Friday, May 20, 2016

Cher is 70: The Transformation Queen – Tagesspiegel

As Conchita Wurst occurred in early May in Berlin, she told between songs a nice anecdote: Immediately after winning the Euro Vision Song Contest two years ago it reached a Twitter-congratulation of Cher, which at the bearded Diva to a Monster joy outbreak resulted. The rows of the colleague had her even almost more important than “this glass vase” was. That Cher equal yet hinterherzwitscherte a few suggestions for improvement in terms of hair style and name, the joy clouded though a bit but Cher is an idol of the sausage, which they presented with a beautiful reduced version of the song “Believe” to the test.

the piece from 1998 was the most recent worldwide hit of Cher who not only scored the biggest sales success of her career and a new generation of fans reached, but also made the auto-Tune effect popular. This pitch correction software actually serves to correct vocal mistakes and was. By the exaggerated use a stylistic device that enjoys to this day undiminished popularity in pop music . That just Cher made this the artificiality exhibiting effect hitparade fit, fit perfectly with this singer and actress whose body was already then obviously changed by plastic surgery

“I Got You Babe” was a breakthrough for Sonny & amp; Cher

To the world came Cher 1946 El Centro, California, with the name Cherilyn Sarkisian. Her parents, a Cherokee Indian and of Armenian truck driver, did not have much money. So Cher began taking odd jobs with 17 as a background singer, said she met the eleven years older than Sonny Bono. The two married in 1964 and sang together, only unsuccessful as Caesar & amp; Cleo, successful as Sonny & amp; Cher. The breakthrough came in 1965 with the number one hit “I Got You Babe”. At the same time brought Cher also solo albums out; with “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” and “You Better Sit Down Kids” reach the top ten titles. With the end of the flower-power era sank and the star of Sonny & amp; Cher. After ten years of marriage Cher filed for divorce, continued her career but unperturbed and soon married Gregg Allman.

Already in the sixties Cher had occurred a few times in movies, but it was only in the eighties took her acting career that had always wanted, right ride on. Already their second major role – she played a female worker in Mike Nichols’ AKW drama “Silkwood” – earned her an Oscar nomination. Then she showed a good sense of publicityträchtige roles and appeared in several blockbusters with, including the horror comedy “The Witches of Eastwick” and the romantic drama “Moonstruck” opposite Nicolas Cage, which she in 1987 was awarded the Oscar for Best Actress. Stark also her portrayal of a single mother in the Sixties drama “Mermaids better”, for which she covered Soundtrack “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)”.

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