Sonny & Cher were an American pop and entertainment duo in the 1960s and 1970s, made up of spouses Sonny Bono and Cher. The couple started their career in the mid-1960s as R&B backing singers for record producer Phil Spector.
Sonny & Cher at Schipol Airport, Netherlands in 1966
Sonny & Cher during a rehearsal break at ABC Television's Wembley studios on 26 May 1966.
Sonny & Cher (Dutch TV, 1967)
Publicity photo of Sonny & Cher in 1971.
Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an American singer, songwriter, actor, and politician who came to fame in partnership with his second wife, Cher, as the popular singing duo Sonny & Cher. A member of the Republican Party, Bono served as the 16th mayor of Palm Springs, California, from 1988 to 1992, and served as the U.S. representative for California's 44th district from 1995 until his death in 1998.
Congressional portrait c. 1995
Sonny & Cher, 1966
Sonny Bono in 1966 during a performance
President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan are greeted by Sonny Bono and Mary Bono on their arrival via Air Force One in Palm Springs, California, December 29, 1988.