Sonny Bono

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Sonny Bono placed as you of pop-rock’s most noticeable and well-known musician/producers from the middle- to past due ’60s; and in the ’70s, he was among the very few effective musical-variety personalities on American tv. His function and profession straddled the eras of Brill Building pop, the United kingdom Invasion, and folk-rock, through to 1970s pop. His skill and keen feeling of where well-known culture was proceeding delivered him and his partner and wife Cher in to the delivery of the counterculture and to a post-rock profession in NEVADA and onto tv. And, in your final, ironic respond of reinvention, Sonny Bono became among the symbols from the 1994 republican trend in Congress and an exponent of correct wing politics. Salvatore Bono was created for an impoverished category of Sicilian immigrants in Detroit. Sonny Bono, as he had become known, was an unhealthy student and still left high school prior to graduating to be able to make a living. He survived by waiting around tables, employed in construction so when a butcher’s associate, and generating a vehicle, and he ultimately moved western to LA. He also started writing tracks in his free time, as he wanted a way in to the entertainment market. His entrée arrived through Artwork Rupe’s Specialty Information, where he was employed in the past due ’50s from the advertising division, and where he caused Small Richard, Larry Williams, Don & Dewey, and, briefly, Sam Cooke, amongst others. Through the early ’60s, he started hanging around Platinum Celebrity Studios, where wunderkind maker Phil Spector was keeping forth. Bono became a protégé of Spector, learning the business enterprise of making information from the bottom up, and in addition refining and developing his method of songwriting. He’d in the beginning discovered success using the common “SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Dance,” that was documented by Larry Williams because the B-side to “Brief Excess fat Fanny,” and quickly grabbed a chunk from the English Invasion actions with “Fine needles and Pins,” which he co-authored with fellow Spector protégé Jack port Nitzsche. The last mentioned song was initially documented in 1963 by Jackie DeShannon, whose rendition was noticed by Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers, a United kingdom band that got yet to rating their first strike, who added it with their stage repertory on the Star-Club in Hamburg, where it had been heard with the Searchers, who have been buying potential third one. The Searchers, subsequently, totally reinvented the tune from the bottom up, using a edition that hit number 1 in Britain and made the very best 20 in the us — along the way, they also developed a riff along with a sound that became the blueprint for the folk-rock growth initiated from the Byrds in 1965. Bono, for the time being, experienced produced the acquaintance of Cherilyn LaPierre, 11 years his junior, and brought her to Platinum Star like a program singer. His 1st relationship, to Donna Rankin, finished in divorce immediately after Bono’s conference LaPierre. Both had been attracted to one another, both individually and expertly — they both adored music end loved figuring out steps to make music function, theoretically and commercially, plus they started recording together, in the beginning as Caesar and Cleo in 1963 with “The Notice,” a track that Bono experienced previously promoted inside a documented edition by Don & Dewey. That solitary flopped, however they held trying along with his protégée like a single (acknowledged as Bonnie Jo Mason and later on as Cher) using the Liberty Information’ imprint Imperial Information (with Bono generating) so when a duo, Sonny & Cher. Bono struck precious metal like a songwriter in 1965 with “I ACQUIRED You Babe,” as well as for the next 3 years, he as well as the duo had been riding high. Also, Sonny Bono, for the to begin many times, created a open public persona for himself that produced him right into a mass media superstar — the diminutive composer/manufacturer/singer, currently past 30, began sporting hair vests, boot styles, and hair almost right down to his shoulder blades, transforming himself in to the prototypal hippie, in mass media terms. That picture, subsequently, slotted in properly close to Cher, who was simply high, dark, and incomprehensible, with locks that might’ve produced Rapunzel provide a second appearance. These were the quintessential youthful ’60s few, younger enough (despite Bono’s age group) to resonate with teens, and they had been on the leading edge of pop/rock and roll. The same 12 months that Bono’s personal “I ACQUIRED You Babe” became a 1960s theme track, he demonstrated that he might even get prior to the curve in neuro-scientific folk-rock like a maker — Sonny & Cher experienced noticed the Byrds perform an electric edition of Bob Dylan’s “All I MUST SAY I Wish to accomplish” in a club, with Bono making, acquired cut a edition with Cher performing; her edition outsold and eclipsed the Byrds’ have rendition and in addition pushed Dylan, being a songwriter, further in to the community spotlight than he currently was. On the following two-and-a-half years, the few thrived skillfully and Bono blossomed being a songwriter. Beyond pop strikes like “I ACQUIRED You Babe,” he also generated tunes on what had been then considered hard subjects, such as for example teenage being pregnant and divorce. Another