Half Breed, Dark Lady, Bang Bang, You Better Sit Down Kids are all great early Cher songs. She's still amazing. A designer named Bob Mackie would design all of her costumes for her show- they cost millions of dollars and she always looked like a million dollars.
@@BethHutter She said not. Her mother has some Native American heritage, but didn't know what. She's from Arkansas. Her father was Armenian, worked as a truck driver.
@@jessiem276 Thogh, come to think of it, she could have some Romany in her, because quite a few Armenians are Gypsies. There are a lot of them in Florida, and none of them want to say they are Gypsy, they'll say they are Spanish, or Italian, or anything but Gypsy. Even the comedian Freddy Prinz said he was Puerto Rican, but he was Gypsy. It's sort of a Rom thing.
As a kid my dad LOVED Cher. So we watched Sonny and Cher and Cher's own show. He also LOVED Dolly Parton. Low and behold one night they were both on TV at the same time on different channels. So he bought a second TV. Just for that.
@@laurakali6522 how she didn’t get nominated for a best actress Oscar is beyond me. When the school calls to tell her Rocky wasn’t there and she hesitantly goes to his bedroom door and sees him lying on the bed. She conveyed the anguish we all felt. Just, wow.
Cher was a trendsetter in the early seventies up until today. She made bell bottoms popular and her hair was always a masterpiece. Her TV show was hilarious and she and Carol Burnett made people laugh for years.
You must do, Half Breed! I'm mostly Cherokee and when the song came out people were rude to me, calling me half breed! I'd always look them dead in the eyes and say, thank you, I'm DAMN proud of it!
I just remember when David Leterman asked her what she thought of him and she looked him in the eye and honestly and even nicely said." Well, sometimes you're an ass hole. You gotta admit it right? To some guests you're an ass hole." And it was so without any rancer he laughed and called himself an ass hole the rest of the night. She could be that truthful without being mean. She was just honest. She said she had ass hole moments too. I thought she was amazing after that.
Yes, our family watched that show too .. And each week we would be waiting for Sonny to work in his regular joke about Cher's nose into their conversation .. She was indeed beautiful, but Sonny got a kick out of pointing out her larger than average nose ( She's probably had it reduced since those days ) .. Cher took it well though .. It was all part of the routine .. Cheers, Wayne
Saw her at the Westchester Premiere Theater back in the 70's. Was shocked at how bad her skin was. She always looked flawless on TV. Couple years later she addressed it in Bazaar Mag. All the heavy makeup & the lights aggravated her skin
I still remember the article in People about the model who looked almost exactly like her. Cher sued her to stop her from working, which I thought was incredibly crass. :(
@@jamelakajamal Love your videos, but not watching this one. Cher became too political and an embarrassment. I like her music, but she should have kept her opinions unbiased.
@@jamelakajamal ...Sometimes I wish you would give us the year that some of these videos were produced. I think this was from the mid-1960s? I was around 10 I think. Now I'm 65 & 1/2. She STILL looks like that.
Cher is incredible 😍 I love her. She can do it all! Sing, act .. Oscar winner. You hsve to wstch her movies ! 🎥 Mask , Silkwood, Moonstruck. She had her own variety show with Sonny and then by herself ! Fabulous!
Witches of Eastwick with Jack Nicholson. Loved the variety show especially when Chastity would make her occasional appearance and they would sing to her 🥰 Cher was so cheeky with then husband Sonny. Between the sassy, the voice and the sexy ...
@@valeriejohnston6574, that would not make her half Native American. If her grandmother was full blooded Native American, it would have made Cher's mother half, and Cher a quarter Native American.
Cher has always been nearly hypnotically beautiful, with such expressive eyes. Her voice is powerful, and she was tall when women were supposed to be dainty, long and lean when they were supposed to be busty, and we fell at her feet!
Omg, you should see her hair on the Sonny and Cher show! I wanted that hair so badly. I could never get my hair to grow that long but it was that straight. Another persons hair like that was Crystal Gayle, Loretta Lynn’s sister. I loved Cher back in those days!
Cher is a beast! Consummate entertainer. In between her, Bob Mackie, the hair, the support for so many worthy causes, her acting, and risk taking you should watch her old shows and performances.
Cher was famous for her hairstyles - whether it was her own long curtain of hair or the wigs and hairpieces she sported, every time you saw her it was different. Many watched the Sonny and Cher Show just to see the outfits and hairstyles she'd rock.
She is not part Native American. I believe she is part Armenian I am not sure. When she did Half breed there was no such thing a cultural what ever it is.
@@dandukes4510...Partially correct! Part-Armenian Dad, part-Cherokee Mom. Followed her career since 1974 or so....Sonny Bono, Gregg Allman, Gene Simmons.....
