Cher Ratings

aka Cherilyn LaPierre and Cleo

Recorded a hard rock album in 1980 called "Black Rose".

Was married to Sonny Bono and Gregg Allman.

Had relationships with Gene Simmons, David Geffen, Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Richie Sambora and Eric Clapton.

The following biography is reproduced in its entirety from The Encyclopedia of Popular Music.

Cher
b. Cherilyn Sarkarsian La Pier, 20 May 1946, El Centro, California, USA. Cher began working as a session singer in an attempt to finance an acting career. While recording with Phil Spector as a backing vocalist, she met and later married Sonny Bono. After releasing two singles under the name Ceaser And Cleo, the duo then achieved international acclaim as Sonny and Cher. Throughout this period Cher also sustained a solo career, initially singing a paean to Ringo Starr (‘Ringo I Love You') under the pseudonym Bonnie Jo Mason. Thereafter, she secured several hits, including an opportunistic cover version of the Byrds' ‘All I Really Want To Do'. The sultry ‘Bang Bang', with its gypsy beat and maudlin violins was a worldwide smash in 1966, leading Cher to tackle more controversial themes in ‘I Feel Something In The Air' and ‘You Better Sit Down Kids'. Although her acting aspirations seemed long-forgotten, she did appear in two minor 60s films, Good Times (1967) and Chastity (1969). In 1971, the zestful, chart-topping ‘Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves' and its attendant album ...

Filmography: The Player, Tea With Mussolini, The Mayor of the Sunset Strip, Mask, Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, Silkwood, Good Times, Suspect, Faithful, Mermaids

TV Appearances: Saturday Night Live, The Carol Burnett Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Roseanne (TV show), Behind the Music, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Late Show With David Letterman, Hollywood Squares, Will & Grace, Larry King Live, Entertainment Tonight, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, The E! True Hollywood Story, Access Hollywood, Dr. Phil, The Rosie O' Donnell Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Love, American Style

Debut: 1976

Country: USA

Birth Date: May 20, 1946

Birth Place: El Centro, California

Gender: Female