Sonny & Cher Sonny Bono got a major break in 1957 when he was a delivery boy. He had
just arrived at Specialty Records when owner Art Rupe fired Sam Cooke
and his producer Bumps Blackwell. Bono was asked if he would like to
produce records and the inexperienced Bono accepted the offer. At age 16, Cher dropped out of school, left her mother's house, and
moved with a friend to Los Angeles, where she took acting classes and
worked to support herself. Cher met performer Sonny Bono, 11 years her senior, in November 1962 when he was working for record producer Phil Spector.
1965 Sonny & Cher were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Got You Babe', the duo's only UK No.1. Sonny Bono was inspired to write the song to capitalize on the popularity of the term "babe," as heard in Bob Dylan's 'It Ain't Me Babe' "I Got You Babe" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart and became, according to Allmusic's Bruce Eder, "one of the biggest-selling and most beloved pop/rock hits of the mid-'60s." As the song knocked The Beatles off the top of the British charts, English teenagers began to emulate Sonny and Cher's fashion style, such as bell-bottoms, striped pants, ruffled shirts, industrial zippers and fur vests.In the decade they spent together, Sonny and Cher sold 40 million records worldwide. Performing under her first name, Cher went on to a highly successful career as a solo singer and actress, while Sonny Bono was eventually elected to Congress as a Republican U.S. Representative from California. The two performers were inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998, right after Sonny's death in a skiing accident. Source: en.wikipedia.org
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