50th Anniversary of Sonny & Cher's First Song, 'The Letter'

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Sonny & Cher's first ever song, 'The Letter'!

In early 1964 - months after they had started singing back-up for Phil Spector - Sonny Bono decided that he and Cher should record a song together. He chose 'The Letter' - a 1958 mostly-unknown single by a duo called Don & Dewey, who had written it.

On 18 February 1964, Sonny & Cher recorded the song. Outside of being backing vocalists, it was the couple's first professional recording together. To further cement the recording into music history, it became Sonny & Cher's first ever single.

Cher: Warner Bros. Hasn't Got A Great Interest In My CD

Despite being universally approved by fans, Cher's new album 'Closer To The Truth' has fell short of major success, with promotion coming to a halt shortly after its release. And fans have been blaming Warner Bros. Record's lacklustre handling of it.

Only one music video has been made for the album, a so-so one for first single 'Woman's World', and that was finally delivered three months after the single's release. In that time, a bizarre reading of the song's lyrics from author Jackie Collins was released on YouTube as supposed promotion. 'Woman's World' did get a (brilliant) lyric video though - on time, as well - as did follow-up single 'I Hope You Find It'. However, third single 'Take It Like A Man' didn't even get that. No, instead, the massively under-promoted single was given a poorly-received (described as "embarrassing" and "soft-core" by some fans) video consisting of advertisements for Andrew Christian underwear.

The Top 10 Sonny and Cher Songs of All-Time

In two week's time, 'Cher News' will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sonny & Cher's first ever recording 'The Letter'. In the meantime, here's the top 10 Sonny & Cher songs of all-time according to a brand new article from online entertainment publication 'The Celebrity Cafe'...

The 1960's welcomed one of the greatest pop duos the music world has ever seen... Romantically involved, and later married, Sonny and Cher started as back-up singers for record producer Phil Spector. Represented by Atco/Atlantic records, they rose to fame with their 1965 hit 'I Got You Babe'.

Cher Responds After Son Elijah Tells The Press About Their Rift

Cher's 37-year-old son Elijah Allman engaged in tell-all interviews on US TV show 'Entertainment Tonight' and with UK publication 'Daily Mail' in the last 24 hours, discussing his childhood, past drug habits and family, amongst other things.

His superstar mother was the main topic - especially a rift between the two of them as Cher allegedly didn't acknowledge or congratulate his engagement or elopement to 26 year old now-wife Marieangela "Angie" King.

Passenger: "I Think I May Have Upset Cher With Song Lyrics". (Don't Worry, She Most Likely Doesn't Even Know Who You Are.)

UK singer/songwriter Passenger talks about his attack on fellow one-named singer Cher in his song 'I Hate'.

In his regularly-performed song 'I Hate', Passenger wrote about music legend Cher - whom was featured as a "classic beauty" this week by Brit website 'Beauty World News' - "Keep your Hollywood stars, and their stupid cars, and the botox, that makes them looked f**ked. Just grow old with grace, have you seen Cher's face, it looks like it's been hit by a truck".

'Beauty World News' Honors Classic Beauty, Cher

Today, online beauty publication 'Beauty World News' selected Cher for their weekly "Throwback Thursday: Classsic Beauty" feature...

This week, we honor classic beauty, Cher.

In honor of the Grammys this past weekend, we decided to pay homage to a legendary diva this week. Cher is the epitome of music and Hollywood royalty. Her career has spanned well over four decades and continues to prosper. Now at age 67, this international super star is still making headlines for both her amazing talent and her always innovative hair and makeup.

With her career running the gamut of several iconic style decades, there's no one look we can choose as our absolute favorite from Cher. Each era she has been a part of has brought us one glamorous look after another. And we of course especially loved her bombshell brunette look in the Academy Award-winning film Moonstruck. But despite her chameleon charm, it is Cher's hair that we always obsess over and love.
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Cyndi Lauper, Pat Benatar & Nick Giraldo To Join Cher on Her 'Dressed To Kill Tour'!

Cyndi Lauper and duo Pat Benatar & Nick Giraldo will be special guests on Cher's upcoming 'Dressed To Kill Tour'.

Pat Benatar and her husband of 35 years Nick Giraldo will join Cher as special guests for the first 13 dates of her upcoming Dressed To Kill Tour. Taking the place of Giraldo and the 'We Belong' singer will be fellow fiery songstress Cyndi lauper, who will perform on the following 36 dates of the tour.

Cher's 'Closer To The Truth' Jumps More Than 160 Positions Up The Billboard 200

Cher's latest album 'Closer To The Truth' has returned to the Billboard 200 chart this week to #36.

The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 back in September and spent 14 consecutive weeks on the chart before falling below the chart's 200 positions. However, the album has returned to the Billboard 200 this week, climbing more than a staggering 160 places to #36 - giving the album its tenth week inside the chart's top 40.

The album's resurgence on the all-important US chart was partly due to the ongoing promotion of having a chart-eligible CD copy of the album included with online tickets for Cher's upcoming 'Dressed To Kill Tour'.