Cher

She released the album Live: The Farewell Tour later in 2003, a collection of live tracks taken from the tour, and could be seen playing as herself in the Farelly Brothers comedy Stuck on You (2003) with Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear. Since 1992 the Nation has served as the lead for the Inter-Tribal Environmental Council (ITEC).The mission of ITEC is to protect the health of Native Americans, their natural resources, and their environment as it relates to air, land, and water. In the fall of 2003, Cher won her first Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. Today the Cherokee Nation is a leader in the environmental protection field. It was later nominated for 7 Emmy Awards. They are descended from the Old Settlers, or Cherokees that moved west before Removal, and the tribe requires a quarter blood quantum for enrollment. She found success on television once again in the spring of 2003 with Cher: The Farewell Tour Live From Miami. The United Keetoowah Band took a different track than the Cherokee Nation and received federal recognition after the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934.

By July, it had been certified platinum, and later, double platinum. Keeler, who was also the President of Phillips Petroleum was succeeded by Ross Swimmer, Wilma Mankiller, Joe Byrd and Chad Smith who is currently the chief of the Nation. This album peaked at #4 on the Billboard album chart, and again extended her album chart span to over 38 years. Keeler was elected chief by the people, via a Congressional Act signed by President Nixon. In April of 2003, she released The Very Best of Cher, a double CD collection of all of her greatest hits spanning her entire career. W. Also in 2002, she won the Dance/Club Play Artist of the Year and the special Artist Achievement Award at the Billboard Music Awards. Keeler was appointed chief in 1949 but as federal government adopted the self-determination policy, the Cherokee Nation was able to rebuild its government and W.

Her performance there was 325 shows and nearly three years after the tour first began, and 40 years after Sonny and Cher had first performed there. W. Cher finished big, performing two shows in April 2005 at the Hollywood Bowl. W. The tour became the most successful tour ever by a female artist, grossing over 250 million dollars, and playing to over 3 million people around the world, including the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Europe (16 countries), Australia, and New Zealand. Milam as principal chief, and as a goodwill gesture Franklin Delano Roosevelt confirmed the election in 1941. Cher performed on New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas in both 2004 and 2005. B.

It was extended numerous times, continuing throughout all of 2003, all of 2004, and even into 2005. They choose J. Repeat performances were added in several major cities. However, the Cherokee Nation recognized it needed leadership and a general convention was convened in 1938 to elect a Chief. Cher and her dancers made complete costume changes for almost every song and performed hits spanning her entire career. The Federal government appointed chiefs to the Cherokee Nation, often just long enough to sign a treaty. It featured vintage performance and video clips from the 60's onward, of each of her successes in music, television, and film, all set amongst an elaborate backdrop and stage set-up, comlete with backing band, singers and dancers. These and other acts were designed to end tribal sovereignty to pave the way for Oklahoma Statehood in 1907.

The show itself was a tribute to her nearly 40 years in show business. Under the Curtis Act of 1898, Cherokee courts and governmental systems were abolished by the US Federal Government. The tour kicked off in June of 2002 and faced overwhelmingly positive reviews right from the start. The Dawes Act of 1887 broke up the tribal land base. In June of 2002, at the age of 56, Cher announced plans for the "Living Proof Farewell Tour", which she claimed would be the final live tour of her career, though she vowed to continue recording and releasing music. Thomas' Legion was the last Confederate unit to surrender in North Carolina, at Waynesville, North Carolina on May 9, 1865. In May of 2002, Cher again performed on the HBO telvesion special Divas2002: Divas Las Vegas. Other Cherokees in western North Carolina served as part of Thomas' Legion, a unit of approximately 1,100 men of both Cherokee and white origin, fighting primarily in Virginia, where their battle record was outstanding.

The album was eventually certified gold. The discovery went unnoticed for a decade, but eventually became one of the primary sources of the Colorado Gold Rush of 1859. While not nearly as commercially successful as its predesessor, with no singles reaching the Top 40, Living Proof still included several re-mixed songs which found their way onto the Hot Dance, Maxi-Single Sales, Club Play and AC charts. The group, which undertook gold prospecting in California, returned along the same route the following year, noticing placer gold deposits in tributaries of the South Platte. This also gave Cher a Billboard album chart span of more than 37 years. The route become known as the Cherokee Trail. Living Proof entered the Billboard album chart at #9, making it her highest-charting album debut. The expedition followed the Arkansas River upstream to Rocky Mountains in present-day Colorado, then followed the base of mountains northward into present-day Wyoming before turning westward.