Bono music, “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down),” became a million-seller aswell, and he appeared to have the globe at his ft. By 1967, Sonny Bono was a rival to such maker/composer/music artists as John Phillips and Phil Spector — both of whom, like Bono, experienced become star makers in tandem using the skills and features of their wives — and was even more noticeable than either of these. The sound on Sonny & Cher’s information was distinctive, with uncommon (and unforgettable) instrumentation and timbres that produced them stick out on the air, so when the materials itself clicked, it trapped. When it didn’t, nevertheless, the general public tended to become oblivious — in the elevation of Sonny & Cher’s profession, for instance, he slice a single album, Inner Sights, that disappeared with out a track of its transferring. In 1967, nevertheless, Sonny & Cher could perform little wrong, a minimum of when the calendar year started. The entire year 1967 was when stuff began unraveling for Sonny Bono. The duo was well-known enough to create interest from film studios. Bono composed their debut feature, MEMORIES, a fast-paced, understanding satire that also proclaimed the directorial debut of William Friedkin and is looked upon today as a wonderful, daringly ambitious little bit of well-known ’60s cinema. Through the 1960s, nevertheless, it had been a box workplace disaster. Even more troubling had been the events encircling the change of Cher’s agreement from Liberty to Atlantic Information late within the same yr. Atlantic’s management got always resented the actual fact that Bono got brought Cher to Liberty like a single artist and got produced her information there; once she was on Atlantic, the second option label refused to allow Sonny Bono make her new information. At exactly the same time, the duo’s record product sales acquired dropped significantly as psychedelia been successful folk-rock and pop/rock and roll as the concentrate of well-known lifestyle. Sonny & Cher appeared outmoded in the brand new, druggy musical environment, and instantly, Sonny Bono appeared behind-the-curve for the very first time in his music profession. The presentation of the bill from the inner Revenue Provider for over 200,000 dollars in unpaid fees still left the duo, right now with a kid and married, almost broke because the 10 years closed. Save of his profession arrived when he and Cher performed Las Vegas, primarily as an starting act. They got a agreement with Decca Information and a opportunity at an assortment display on CBS, and by 1972, these were back again as television celebrities and best entertainers. For the next period, Sonny Bono reinvented himself — today Sonny & Cher had been a modern edition of George Uses up and Gracie Allen, with Bono because the right man — eliminated had been the hair vests and shoes or boots, rather he was a diminutive foil to Cher’s sexually provocative comedienne. As well as the music wasn’t pop/rock and roll any more, but mainstream pop, directed just as much at parents as teens, and Bono wasn’t composing or creating it. From 1972 onward, it had been Cher’s voice which was the concentrate from the duo’s function and her single profession the primary thrust of all of the saving that continued across the few. Their on-screen chemistry hid the actual fact that their relationship was coming aside; by 1974, nevertheless, their divide got become open public knowledge with it the finish of their tv program. It had been Cher who arrived of the divide with the entertainment profession. His attempt at a tv variety display was a dismal failing, and by the finish of the 10 years, Bono experienced ceased operating as an entertainer, and he following emerged prior to the general public in 1988, in a completely unexpected method. Bono at that time was who owns an Italian cafe in Hand Springs, CA, and was infuriated from the tangle of permits that he discovered he’d required from the town while trying to place a new subscribe on his establishment. Because of this, he went for mayor and received. He offered a four-year term and, in 1992, made a decision to operate for america Senate being a Republican. Bono dropped that competition but 2 yrs afterwards was swept into workplace being a congressman in the 44th region in California. He became section of Newt Gingrich’s Republican trend in Congress and was extremely noticeable in espousing conventional positions on criminal offense and environmental legislation, in addition to (understandably) entertainment rules. He appeared destined for a significant profession in politics when he passed away within a winter sports incident early in 1998. Through the last 15 many years of his existence, Bono was much taken off music, aside from managing business affairs associated with his and Cher’s function in the 1960s and 1970s; this, in conjunction with his relatively comically nebbish-like picture through the couple’s early-’70s re-emergence, coupled with his recently general public conservative political profession, resulted in some derision of him among pundits and in contemporary entertainment circles. His loss of life, by contrast, resulted in a press feeding-frenzy which was as ludicrous in its strength as the previously denigration of his function had been. Through the season 2000, reflecting the restored curiosity about Bono’s music profession, Rhino Information released a Compact disc of Inner Sights through its esoteric Rhino-Handmade imprint.

