A question about singer CHER?!
Question: how can I find out more about her? and how can I meet her one day?
Answers: how can I find out more about her? and how can I meet her one day?
go to her site and write to her
You can find out more about her through Wikipedia or maybe her own website (if she has one, I don't know). Look online to see if she's doing any public events, and if she is, go to one.
Go to Wikideaia and go to her websites do some reasearch where to send her letters and try hard and you'll meet her one day Hope
Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre on May 20, 1946[1]) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, author and entertainer. Among her many accomplishments in music, television and film, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, a Cannes Film Award, two Echo Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, several Billboard Music Awards and honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Cher first rose to prominence in 1965 as one half of the pop/rock duo Sonny & Cher. She also established herself as a solo recording artist, releasing 25 albums, numerous compilations and tallying 34 Billboard Top 40 entries over her career, both solo and with Sonny. These include eighteen Top 10 singles and five number one singles (four solo). Cher has had 16 top ten hits in the UK between 1965 and 2003 which includes a single recorded with Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton for Comic Relief entitled "Love Can Build a Bridge", which made number 1, another as a duet with Meat Loaf and three more as part of the duo Sonny & Cher. Four of these 16 reached number one (two solo).
She became a television star in the 1970s and a film actress in the 1980s. In 1987, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the romantic comedy Moonstruck.
In a career surpassing 40 years, Cher has been described as an enduring pop icon[2] and one of the most popular female artists in music history.[3] Since her debut in 1964, Cher has sold over 100 million records worldwide and an estimated 70 million solo singles, becoming one of the biggest-selling artists of all time. Her personal net worth is now estimated to be around $620 million
Cher was born in El Centro, California, on May 20, 1946, at 7:25 a.m. Her father, John Sarkisian, was an Armenian refugee who worked as a truck driver.[6] Her mother, Jackie Jean Crouch ("Georgia Holt"), born at Sharp County, Arkansas, 9 June 1927 (née Jackie Jean Crouch[7]), an aspiring actress and occasional model, is of Cherokee, English, German and Irish descent.[8][9] Cher's mother and father separated and divorced when she was young and she was raised primarily by her mother (whose later husbands include John Southall), who had married Gilbert LaPierre, a banker who adopted Cher.[6] Due to financial problems, Cher's mother placed her in foster care for a time as a child. Later, her mother provided acting lessons to help further her career.[10] In those years Cher had a relationship with actor Warren Beatty.[11] Due to severe, undiagnosed dyslexia, she left Fresno High School at the age of 16
The much older Sonny (he was already 27) was working for record producer Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios in Hollywood.[11] Sonny and Cher became fast friends, eventual lovers, and later married. Through Sonny, Cher started as a session singer, and sang backup on several of Spector’s classic recordings, including The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Loving Feeling", The Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron" and The Ronettes’ "Be My Baby".[11]
Her first solo recording was the unsuccessful novelty single "Ringo, I Love You," released under the pseudonym of Bonnie Jo Mason and produced by Phil Spector.[11] Her second attempt was "Dream Baby," released under the name "Cherilyn" and written and produced by Sonny Bono. Both were released in 1964.[citation needed]
With Sonny continuing to write, arrange and produce the songs, Sonny and Cher’s first incarnation was as the duo "Caesar and Cleo(patra)."[13] They received little attention, despite releasing the single "The Letter" in late 1964 which featured the B-side "Baby Don't Go".
Prior to being known as Sonny and Cher, the duo released an album under the name of "Caesar and Cleo". Later they adopted the name of Sonny and Cher. Now calling themselves Sonny & Cher, the duo released their first album Look at Us in the summer of 1965. This album contained the overnight smash single "I Got You Babe" (1965) which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in August of 1965. Cher was 19 years old, Sonny 30. A re-released "Baby Don't Go", peaked at number eight.
Several more mid-level hits followed, notably "Just You" (#20, 1965) "But You're Mine" (#15, 1965), "What Now My Love" (#14, 1966) and "Little Man" (#21, 1966), before "The Beat Goes On" (#6, 1967) returned the duo to the Top 10. Sonny and Cher charted a total of 11 Billboard Top 40 hits between 1965 and 1972, including 6 Top 10 hits.
The duo became a sensation, traveling and performing around the world. Following an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in the fall of 1965 in which Mr. Sullivan had infamously pronounced her name 'Chur' during their introduction, the singer began spelling her name with a (misleading) acute accent: Chér.[citation needed] The couple soon appeared on other hit television shows of the era including American Bandstand, Top of the Pops, Hollywood a Go-Go, Podunk, Hollywood Palace, Hullabaloo, Beat Club, Ready Steady Go! and Shindig!.