In February of 2002, still in dance mode, she released the highly anticipated follow-up to Believe. In 1848 a group of Cherokee set out on an expedition to California looking for new settlement lands. In May of 2000, Cher was presented with the Lifelong Contribution to the Music Industry Award at the World Music Awards by Steven Tyler of the rock band Aerosmith. The Cherokees were one of the five "civilized tribes" that concluded treaties with, and were recognized by, the Confederate States of America. The "Believe Tour" continued throughout 2000, becoming Cher’s most successful tour. One of the notable survivors was Stand Watie, who became a Confederate general during the American Civil War. The Emmy-nominated television special Cher: Live at the MGM Grand In Las Vegas aired by year’s end. This started 15 years of civil war amongst the Cherokees.

Later in 1999, Cher co-starred in the critically-acclaimed Franco Zeffirelli film Tea With Mussolini (1999) with Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Joan Plowright and Lily Tomlin before embarking on the successful worldwide "Believe Tour", which toured throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia. On June 22, 1839, after the adjournment of a tribal meeting, some of the prominent signers of the Treaty of New Echota were assassinated, including the drafter of the Blood Law, Major Ridge, along with John Ridge and Elias Boudinot. Cher performed on the highly-rated television special Divas Live 1999, and appeared onstage in a memorable performance alongside contemporaries Tina Turner and Elton John. Once the Cherokees reached Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), tensions ran high and the suspension of the Cherokee Blood Law was ignored. Cher appeared at the event with Mary Bono, who accepted the award on behalf of her late husband. Since then, Amazing Grace is often considered the Cherokee National Anthem. Sonny and Cher also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television later in 1999. Instead, the singing of Amazing Grace had to suffice.

The album was also nominated in four other categories, including Record of the Year, as well as being nominated for numerous other music awards. The Cherokees hardly had time to realize what was happening as they were prodded like so many sheep toward the concentration camps, threatened with knives and pistols, beaten with rifle butts if they resisted."^[2] In the terror of the forced marches, the Cherokee were not always able to give their dead a full burial. Cher won her first Grammy Award in Feburary 1999 for Best Dance Recording for the song "Believe". From the jagged-walled stockades the troops fanned out across the Nation, invading every hamlet, every cabin, rooting out the inhabitants at bayonet point. She received rave reviews for the performance. there came the reign of terror. In January 1999, Cher performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" in front of tens of millions around the world for Super Bowl XXXII. Samuel Carter, author of Cherokee Sunset, writes, "Then ..

Another single, "All or Nothing" (US #38, 1998), having cracked the Top 40, brought Cher’s total number of Top 40 hits to 23, not including those attained with Sonny. Georgia, and Trail of Tears. The Believe album was eventually certified quadruple platinum, and is believed to have sold at least another 12 million copies worldwide. See: Indian Removal, Cherokee Nation v. She also earned the distinction of being the only female artist to have had Top 10 hits in each of the past four successive decades. Cherokees were displaced from their ancestral lands in North Georgia and the Carolinas because of rapidly expanding white population, as well as a Gold Rush around Dahlonega, Georgia in the 1830's. This achievement made Cher the oldest woman (at 52) to have a #1 hit in the rock era, and also gave her the distinction of having the longest span of #1 hits (33 years) as well as the largest gap between #1’s (24 years). John Ross became the chief of the tribe in 1828 and remained the chief until his death.

It also became Cher’s fourth solo #1 single in US and fifth US #1 overall. The Cherokee Nation was founded in 1820, with elected public officials. 1 in the charts for seven weeks and became the all-time biggest-selling single ever by a solo female artist in the UK. He began his public career in 1809. In the United Kingdom, "Believe" stayed at No. His mother was a quarter-blood Cherokee woman whose father was also from Scotland. The first single and title track "Believe" (1998) quickly became a worldwide smash, easily becoming Cher’s biggest hit, reaching #1 in 23 countries around the world. His father emigrated from Scotland prior to the Revolutionary War.