Quick Facts

Full Name Sonny Bono

Died January 5, 1998, Stateline, Nevada, United States

Height 1.65 m

Profession Actor, Singer, Politician, Music Producer, Songwriter, Film Score Composer

Education Inglewood High School

Nationality American

Spouse Mary Bono, Susie Coelho, Cher, Donna Rankin

Children Chaz Bono, Chesare Elan Bono, Christine Bono, Chianna Maria Bono, Sean Bono

Parents Zena La Valle, Santo Bono

Siblings Fran Bono, Betty Bono

IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm0095122

Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000036402

Awards TV Land Television's Greatest Music Moment Award

Music Groups Sonny & Cher

Music Songs Wrongest Way, Laugh at Me, Tryna, You Better Sit Down Kids, The Revolution Kind, I Just Sit There, Pammie's on a Bummer, My Best Friend's Girl Is Out of Sight, I Told My Girl to Go Away, I Would Marry You Today, Cha Cha, Our Last Show, I Just Need Love, Georgia and John Quetzal, 4820die, Not Gonna Leave Her Alone, Cheryl's Goin Home, La Noche Es una Remix, Off the Muscle, Feeling The You, Trey's Story, Places For Healing, Murda, Sex En La Playa, Invitation of a Lifetime, Twilight Revisited, Perry Day, Sorriso Encantador, Diz Que Não É Bagunça, Squeeze, I Hustle, Cheap Vulgar Slut

Albums All I Ever Need Is You, The Wondrous World of Sonny & Cher, Sonny & Cher Live, Good Times, Inner Views, The Best of Sonny & Cher, In Case You're in Love, A Temporary Remedy, Twilight-World Music, The RedZone 4820die, Hoop Dreams, Son of Rap, The Spirit Of Elegy, The Distance Between Dreams, International, Leave Me Alone, Sonny World, All In You, Sonny & Cher's Greatest Hits, Baby Don't Go – Sonny & Cher and Friends

Movies Hairspray, Airplane II: The Sequel, Good Times, Escape to Athena, Troll, Murder on Flight 502, The Vals, Waco: The Rules of Engagement, Bad Golf Made Easier, A Summer Dress, Chastity, Under the Boardwalk, Bed Scenes, Dirty Laundry, Rockin' the Night Away, Murder in Music City

TV Shows Late Night with David Letterman, The Sonny & Cher Show, The Sonny Comedy Revue, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

