They were the pop icons of the 70’s; she had a unique voice - he had ambition.
Together they became the sweetest partnership on the American stage.
But who were Sonny and Cher behind the scenes?
This is the shocking truth about the love, partnership and business of Sonny and Cher.
Find out why one of the greatest duos parted!
Cherilyn Sarkisian, a 16-year-old high school dropout, was dreaming about fame.
A naive teenage heart full of hopes couldn’t resist Cupid's first amour.
Cher immediately fell in love with Sonny, who shared the same aspirations and dreams.
He was 28 and worked as an assistant to a record producer.
Cher’s beauty blew dozens of men away but her voice and temper could win over a million hearts.
The moment Cher opened her mouth, Sonny knew it right away.
They were both young and passionate and wanted to soar high together.
Riding the wave of pop music turned out to be hard and their relationship started to crack.
Sonny was constantly cheating on Cher.
Cher was heartbroken and could not stand the affairs anymore.
Trying to win her back, Sonny promised her a real family life and proposed to her.
Cher was expecting a baby girl and was looking for a chance at a happy family.
Singing the duo's greatest hit, 'I Got You Babe', it seemed to Cher that she finally
had her man next to her, loving her and taking care of her and her daughter.
She had finally reached the fame that she so long looked forward to from a school bench.
But the year 1974 was critical.
Cher said that when their romance just started, she was too young and too inexperienced to
know who she really was and what she needed.
She revealed she thought about committing suicide, when she found out about Sonny’s infidelity.
Cher vividly recalls her talk to Sonny.
The singer thought about jumping off the hotel balcony but than realized she could simply
leave him.
“When i told Sonny, he said “if you leave me, America will hate you and you won’t
have a job.”
When she finally understood her own identity, she realized that Sonny could no longer match it.
“He was starting to kill my spirit,” she said.
The singer admitted that she wasn’t allowed to do anything except work.
The duo was more important than anything else.
Maybe Sonny and Cher were too ambitious and energetic to live under one roof.
In the early 70’s 'The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour' became a primetime TV show.
Soon, there was not a single person who did not know Sonny and Cher.
Provocative dresses with feathers, fur and sequins - Cher was not only a music icon,
but a style icon, too.
As her longtime designer said, she had a unique sense of style, color, show-biz glamour, and
an outsized sense of humor.
She finally became the star she always wanted to.
But the joy of her success soon changed into bitterness after their divorce.
Even though Cher was the one to initiate the divorce, it was still a heavy burden.
She brought that truth to the light many years later: for 11 years, she never argued with him.
Cher recalls that her decision broke Sonny’s heart, because he loved the duo too much - perhaps
even more than she did.
She didn’t want to be a part of Sonny and Cher anymore.
Being harsh and strait Cher told Bono: "The truth is, I'm not so sure we should've ever
been husband and wife".
After the divorce, they steered their boats in separate ways and started solo shows.
Cher’s was sailing to success and Sonny’s was sinking.
They tried to replicate the success of 'The Sonny and Cher Comedy Revue' but the audience
didn’t want the individual Sonny and Cher.
The show failed very fast.
Sonny opened a restaurant with his savings and married a 22-year-old college student.
It seemed that he drifted away from his ambitions and had a calm family life, while Cher was
still glimmering on stage in sparkling dresses in mesmerizing shows.
But all the grievances disappeared when Cher found out that Sonny tragically died in 1998.
Bono's death came just days after Michael Kennedy died in a similar accident.
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