The album marked an extreme departure for Cher, as the record was a sparkling collection of up-tempo dance tracks, conjured up by a large and mixed team of lesser-known, mostly European producers. John Ross was an important figure in the history of the Cherokee tribe. At the end of 1998, at age 52, a newly energized Cher released her much-hyped album Believe (1998), widely reported to be targeted towards her immense gay following. Mails, "Myths of The Cherokee" by James Mooney, and The Lost Cherokee Nation). Despite charges of opportunism Cher continued to openly mourn, also paying tribute to Bono in the sentimental CBS special Sonny and Me: Cher Remembers (1998), calling her grief "something I never plan to get over". (see "We Are Not Yet Conquered" by Beverly Northrup, "The Cherokee People" by Thomas E. In front of millions, she praised the man who had been father, friend, partner, husband, and foe. Today, there are thousands of Cherokee living in Arkansas or Southern Missouri who are relatives of these pre-Trail of Tears Cherokee.

The funeral, unbeknownst to Cher, was also broadcast live on CNN. The US Government has ignored their pleas. Nonetheless, under a slew of media attention, Cher accepted an invitation to deliver the eulogy. Those who stayed on the old Arkansas Cherokee Reservation lands have lobbied the US Government since the early 1900s to be considered a Federally recognized Cherokee tribe. Photograghed in tears as she fled through Heathrow Airport back to Los Angeles, the media seemingly appointed Cher his widow, though they had been apart for 24 years and he was long remarried, and then married again with a fourth wife and a new career as a popular congressman. Others disobeyed the US Government and stayed on the old Reservation lands in Arkansas. He was 62. Around 1828, the tribe split, some going to Indian Territory.

Cher was in London in January of 1998 when a call from her daughter Chastity brought the shocking news of Sonny Bono's death in a skiing accident. Arkansas Cherokees had two choices: cooperate with the US government and move to Indian Territory (later Oklahoma), or defy the US Government and refuse to leave the Arkansas Reservation area. She also co-starred and directed in one of the film’s three segments, earning a Golden Globe Nomination as Best Supporting Actress in a made-for-television movie. A delegation of Arkansas Cherokees went to Washington, D.C., and were forced to sign a treaty to vacate the Arkansas Reservation. Also in 1996, Cher co-executive-produced the highly-anticipated, slightly controversial HBO abortion drama If These Walls Could Talk (1996) with actress Demi Moore. By the late 1820s, the Territory of Arkansas had designs on acquiring the land held by the Arkansas Cherokee. She starred in the poorly-received film Faithful (1996) with Ryan O'Neal and Chazz Palminteri. Other Cherokee leaders who lived in Arkansas were The Bowl, Sequoyah, Spring Frog and The Dutch.

This also marked the first time that Cher wrote the material for an entire album. Led by Chief Dragging Canoe, the Chickamauga made alliances with the Shawnee and engaged in raids against colonial settlements. The album was quickly rejected by record labels for being "not commercial", so Cher chose to sell the recording exclusively through her website. Many of these dissidents became known as the Chickamauga. This album was written entirely by Cher after she attended a songwriting retreat in France back in 1994. Eventually, there were such large numbers of Cherokees in these areas the US Government established a Cherokee Reservation located in Arkansas, with boundaries from north of the Arkansas River up to the southern bank of the White River. She also produced and recorded an independent alternative-rock album entitled Not.Com.mercial (pronounced "not-dot-com-mercial"). Francis and the White Rivers by 1800.

Though praised by critics as a departure from her Geffen-era style, it was mostly overlooked by her fans. Their settlements were established on the St. At age 50, she released the album It's a Man's World (1996). These early dissidents would eventually move across the Mississippi River to areas that would later become the states of Arkansas and Missouri. She was back full-time by 1996. Beginning at about the time of the American Revolutionary War (late 1700s), divisions over continued accommodation of encroachments by white settlers, despite repeated violations of previous treaties, caused some Cherokee to begin to leave the Cherokee Nation. Cher made cameo appearances in the Robert Altman films Ready to Wear (1992) and The Player (1994). It is now believed that a more ancient Syllabary that predated Sequoyah and may have inspired his great work for the Cherokee people was handed down through the Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni, an ancient priesthood of the Cherokee people.