#	Fact
1	Singer-entertainer who left show business and found himself in politics. He became mayor of Palm Springs, California and was eventually elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as Congressman from the State of California, a position he held until his death.
2	Made weekend visits with Cher to Ralph Helfer's Africa U.S.A. Exotic Animal Ranch in Soledad Canyon, California to pitch in with the chores and to play with the animals.
3	He was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Fame on May 18, 1996.
4	He was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7020 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 15, 1998.
5	He was the son of impoverished Sicilian immigrants, who moved to Los Angeles, California when he was seven. After dropping out of high school, he supported himself as a struggling songwriter, waiter, construction worker, truck driver and butcher's assistant.
6	Had a reputation for being self-deprecating. Even during his political career, he prided himself on not taking himself -- or being taken -- too seriously.
7	Godfather of Anthony Kiedis.
8	Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 54-55. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
9	While struggling as a songwriter, he also made deliveries for a local butcher shop. A few music industry people remembered him as the kid who would come in to plug new songs, still wearing a bloodstained butcher's apron, then run out to get back to his route.
10	Decided he had had enough of show business the day he was on the set of Fantasy Island (1977), shooting a scene with Hervé Villechaize as Tattoo, and misremembered Tattoo's name. Villechaize flew into a rage, sputtering at Bono, and Bono (as he related later) literally asked himself what the hell was he doing there.
11	Became interested in politics rather late in life, when he decided he wanted a bigger sign for the restaurant he had opened in Palm Springs (California) and ran straight into red tape, dealing with the city government. Bono had never voted or registered before, but resolved to change things by running for mayor. He won the election, served a successful four-year term (lending his name and fame to the local economy), and wound up pursuing a whole new career as a politician.
12	Half-brother-in-law of Georganne LaPiere.
13	Daughter, with Cher, Chaz Bono.
14	Daughter, with Donna Rankin, Christy Bono.
15	Elected to the United States House of Representatives. [1994]
16	Also recorded under the names Sonny Christie, Ronny Sommers and Prince Carter.
17	When Fox-TV announced plans to produce an autobiographical movie about Sonny & Cher in 1992, Sonny suggested Kevin Costner to play him and Roseanne Barr Arnold as Cher.
18	He acknowledged an illegitimate son, Sean, born in 1964 from an affair with Mireille Machu.
19	According to his widow, Bono was addicted to pain killers at the time of his death and was taking up to 20 pills a day. [1998]
20	Interred at Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California, USA, section B-35, #294.

