Classics

Performer: Sonny & Cher
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: CLASSICS collects some of the best tracks from Sonny & Cher's albums of the 1960s. Though they're dismissed, perhaps unfairly, by fans of serious music as light, manufactured pop, there is an undeniable charm to the duo, and that charm is clearly evident on their takes on classic pop tunes, such as "Then He Kissed Me," featured here. CLASSICS also includes a number of Sonny Bono-penned tunes, including "Baby Don't Go" and "Living for You," underscoring his strengths as a songwriter. ("I Got You, Babe" is conspicuously absent, however). A blast from the past, CLASSICS also offers the chance to reevaluate the merits of this fun, sunny pop pair.

Although touted as the misunderstood young lovers of 1965 folk-rock, Sonny Bono and Cher were not all their image suggested. Bono had a history in the music business stretching back to the late '50s, and became romantically attached to Cher, who was working as a backing singer. The duo found fame with 1965's transatlantic number 1, "I Got You Babe," and followed it up, as both a duo and soloists, with a formidable passel of hit singles. In the '70s they hosted their own television variety show, and Cher enjoyed a phenomenally successful acting and singing career, while Bono became a successful politician before dying in a skiing accident in 1998.

Click Here for Shipping Options and Policies

Shipping or Dimension weight in pounds: 0.25