While initially perceived as the slightly awkward and less important half of the popular singing duo, Cher disguised her stage fright and nervousness with quick-witted barbs directed at her partner.[citation needed] She soon rose to prominence as the more outspoken, daring and provocative half of the team. With her dark, exotic looks, she became a fashion trendsetter, helping to popularize fashions such as bellbottoms, and incorporating "hippie" attire and eccentric gowns and elaborate costumes into their live shows.[citation needed]
Later in 1965, Cher released her debut solo album, titled All I Really Want to Do which reached number 16 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The gold-certified album contained a cover of the Bob Dylan song "All I Really Want to Do" which peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 1966, Cher released her second solo album on the Imperial Records label, The Sonny Side of Cher. It peaked at number 26 in the U.S. charts, and number 11 in the UK chart. It contained the singles "Where Do You Go (#25 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"(#2 on the Billboard Hot 100). Both hits were written and produced by Sonny Bono. In the United States, the latter was Cher's biggest solo hit of the 1960s. Other artists to record versions of the song include Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Cliff Richard, Petula Clark, and Terry Reid. Also in 1966, she released another album, Cher; The album itself was not as successful as its two predecessors. However, it did manage to provide the European top ten hit "Sunny".
In an attempt to capitalize on the duo’s initial success, Sonny speedily arranged a film project for the duo to star in. But the 1967 feature, Good Times, was a major bomb, despite the efforts of fledgling director William Friedkin and co-star George Sanders.[14] Cher continued to establish herself as a solo artist and released the album Backstage. The album was a flop
Sonny and Cher's career had stalled by 1968, as album sales dried up. Their gentle, easy-listening rock folk sound and drug-free life had become "unhip" in an era becoming increasingly consumed with psychedelic rock, and the overall evolutionary change in the American pop culture landscape during the late 1960s.
Sonny and Cher's only child together, Chastity Bono, was born on March 4, 1969. The duo made another unsuccessful foray into film later in 1969 with Bono writing and producing the film Chastity, intended as a dramatic debut for Cher as an actress. That film (directed by first and only-time director Alessio De Paulo) was also a commercial failure.[14]
Sonny decided to forge ahead, carving a new career for the duo in Las Vegas resorts, where they sharpened their public persona with Cher as the wise-cracking singer, and Sonny as the good-natured recipient of her insults. In reality, Sonny controlled every aspect of their act, from the musical arrangements to the joke-writing. While success was slow to come, their luck improved when network TV talent scouts attended a show, noting their potential appeal for a variety series..............etc.
In the early 1960s Cher had a relationship with the actor Warren Beatty.[11] Sonny & Cher first met in 1962. Though they had claimed to be married as early as 1963, and exchanged rings in Tijuana, Mexico, it is believed that they weren’t legally married until an impromptu ceremony in Las Vegas in 1969.[citation needed] Their first and only child is Chastity Sun Bono born March 4, 1969.[37] Cher married her second husband, rock star Gregg Allman, in 1975. They later separated and were divorced in 1977. Their son is Elijah Blue Allman of the band Deadsy, who was born in 1976.
Following their break-up, Cher was involved in a number of very public relationships with high profile men including record executive David Geffen and Gene Simmons, bass guitarist from the rock band Kiss.[38]
In the early 1980s, Cher dated guitarist Les Dudek, with whom she had worked on the Black Rose project. In the mid-1980s, she was rumored to have dated a number of younger film stars, including Eric Stoltz and Val Kilmer.[39] In 2006, her son, Elijah Blue Allman, indicated on The Howard Stern show that Cher in fact had a romantic relationship with actor Tom Cruise in the mid-1980s.[39] She had a well-publicized romance in 1986 with a much younger Rob Camiletti. When they met, he was 22 and she was 40. The media dubbed him “Bagel Boy,” as it was learned that he was once a baker in a bagel shop.[40] It was widely speculated in the tabloid press[citation needed] that the couple were planning to marry, but this never occurred. In the mid-1980s she had a relationship with Josh Donen.
Cher was involved with Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora for two years in the early 1990s, and has also been linked to musicians Eric Clapton and Mark Hudson.[11] Rumours also circulated that Cher was romantically involved with a member of her band during the Farewell Tour.
