The Sonny Side of Cher

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The Sonny Side of Cher
The Sonny Side of Cher cover
Studio album by Cher
Released 1966
Recorded 1965/1966
Genre Folk/Pop
Length 33:01
Label Liberty Records/Imperial Records
Producer Salvatore "Sonny" Bono
Professional reviews
Cher chronology
All I Really Want to Do
(1965)		 The Sonny Side of Cher
(1966)		 Chér
(1966)
Singles from The Sonny Side of Cher
  1. "Where Do You Go"
  2. "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"

The Sonny Side of Cher is the second studio album by singer Cher.

It was her second release with the Liberty Records U.K./Imperial Records USA label. It peaked at number 26 in the U.S. charts and number 11 in the UK charts. It earned Gold certifications in the US, as well as the UK that same year.

The title is a pun on the name of Cher's then-husband, producer, collaborator and regular songwriter Salvatore "Sonny" Bono.

[edit] Track listing

# Title Composers Time
01 Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Bono 02:45
02 A Young Girl (Une Enfante) Brown; Charles Aznavour; Robert Chauvigny 03:24
03 Where Do You Go Bono 03:21
04 Our Day Will Come Bob Hilliard; Mort Garson 02:16
05 Elusive Butterfly Lind 02:33
06 Like a Rolling Stone Dylan 03:59
07 Old Man River Hammerstein; Kern 02:55
08 Come to Your Window Lind 03:06
09 The Girl from Ipanema DeMoraes; Gimbel; Jobim 02:18
10 It's Not Unusual Gordon Mills; Leslie Reed 02:15
11 Time Merchant 03:21
12 Milord Lewis; Marguerite Monnot; Moustaki 02:42


[edit] Charts

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (1966) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 11
Norway Albums Chart 17
U.S. Billboard 200 26
world wide sales 3,950,000
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Studio albums
All I Really Want to Do (1965) · The Sonny Side of Cher (1966) · Chér (1966) · With Love, Cher (1967) · Backstage (1968) · 3614 Jackson Highway (1969) · Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves (1971) · Foxy Lady (1972) · Bittersweet White Light (1973) · Half-Breed (1973) · Dark Lady (1974) · Stars (1975) · I'd Rather Believe in You (1976) · Cherished (1977) · Take Me Home (1979) · Prisoner (1979) · Black Rose (1980) · I Paralyze (1982) · Cher (1987) · Heart of Stone (1989) · Love Hurts (1991) · It's a Man's World (1995/96) · Believe (1998) · not.com.mercial (2000) · Living Proof (2001/02) · Cher's Forthcoming album (2008)
Compilations
Cher sing The Hits (1967) · Cher's Golden Greats (1968) · Greatest Hits (1974) · Bang Bang & Other Hits (1992) · Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 (1992) · The Casablanca Years (1994) · If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits (1999) · The Greatest Hits (1999) · Bittersweet: The Love Songs Collection (1999) · Half Breed/Dark Lady (1999) · The Millenium Collection (2000) · The Way of Love: The Cher Collection (2000) · The Very Best of Cher (2003) · Gold (2005) · The Best of Cher: The Imperial Recordings 1965-1968 (2007)
Soundtracks
Alfie (1966) · Chastity OST (1969) · Roller Boogie (1979) · Foxes (1980) · Mask (1985)  · Chances Are (1989) · Days of Thunder (1990) · Mermaids OST (1990) · Walk on the Moon (1999) · Stuck on You (2003)
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Cher Extravaganza: Live at the Mirage (1992) · Live in Concert (1999) · VH1 Divas 1999 (1999) · VH1 Divas 2002 (2002) · Cher: The Farewell Tour (2003) · Live! The Farewell Tour (2003/04) · Live at the Mirage(DVD release) (2005)
Music Video & Others
Cherfitness - A New Attitude (1991) · Cher - The Video Collection (1992) · Cherfitness - Body Confidence (1992) · The Very Best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection (2004)
Tours
Two the Hard Way Tour (1978) · Take Me Home Tour (1979/81) · Live in Montecarlo (1980) · A Celebration at Caesar's Palace (1983)  · Heart of Stone Tour (1989/90) · Love Hurts Tour (1991/92) · Do You Believe? Tour (1999/2000) · Living Proof: The Farewell Tour (2002/05)  · Cher at the Colosseum (2008)
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