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
Kim's Convenience	2016	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Independence Day: Resurgence	2016	writer: "Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down"
Britain's Got Talent	2016	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Fuller House	2016	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Transparent	2015	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Tu cara me suena	2015	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Muppets.	2015	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Aquarius	2015	TV Series writer - 1 episode
World Championship Snooker	2014-2015	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	2015	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Strictly Come Dancing	2014	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Guapas	2014	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Todd's Pop Song Reviews	2014	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Marry Me	2014	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Connection	2014	writer: "Bang Bang"
Deux jours, une nuit	2014	"La Nuit N'en Finit Plus"
The Little Rascals Save the Day	2014	Video writer: "I Got You Babe"
Veronica Mars	2014	writer: "I Got You Babe"
Brooklyn Nine-Nine		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2014 writer - 1 episode, 2014
Dancing on Ice	2014	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Dancing with the Stars	2005-2013	TV Series writer - 5 episodes
Orphan Black	2013	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Great Gatsby	2013	music: "Bang Bang" / publisher: "Bang Bang" / writer: "Bang Bang"
Happy Endings	2013	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Revenge	2013	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Bahamas: I Got You Babe	2013	Video short writer: "I Got You Babe"
Deuce and a Quarter	2012	Short writer: "I Got You Babe"
Tosh.0	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
So You Think You Can Dance	2012	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Good Vibrations	2012	writer: "Laugh At Me"
The Voice	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
House M.D.	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
No me la puc treure del cap	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Jack and Jill	2011/I	writer: "I Got You Babe"
EastEnders	1985-2011	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The X Factor	2011	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Sluzhebnyy roman. Nashe vremya	2011	writer: "BANG BANG MY BABY SHOT ME DOWN"
The Big Bang Theory	2011	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Rev.	2010	TV Series writer - 1 episode
20 to 1	2010	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Heartbeats	2010	"Bang Bang"
A Day in the Life of a Diabetic	2010	Documentary short writer: "Needles and Pins" - uncredited
Game Boys	2008	writer: "Baby Don't Go"
Destroy All Humans: Path of the Furon	2008	Video Game writer: "You Got Me, Hun"
Eli Stone	2008	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Wrecking Crew!	2008	Documentary writer: "The Beat Goes On"
Delta Farce	2007	writer: "I Got You Babe"
Zodiac	2007	writer: "Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down"
The Bold and the Beautiful	2007	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Ugly Betty	2007	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Austin City Limits	2006	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
RV	2006	writer: "Needles and Pins"
ER	2006	TV Series writer - 1 episode
American Dad!	2006	TV Series writer - 1 episode
In Her Shoes	2005	writer: "I Got You Babe" 1965
Kill Dill	2005	Short writer: "Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down"
Be Cool	2005	writer: "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done"
Karaoke Revolution Volume 3	2004	Video Game "I Got You Babe"
Alfie	2004	writer: "The Beat Goes On" 1964
Liebe in der Warteschleife	2004	TV Movie writer: "I Got You Babe"
A Costa dos Murmúrios	2004	"Needles and Pins"
The Duel	2004	Short writer: "Bang Bang My Baby Shot Down"
Kill Bill: Vol. 2	2004	writer: "Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down"
The Simpsons	1995-2003	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Miss Match	2003	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Kill Bill: Vol. 1	2003	writer: "Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down"
Mayor of the Sunset Strip	2003	Documentary performer: "Laugh At Me" / writer: "Laugh At Me"
2 Fast 2 Furious	2003	writer: "On & On & On"
The Challenge	2003	TV Movie writer: "I Got You Babe"
Merci Docteur Rey	2002	writer: "I Got You Babe"
La bande du drugstore	2002	writer: "The beats goes on"
Riding in Cars with Boys	2001	writer: "I Got You Babe"
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	2001	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Me Without You	2001	writer: "I've Got You Babe" 1965
Britney Spears Live and More!	2001	Video writer: "The Beat Goes On"
Just Visiting	2001	writer: "I Got You Babe"
The British Invasion Returns	2000	Video writer: "Needles and Pins"
Angel	2000	TV Series writer - 1 episode
La gran vida	2000	writer: "The Beat Goes On"
The Pretenders: Greatest Hits	2000	Video documentary "I Got You Babe"
Spaced	1999	TV Series writer - 1 episode