Cher has said her father, John Sarkisian, was an Armenian refugee who worked as a truck driver. Her mother, Georgia Holt (born Jackie Jean Crouch in Sharp County, Arkansas, on June 20, 1927), an aspiring actress and occasional model, is of Cherokee, English, and French descent. Cher has also repeatedly said that all claims of her being part Cherokee are false. Obviously, the claims of her Cherokee heritage were just a publicity stunt to help sell her “Half Breed” song. Mental Floss seems pretty authoritative on the matter: “Prior to 1973, Cher’s biography always listed her father (John Sarkisian) as being of Armenian heritage, while her mother was of Irish and German extraction. But when Cher’s single “Half Breed” started climbing the Billboard charts (it would eventually hit number one), suddenly she remembered that she was 1/16th Cherokee on her mother’s side.” And wargs. com lists Cher’s genealogy chart to her 9th great grandparents, with no Cherokees included in the chart. Read more at: aaanativearts. com/ the-controversy-of-cher-s-heritage
Cher could make you nod along and get really entranced in her songs. Very good connection with folks, indeed. Funny side note, I went to see Bill Cosby at the Circle Star in San Mateo, CA, and I think Cher opened for him (or she opened for somesone else, we had season tickets). A cute child ahead of me ran a flower up to the stage and gave it to her. He came back and told him parents, "She looked like a witch!!". Guess he'd never seen stage makeup before! He was definitely shocked, but I think Cher would have enjoyed his comment.
That is her hair Jamal...100 % natural. What a force she was. She had her own variety show back in the 70s. Cher had Tina Turner on as her guest. They both did a song called; " Shame, Shame, Shame, Shame On You. If You Cant Dance Too." That might be a video you might wanna check out.
It seemed like back in the '70s that these story songs were pretty popular like The Nights The Lights Went Out In Georgia, Run Joey Run, Ode To Billy Joe, Billy Don't Be A Hero and Cher's own song Dark Lady among others.
One of my sisters was a big fan of Cher. Sister had her albumns growing up and played this song among many others. I thought Cher was OK back then but her music stands up the test of time. Thanks for playing. Add Indian Reservation - Paul Revere & the Raiders to your to do reaction list.
I'm hoping with the new Deadsy album that there will be a new tour. Though the Troc isn't in Philly anymore, which is where I've seen them twice before, I'd be happy to see them anyway. Maybe this time in Pittsburgh so I don't have to make the drive to Philly for it.
This song wasn't really a tale about living poor. It was about hypocrisy. "They called us tramps and thieves, but every night all the men would come around and lay their money down." Of course, as a young teen, Cher caught my attention. But the message was a real introduction to the "question everything" generation.
All wigs. Her and Sonnys variety show was so good, we watched every time it was on the whole family. She has a song title Half Breed, She is half Native American
@@NFT_Artist I just read up on her. She has zero Native American in her, she always thought she was. With the Genealogy that we have today, no Cherokee.
Cher is timeless and always had such a powerful presence its natural youd feel she was singing to you, and i think thats one of the reasons ahe was so loved and has had such an amazing and long career...she's awesome...she has a mix of race in Her and her song HALFBREED is a powerful song to understand her..check it out 🤗❤🙏🏼🌹
My Mom was a big fan of Cher and I remember watching the Sonny & Cher show. I always loved this song and used to sing it in the station wagon! This woman is crazy talented. I think one of her first movie roles was Silkwood and oh that movie was just gut wrenching. She acted with Meryl Streep & Kurt Russell for Pete’s sake
This was my favorite song as a kid. There was a Mexican restaurant near our house that we would go to about once a month, and they had it on the jukebox. I would always beg my mom to put in a dime to play it for me. :D
She is Armenian ancestry/father. I remember her and Sonny on TV every week when I was a toddler lol. She was why they were on TV all the time and her popularity kept on and then he got elected to office. Listen to Cherokee People....you'd swear she is. Maybe on her moms side on that tho.
I looked it up as well. Armenian on the dads side, some native American on the mom's side she said not Cherokee. She was from Arkansas, and grew up a little hard, you know? Everything she developed as an adult she took time to learn how to be. She took voice lessons. She took lessons on how to speak...I respect everybody, but she took lessons on how to speak not southern Arkansas. She put some effort into how to be who she is now.
@@Hollylivengood Arkansas? Are you referring to Cher, or her mother? Cher was born in El Centro, California. Her mother did move around a lot, but Cher attended a private prep school for awhile in Encino.
Cher's mom, Georgia Holt, was an actress; blonde and blue-eyed. She's still alive and 94. She's famous for the I Love Lucy episode in Paris where Ricky and Fred dupe Lucy and Ethel into wearing fake courtier clothes made of flour sacks believing them to be originals by "Jacques Marcel." Earlier in the episode, Marcel is scene strolling near a cafe with his models, one of which is Georgia Holt. Cher also has a half-sister, Georganne LaPiere, that is also an actress. She was on General Hospital (Richard Dean Anderson's love interest) and Streets of San Francisco.
Love Cher, I was never a fan as such, in the way of buying her records or seeing her live, but I've liked her music through the years. It's more about her style for me, she's one of a kind, the way she carries herself, her confidence, hard to explain but she always had the *real* X-Factor.
