	album review
1975	0	06.09.1975	9	Thrills
1975	0	13.12.1975	20	Platters	album review
1976	0	03.01.1976	22	Soul
1976	0	20.11.1976	28	Platters	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	11	28.09.1990	27	LP,MC,CD,Demo	album review, demo review
1991	14	19.07.1991	18	Profily	profile
1996	1		88	Recenze	album review
1999	2		14	Pelmel
1999	3		101	Recenze - Novinky	album review
1999	6		103	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2000	1		103	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2001	4		102	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2001	12		113	Recenze - Singles	single review
2003	10		78	Recenze	album review
Rolling Stone
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1999	1		16	Zoom