And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story	1999	TV Movie writer: "Baby Don't Go", "I Got You Babe", "Laugh At Me", "The Beat Goes On"
Boy Meets World	1999	TV Series writer - 1 episode
La vida en el aire	1998	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Top of the Pops	1977-1998	TV Series writer - 5 episodes
Tohuwabohu	1998	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Pale Horse	1997	TV Movie writer: "Needles and Pins"
Welcome to Woop Woop	1997	writer: "I Got You Babe"
Step by Step	1997	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Saturday Night Live	1975-1996	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
First Kid	1996	writer: "I Got You Babe"
High Society	1996	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Bat Yam - New York		TV Series arranger - 1 episode, 1996 writer - 1 episode, 1996
Une robe d'été	1996	Short writer: "Bang Bang"
Home Improvement	1995	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Nanny	1994	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Monte Video	1994	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Florida Lady	1994	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Homicide: Life on the Street	1993	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Groundhog Day	1993	writer: "I Got You Babe"
Shindig! Presents British Invasion Vol. 1	1992	Video short writer: "Needles and Pins"
Absolutely Fabulous	1992	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Doogie Howser, M.D.	1989-1992	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Look Who's Talking Too	1990	writer: "I Got You Babe"
Tiny Toon Adventures	1990	TV Series 1 episode
The Golden Girls	1990	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Valentina	1989	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Who's Harry Crumb?	1989	writer: "I Got You Babe"
Buster	1988	writer: "I Got You Babe"
Mr. Belvedere	1988	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Rockin' the Night Away	1988	TV Movie performer: "I Got You Babe", "Laugh at Me" / writer: "I Got You Babe", "Laugh at Me"
Miami Vice	1987	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam	1987	TV Movie documentary writer: "THE BEAT GOES ON"
Lovedolls Superstar	1986	writer: "Baby Don't Go" - as S. Bono
First Among Equals	1986	TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode
UB40 and Chrissie Hynde: I Got You Babe	1985	Video short writer: "I Got You Babe"
Charlie's Angels	1981	TV Series writer - 1 episode
John Wilson's Mini-Musicals	1981	Video performer: "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", "Sweet Gypsy Rose", "The Candy Man", "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done", "Black & White", "Higher Ground", "Love Story" / writer: "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done"
Kottan ermittelt	1979	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Escape to Athena	1979	"Vesti la giubba" On with the motley from "Pagliacci", uncredited
Good Old Days Part II	1978	TV Special performer: "I Got You Babe" / writer: "I Got You Babe"
Good Times	1977	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Sonny and Cher Show		TV Series performer - 32 episodes, 1976 - 1977 writer - 24 episodes, 1976 - 1977
The Six Million Dollar Man	1975	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Mike Douglas Show	1975	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour		TV Series writer - 6 episodes, 1971 - 1974 performer - 5 episodes, 1971 - 1973
Teenage Cowgirls	1973	writer: "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" - uncredited
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown	1973	Short performer: "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
Higher Ground	1973	Short performer: "Higher Ground"
Sweet Gypsy Rose	1973	Short performer: "Sweet Gypsy Rose"
A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done	1972	Short performer: "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" / writer: "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done"
Black & White	1972	Short performer: "Black & White"
The Candy Man	1972	Short performer: "The Candy Man"
Groupies	1970	Documentary writer: "BANG BANG"
Sounds Like Us	1969	TV Series writer - 1 episode
You Are What You Eat	1968	Documentary writer: "I Got You Babe'
The Ed Sullivan Show	1964-1968	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The Hollywood Palace	1968	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Bang Bang	1967	writer: "Bang Bang"
Good Times	1967	writer: "It's the Little Things", "I Got You Babe", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Trust Me", "Good Times", "Just a Name"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	1967	TV Series writer - 1 episode
30 pinnar muck	1966	music: "Lille Man"
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II	1966	TV Special writer: "Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down" - uncredited
The Go!! Show	1966	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Alfie	1966	producer: "Alfie" - as Sonny
Shindig!		TV Series writer - 9 episodes, 1964 - 1965 performer - 2 episodes, 1965
Hullabaloo	1965	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Hollywood a Go Go	1965	TV Series writer - 4 episodes
Wild on the Beach	1965	performer: "It's Gonna Rain" / writer: "It's Gonna Rain"