Olivia Newton-John is one of my favourite singers and her songs would be a good suggestion for Jamel to react to : "If Not For You", "I Honestly Love You", "Magic ", "Xanadu", "Have You Never Been Mellow", "Twist of Fate", "Suddenly", not to mention all of the Grease songs like "Hopelessly Devoted to You", "You're the One that I Want", "Summer Nights" (maybe you could react only to songs from the movie Grease by various artists like John Travolta too. So many awesome songs on that soundtrack!)
Cher was a monster talent. She was petrified of performing in front of people but Sonny Bono worked with her confidence , that brought us the incredible performer she was.
Cher was hot, no doubt. She was also a fashion icon thanks to designers like Bob Mackie. Cher also knows how to work the camera. Even here, in the early 70's, she was no stranger to the stage. Great quality video, by the way. Here, she's singing live to the studio music track. And, yes, there was a live studio audience.
At Muscle Shoals Studio. There is a picture from when Cher did her first solo record there. Right above it is what they are proud to tell you. That was Cher's toilet seat.
Cher recorded about 2 dozen songs at Muscle Shoals in 1968 & 69. "Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves" was recorded in Los Angeles in 1971, backed by The Wrecking Crew and produced by Snuff Garrett, who said something like, "Damn! She could sing through a concrete wall!". Half the Muscle Shoals songs were released in 1969 on the "3614 Jackson Highway" album and the rest many years later on a limited edition CD release of that album. I've always thought the Muscle Shoals sets were some of her best early work. It was one of the first, if not the first, albums recorded there, too.
Saw her in concert about 4 years ago and she was great. The costumes were out of this world, of course! Cyndi Lauper was her support act, heard they're great friends.
By this time, Cher had been on TV with the Sonny and Cher show, and then the Cher Show for years, and she really mastered how to perform and captivate the audience. This was her branching off on her own without Sonny, and she did fine.
Jamel, you have to watch Chers 'Half Breed' video, the official one, trust me, you will not be disappointed!!! also check out 'Dark Lady' (have lyrics close by) and 'Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down).
Unfortunately I forget about her. Fantastic voice, this and Half Breed are my two favorite songs of hers. Hard to believe this song is 50 years old. Timeless in my opinion, love it
Cher lived in our living room every week when we watched the Sonny and Cher Show. My father just loved her. Catch a couple of their shows, Jamel. She'll really LOOK at you. lol Thanks for your reaction. Take care and be well. Peace.
Please check "Along Comes Mary" by The Association live at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival! Amazing sound quality for the time! 200,000 people attended (2 years before Woodstock). It's a story song - these guys were incredible!!! Love what you do Jamel!
Man, back when the Sonny and Cher would come on, I thought Cher was the most beautiful woman on the planet !! Cher has an awesome set of pipes also...that woman could SANG, not sing but SANG ! That's my southernness seeping out !! LOL
Cher has a style and voice that has captivated us for so long. As I understand from early stories. When she first started performing with Sonny, she was somewhat suffering from stage fright and convinced him to go out with her to sing. He pretty much knew from the start, she was the superstar but he also loved her and went along with her.
This song is from the early 70's. It's an excerpt from one of the many variety shows that were on at that time. Cher has always been a beautiful woman who is a talented singer. She has many other songs.
Her outfits were scandalous when she had her own tv show. I would wait in nervous anticipation during her opening number for her to dramatically unrobe to her skimpy outfit. Scandalous!
I saw an episode on Letterman where he asked her about her about her relationship with Sonny. So I guess Sonny wasn't as nice a guy as he seemed, but she wouldn't give any details. Letterman kept pushing for it and she wouldn't say. It was really impressive, like she wasn't going to ruin the guy, but she had definite reasons which were none of our business. Letterman kept pressing and she finaly said nothing at all. Just silence. It was pretty strong and pretty cool.
That's is Cher after Sonny & Cher. I think this is when she had her own show. She always had long beautiful straight hair back then; eventually she came out with big beautiful curly hair! She had many hair styles through the years and always surprised us! You might like another song of hers "Half Breed" and "Dark Lady" I know she made other songs but these are the two other songs I remember from the early years of her career. Peace! ✌☮
This song use to play on the juke box in the senior lounge when I was in Highschool in the early 70's in Rochester NY always one of the favorites back then.
I wasn't allowed to stay up late enough to watch The Sonny and Cher Hour or The Cher Show in the 70s. I've heard this song before, and she's singing live here. She did a medley of songs with David Bowie on her TV show that I've seen on RU-vid, and it's so obvious by how they act toward each other that, yes, they'd *done it!*
Two of her songs were featured in an episode of The X-Files. This one, and, “Walking In Memphis”. The Producers of the show asked Cher to make an appearance in the episode, but she turned them down. After watching the episode, she regretted saying no.
Don't forget "the Jewish Elvis," Neil Diamond. I heard that one day when I was watching "Pawn Stars" from Rick Harrison Jr. Well, he is/was a Brill building songwriter, along with Carole Klein/King.