Many critics say this had a negative impact on her career. However, since the fairly recent addition of the Cherokee syllables to Unicode, the Cherokee language is experiencing a renaissance in its use on the Internet. She made very few public appearances during this period, with the notable exception she made to help her friend Lori Davis launch a hair-care line via a series of infomercials. For years, many people wrote transliterated Cherokee on the Internet or used poorly intercompatible fonts to type out the syllabary. By 1992, at the age of 46, Cher took some time off, following what was widely reported as either a case of Epstein-Barr Virus or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The Cherokee speak an Iroquoian language which is polysynthetic and is written in a syllabary invented by Sequoyah. The film was a moderate success. However, modern Cherokee call themselves Cherokee, or Tsalagi.

Cher starred in the film Mermaids (1991) with Bob Hoskins, Wynona Ryder, and a then 9 year old Christina Ricci, making her film debut. Most native American tribes have a name for themselves which means approximately this. Cher embarked on the "Love Hurts Tour" throughout 1991 and into 1992. It was derived from the Choctaw word "Cha-la-kee" which means "those who live in the mountains" or "those who live in the caves." The name which the Cherokees originally used for themselves is Ah-ni-yv-wi-ya (literal translation "these are all the human people"). This album was also eventually certified platinum. The word "Cherokee" is a derived word which came originally from the Choctaw trade language. This album produced the Top 20 hit "Love and Understanding" (US #17, UK#6 1991) and 2 more Top 40 hits: a re-working of "The Shoop Shoop Song" (US #33, UK #1 1991) and "Save Up All Your Tears" (US #37, 1991). For more information, and to view the 1984 video Spirit of the Fire, see www.keetoowahsociety.org.

In 1991, Cher completed her Geffen recording contract by releasing the album Love Hurts (1991). Elder Red Hat was born into the Long Hair Clan and raised in the Old Cherokee Religion, and later convereted to Judaism and became a Rabbi. During this time, she starred in the television special Cher - Live at the Mirage, filmed during a live concert in Las Vegas. The late John Red Hat Duke, a prominent enrollee in both the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band, remebered that his full-blood grandmothers who spoke the now considered-to-be-dead Keetoowah dialect, pronounced Keetoowah as Kee-too-rah, with a trilled "R" sound. She also launched "The Heart of Stone Tour" which played throughout 1989 and 1990 in various parts of the world. The Cherokee language (at least as it is spoken today) does not contain any "r" based sounds, and as such, the word "Cherokee" when spoken in the language is expressed as Tsa-la-gi (pronounced Jah-la-gee or Cha-la-gee) by native speakers, since these sounds most closely resemble "Cherokee" in the native language. This album was eventually certified triple platinum. The spelling "Cherokee" is likely due to the Cherokee language's name, "Tsalagi" - this then may have been rendered phonetically in Portuguese (or more likely a barranquenho dialect, since de Soto was Extremaduran) as chalaque, then in French as cheraqui, and then by the English as cherokee.

In 1989, at 43, Cher released the album Heart of Stone, which featured three more Top 10 hits, "If I Could Turn Back Time" (US #3, 1989); "After All" (US #6, 1989), a duet with Peter Cetera; "Just Like Jesse James" (US #8, 1989); and the Top 20 hit "Heart of Stone" (#20, 1990). Today there are seven ceremonial dance grounds in Oklahoma and these either belong to the Keetoowah tradition or the Four Mothers Society. This album was eventualy certified platinum. Redbird Smith was an influential Nighthawk member and the group revitalized traditional spirituality among Cherokees, beginning in the 19th century. Cher (1987) was released in 1987, featured the Top 10 comeback single "I Found Someone" (US #10, 1987), which had previously been a minor hit for Laura Branigan, and the Top 20 hit "We All Sleep Alone" (US #14, 1988). A 1984 KJRH-TV documentary, "Spirit of the Fire" called the Keetoowah Nighthawk Society the "spiritual core" of the nation in reference to the traditional ceremonies and rituals practiced and maintained by the Keetoowah. Under a new recording contract with Geffen records, Cher released the first of three highly successful rock albums, under the executive production of Kalodner and featuring writing contributions from the likes of Diane Warren, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child, and Michael Bolton. Other large and small non-recognized Cherokee organizations are located in Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and other locations in the United States.