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
First Kid	1996		Congressman Sonny Bono
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	1993	TV Series	Mayor Frank Berkowitz
Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf Made Easier	1993	Video	Sonny
P.S.I. Luv U	1991	TV Series	The Mayor
Parker Lewis Can't Lose	1991	TV Series	Colin David
Thanksgiving Day	1990	TV Movie
Under the Boardwalk	1988		Ancient #2
Murder, She Wrote	1988	TV Series	Valentino Reggioce
Hairspray	1988		Franklin von Tussle
Dirty Laundry	1987		Maurice
Troll	1986		Peter Dickinson
Balboa	1983		Tony Carlo
Matt Houston	1983	TV Series	Richard
The Vals	1983		'Spaced-out' Musician
Airplane II: The Sequel	1982		The Bomber
The Love Boat	1978-1982	TV Series	Steve Bloom / Benny Carter / Phil Backstrom / ...
Fantasy Island	1978-1981	TV Series	Matt Krane / Monty Green / Holly Ryan / ...
Charlie's Angels	1980	TV Series	Walrus
CHiPs	1980	TV Series	Mike
Top of the Hill	1980	TV Movie	Bobby Antoine
Escape to Athena	1979		Bruno Rotelli
The Country Western Murders	1979	TV Movie	Sonny Hunt
Switch	1976	TV Series	Darcy Taggart
Murder on Flight 502	1975	TV Movie	Jack Marshall
The Six Million Dollar Man	1975	TV Series	John Perry
Marcus Welby, M.D.	1973	TV Series	Rico Renati
Love, American Style	1971	TV Series segment "Love and the Sack" - Love and Operation Model/Love and the Sack 1971 ... segment "Love and the Sack"
Good Times	1967		Sonny / Sheriff Irving Ringo / Jungle Morry / ... (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	1967	TV Series	Jerry

