London Calling
After recording “I Got You Babe”, Sonny and Cher traveled to England in July 1965 at the advice of the Rolling Stones. Later, Cher said, “[they] had told us … that Americans just didn’t get us and that if we were going to make it big, we were going to have to go to England.” Moreover, the writer Cintra Wilson explained that, “English newspaper photographers showed up when S&C were thrown out of the London Hilton [because of their outfits] the night they arrived—literally overnight, they were stars. London went gaga for the heretofore-unseen S&C look, which was neither mod nor rocker.”
London Calling
Show Daze
For a while Sonny and Cher weren’t producing successful hits and encountered serious financial difficulties from their IRS debt. Therefore the duo developed a cabaret act, which also included tons of humor, eventually this lead to their very own variety program in 1971. Yes, we do mean the Emmy-nominated The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, which was on air until 1974. Thanks to the show, their musical career took off again with hits like “All I Ever Need Is You” and “A Cowboy’s Work Is Never Done.”
Show Daze