Over the span of her lengthy career, Cher also has been rumored to be romantically linked to numerous men including the singers Elvis Presley and Ricky Martin, the actors Ray Liotta, Matt Dillon, John Heard, TV host John Loeffler and Toby Anstis and the ice hockey player Ron Duguay, but most of these affairs are unconfirmed so far
Cher has become one of the wealthiest entertainers in the industry. According to a 2002 Rolling Stone magazine article, her personal net worth was estimated to be over US$600 million.[citation needed] She is noted for her expansive collection of real estate and maintains a primary home in Malibu, California, valued at US$25 million.[citation needed] It was reported in April 2006 that Cher had purchased a condominium in the Sierra Towers in West Hollywood, California, for US$4.5 million.[41] In May 2006, she sold her Florida mansion for US$8.8 million.[citation needed] In addition, she owns homes in Aspen, Colorado, and London. She has claimed to own an impressive antique and art collection reportedly worth US$192.5 million,[citation needed] and her recent contract for a residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas will earn her US$60 million.[citation needed]
In July 2006, it was announced that Cher, in conjunction with Sotheby's and Julien's Auctions, was planning to auction about 800 of her personal possessions from her Italian Renaissance-themed Malibu estate, including numerous antiques, art collectibles, paintings, career memorabilia, furniture (including her bed) as well as numerous pieces of jewelry, clothing, stage costumes, gowns, a 2003 H2 Hummer and her 2005 Bentley. The event, which took place October 3-5 2006 in Beverly Hills, California, raised US$3.5 million.[citation needed] Cher had said a large percentage of the proceeds will benefit the Cher Charitable Foundation.
Unlike her late ex-husband Sonny Bono, Cher has always been a staunch Democrat.[citation needed] She has attended and performed at Democratic Party conventions and events. Today, she considers herself a Democrat by default, but more of an Independent because of what she perceives to be the recent moderate to conservative leanings of the current Democratic Party.[citation needed]
Cher has always defined herself as an anti-war activist; she demonstrated against the Vietnam War and the video for Turn Back Time in 1989 was sometimes interpreted as an admonition against the army: "Make love, not war."[citation needed]
In 1996, Cher appeared on C-SPAN as part of a national AIDS awareness event. She also disclosed her personal friendship with CNN host Lou Dobbs.[43]
On October 27, 2003, Cher anonymously called a C-SPAN phone-in program. She recounted a visit she had made to maimed soldiers at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and criticized the lack of media coverage and government attention given to injured servicemen.[44] She also remarked that she watches C-SPAN every day. Though she simply identified herself as an unnamed entertainer with the USO, she was recognized by the C-SPAN host, who subsequently questioned her about her 1992 support for independent presidential candidate Ross Perot.
Back from her last tour in Europe, Cher declared that Europeans had a very bad image of Americans, mostly because of the Bush administration. "[Europeans] see us as the real terrorists since this stupid war in Iraq and because of all the innocent civilians that were killed within the first [...]somehow they're right."[citation needed] She shared the stage with Muhammad Muhammad in N.Y.C, an American actor who used to tell stories about the changes in the American Muslim's lives since 9/11.[citation needed]
On Memorial Day weekend in 2006, she called in again, endorsing Operation Helmet, an organization started by a doctor which provides helmet upgrade kits free of charge to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as to those ordered to deploy in the near future. She identified herself as a caller from Malibu, California, and proceeded to complain about the current presidential administration. She read aloud a letter from a soldier on the ground in Iraq, praising Operation Helmet's efforts, and decrying the lack of protection afforded by the military's provisions for troops.[45]
On May 18, 2006, Cher was a guest on The Ed Schultz Show to discuss her work in support of U.S. troops fighting abroad, as well as returning veterans. Schultz noted her involvement with both Operation Helmet and the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, which is constructing an advanced training skills facility at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.[citation needed] The center will serve military personnel who have been catastrophically disabled in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and those severely injured in other operations, as well as in the normal performance of their duties, combat and non-combat related.[citation needed]
During the interview with Schultz, Cher again said she is an independent. Her comments about the current political scene in the U.S. led him to interject, "You're fed up with everybody", to which she replied, "I really am. I couldn't be a Republican 'cause I think I believe in too many services for poor people, but I'm fed up with the Democrats. I just think...you're gonna find all their spines where you find the elephant's graveyard."[citation needed]
Towards the end of the interview, Schultz asked Cher what she thinks about today's protest songs. She responded, "You know, I think it's the duty of artists to say what they want, in favor or in opposition. Unfortunately, I think that, with [the Bush administration], you haven't been able to really voice any opposition because of 9/11, if you say anything opposed to the administration, somehow they've been able to wrap themselves in the flag, so that if you have any opposing viewpoint, you're unpatriotic."[citation needed] She was about to offer her thoughts on this, but stopped, saying, "I don't know what you can say on your program, so I won't talk the way I normally talk."[citation needed] Implying her comments would be salty, she did add, though, "I don't like it...it rubs me the wrong way. And if I could say all those seven words [that George Carlin's famous routine suggests cannot be said on TV], that's what I'd be saying."[citation needed]
Cher is still involved with Operation Helmet, and appeared with Dr. Bob Meaders (founder of Operation Helmet) on C-Span again on June 14, 2006. She then appeared with him on Capitol Hill on June 15, 2006. It has been reported that Cher has so far donated over US$130,000 to Operation Helmet
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There is more on her on Wikipedia. Hope this helps!!!