Composer

Title	Year	Status
The Ben and Ari Show	2011	TV Series original music by
Turkish Chat	2006	Video short
Chastity	1969
Good Times	1967

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story	1999	TV Movie book "And the Beat Goes On"
Chastity	1969	written by

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
UB40 and Chrissie Hynde: I Got You Babe	1985	Video short lyricist
Good Times	1967	conductor

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Chastity	1969	producer

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Mayor of the Sunset Strip	2003	Documentary we would like to thank: with love
The Hypnotic Eye	1998	TV Series dedicatee - 1 episode

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Laugh-In	1968-1969	TV Series	Himself
This Is Tom Jones	1969	TV Series documentary	Himself
Marijuana	1968	Documentary short	Narrator
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show	1968	TV Series	Himself
The Joey Bishop Show	1967-1968	TV Series	Himself
The 40th Annual Academy Awards	1968	TV Special	Himself - Audience Member
The Carol Burnett Show	1967	TV Series	Himself
The Jerry Lewis Show	1967	TV Series	Himself - Singer
Beat-Club	1966-1967	TV Series	Himself - Musician
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour	1967	TV Series	Himself
The Ed Sullivan Show	1965-1967	TV Series	Himself - Singer
The Andy Williams Show	1967	TV Series	Himself
The Eamonn Andrews Show	1967	TV Series	Himself
Die Drehscheibe	1966	TV Series	Himself
Ready, Steady, Go!	1965-1966	TV Series	Himself
Top of the Pops	1965-1966	TV Series	Himself
Where the Action Is	1965-1966	TV Series	Himself
Danny Thomas Special: My Home Town	1966	TV Special	Himself
The Hollywood Palace	1965-1966	TV Series	Himself - Singer / Sketch Actor
Cinnamon Cinder Show Christmas Special	1965	TV Movie	Himself (as Sonny and Cher)
Hullabaloo	1965	TV Series	Himself
Wild on the Beach	1965		Himself (as Sonny & Cher)
Shindig!	1965	TV Series	Himself - Singer
Thank Your Lucky Stars	1965	TV Series	Himself
New American Bandstand 1965	1965	TV Series	Himself (as Sonny & Cher)
The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	1998	TV Special	Himself (Memoriam)
Rock & Roll	1995	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Late Show with David Letterman	1995	TV Series	Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	1994	TV Series	Himself
The Atlantic Records Story	1994	TV Special	Himself
Downey	1994	TV Series	Himself
Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert	1993	TV Movie	Himself
A '70s Celebration: The Beat Is Back	1993	TV Special	Himself
Vicki!	1992	TV Series	Himself
P.S.I. Luv U	1991	TV Series	Himself
Late Night with David Letterman	1987-1991	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Guest
Blossom	1991	TV Series	Himself
The Golden Girls	1990	TV Series	Himself
Later with Bob Costas	1989	TV Series	Himself
America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor	1989	TV Special documentary	Himself
The Pat Sajak Show	1989	TV Series	Himself
Barry Gibb Love and Hope Festival IV	1988	TV Movie	Himself
Rockin' the Night Away	1988	TV Movie	Himself
Our Time	1985	TV Series	Himself
Phil Spector: He's a Rebel	1982	TV Movie documentary	Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire	1981	TV Movie documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Hour Magazine	1981	TV Series	Himself
The Mike Douglas Show	1969-1980	TV Series	Himself - Co-Host / Himself - Vocalist / Himself - Entertainer / ...
Good Morning America	1979	TV Series	Himself
V.I.P.-Schaukel	1978	TV Series documentary	Himself
Paul Anka ... Music My Way	1977	TV Special	Himself - Cameo
The Sonny and Cher Show	1976-1977	TV Series	Himself - Co-Host / Themselves - Co-Host
Battle of the Network Stars II	1977	TV Special	Himself - CBS Team
The Jacksons	1976-1977	TV Series	Himself
Dinah!	1975-1976	TV Series	Himself
Donny and Marie	1976	TV Series	Himself
The Hollywood Squares	1969-1976	TV Series	Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1968-1975	TV Series	Himself - Guest / Himself
The Sonny Comedy Revue	1974	TV Series	Himself - Host
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour	1971-1974	TV Series	Himself - Host / Hot Air
The 45th Annual Academy Awards	1973	TV Special	Himself - Presenter: Best Original Song (as Sonny)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies	1972	TV Series	Himself
The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show	1972	TV Series	Himself / Cameo
Dinah's Place	1971	TV Series	Himself
The David Frost Show	1969-1971	TV Series	Himself
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest	1971	TV Movie	Himself
Sonny & Cher: Nitty Gritty Hour	1970	TV Special	Co-Host
The Barbara McNair Show	1970	TV Series	Himself
The Dick Cavett Show	1970	TV Series	Himself
The Best on Record	1970	TV Special	Himself
The Merv Griffin Show	1969-1970	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Playboy After Dark	1970	TV Series	Singer
Case Study: LSD	1969	Documentary short	Himself
The Kraft Music Hall	1967-1969	TV Series	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Entertainment Tonight	2009-2016	TV Series	Himself
Britain's Best Loved Double Acts	2014	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Double Act
Behind the Freedom Curtain	2013	Documentary
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness	2010	TV Series documentary	Peter Dickinson
The Wrecking Crew!	2008	Documentary	Himself
The O'Reilly Factor	2008	TV Series	Himself
Top of the Pops	2006	TV Series	Himself
SingStar Party	2004	Video Game	Himself (as Sonny & Cher)
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea	2004	Documentary	Himself
LSD a Go Go	2004	Documentary short	Himself
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment	2003	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films	2003	Documentary	Himself
Mayor of the Sunset Strip	2003	Documentary	Himself
Cher: The Farewell Tour	2003	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Still Cher	2002	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Family Fundamentals	2002	Documentary	Himself - U.S. Representative
Cher: Live in Concert from Las Vegas	1999	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Detroit Rock City	1999		Himself (uncredited)
Behind the Music	1998-1999	TV Series documentary	Himself
And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story	1999	TV Movie	Himself (uncredited)
E! True Hollywood Story	1999	TV Series documentary	Himself
Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City	1998	TV Mini-Series	Himself
Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers	1998	TV Special	Himself
A Really Big Show: Ed Sullivan's 50th Anniversary	1998	TV Special	Himself
Dateline NBC	1998	TV Series documentary	Himself - Former Representative, California (segment "Sonny's Story")
Waco: The Rules of Engagement	1997	Documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Women in Rock	1986	Video documentary	Himself (sonny and Cher)
Good Old Days Part II	1978	TV Special	Himself - Sonny & Cher
Musikladen	1973	TV Series	Himself
Mondo Hollywood	1967	Documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Beat-Club	1965-1966	TV Series	Himself - Musician

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2007	TV Land Award	TV Land Awards	Television's Greatest Music Moment	Late Night with David Letterman (1982)	· Cher
2004	OFTA Film Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Music, Adapted Song	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	· Nancy Sinatra (performed by)
1998	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Television		· Cher

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2006	TV Land Award	TV Land Awards	TV's Greatest Music Moments	Late Night with David Letterman (1982)	· Cher
1974	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Music-Variety Series	The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971)	· Allan Blye (producer) · Chris Bearde (producer) · Cher (star)
1973	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Variety Musical Series	The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971)	· Allan Blye (producer) · Chris Bearde (producer) · Cher (star)
1972	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Variety Series - Musical	The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971)	· Allan Blye (producer) · Chris Bearde (producer) · Cher (star)
1972	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Variety and Popular Music	The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971)	· Allan Blye (producer) · Chris Bearde (producer) · Cher (star)
1972	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals		· Cher
1966	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best New Artist		· Cher