Also in 1987, at the age of 41, Cher, though somewhat reluctantly, revived her recording career after a five-year hiatus, under the suggestion and coordination of rock producer and A&R man John Kalodner. State-recognized Cherokee tribes have headquarters in Georgia and Alabama. Dukakis also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Cher's mother in the film. Bands recognized by the United States government, but representing only 250,000 Cherokees, have headquarters in Tahlequah, Oklahoma (the Cherokee Nation), and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and at Cherokee, North Carolina (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians). For Moonstruck, directed by Norman Jewison, she won the 1989 Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy and the Favorite Film Actress award at the People’s Choice Awards. . In 1987, she starred in three films: the thriller Suspect (1987), with Dennis Quaid; the fantasy film The Witches of Eastwick (1987), with Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer; and the romantic comedy Moonstruck (1987) with Nicholas Cage and Olympia Dukakis. They were one of the tribes referred to as the Five Civilized Tribes.

In 1985, Cher was honored with Harvard Univeristy's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award. The Cherokee (ah-ni-yv-wi-ya in Cherokee) are a people native to North America who at the time of European contact in the 16th century inhabited what is now the eastern and southeastern United States before most were forcefully moved to the Ozark Plateau. For her role of a mother of a severely disfigured boy, Cher won the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Chief Joe Byrd, Former Chief Cherokee Nation, Attempted to Overthrow the Cherokee Nation Government in the early 1990s which resulted in deployment of Federal Troops by the United States to restore order on Cherokee Nation Tribal Lands, and was accussed of embezzlement of Cherokee Nation funds by the Cherokee Nation Judicial Branch. The film also starred Eric Stoltz, Laura Dern and Sam Elliott, and was considered her first critical and commercial success. Ned Christie, Famous Outlaw and Frontiersman during Oklahoma Settlement, Tribal Member, Cherokee Nation. Her next film was a starring role in the critically-acclaimed Mask (1985), directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Redbird Smith, Cherokee Leader and Statesman, Tribal Member, UKB.

For this film, she also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. Brad Carson, Former United States Congressman, Head of Cherokee Nation Enterprises, Tribal Member Cherokee Nation. She was next cast alongside Meryl Streep and Kurt Russell in the critically acclaimed drama Silkwood (1983) for which she received her first Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actress. Jeffrey Vernon Merkey, American Computer Scientist, Former Chief Scientist of Novell, Author of Multiprocessor NetWare Operating System, Tribal Member Cherokee Nation. Her performance was critically praised, and she was later cast in the film version directed by famed Hollywood director Robert Altman. Tony Joe White, singer (Caucasian, Cherokee). In 1982, at 36, Cher landed her first major role in a Broadway production of Come Back to the Five-and-Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. Michelle White, singer (father Tony Joe White is Caucasian, Cherokee).

At the time, Cher was also quoted as saying that she didn’t really care if she ever made another record. Steven Tyler, singer of Aerosmith (Cherokee, Russian, Italian). Her earliest entertainment ambitions had always lay in film, as opposed to music, however, she found herself in an uphill battle trying to land credible roles for a woman now in her mid-thirties with little acting experience. Liv Tyler, actress (father Steven Tyler is Cherokee, Russian, and Italian, mother Bebe Buell is of French descent). With album sales and hit singles again at a standstill, Cher decided to expand her career into serious film acting. Tina Turner, singer (Black, Cherokee, Navajo). Once again, album sales were underwhelming. Wes Studi, actor (full Cherokee) Tribal Member Cherokee Nation.

In 1982, Cher released the critically and commercially panned I Paralyze (1982), again despite appearances on American Bandstand and The Tonight Show. Ronnie Spector, singer (Caucasian father & Black-Cherokee mother). The album was a dismal failure, despite an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and 'the band' broke up the following year. Robert Rauschenberg, painter (German, Cherokee). In 1980, Cher, at age 34, formed the rock band Black Rose with her then-partner, guitarist Les Dudek, and released the album Black Rose (1980) by year's end. Salli Richardson, actress (Black-Cherokee mother & Italian-Irish father). That album produced no hit singles. Burt Reynolds, actor (Cherokee, Irish, Italian).

For her second Casablanca release, Prisoner (1979), Cher took it all off on the album's cover, igniting a firestorm of controversy with women's rights groups for her "sex slave" image. Nikki Reed, actress (Jewish father and Cherokee-Italian mother). The album was partially boosted by the image of a scantily-clad Cher in a Viking outfit on the album’s cover. Elvis Presley, singer, actor (Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish, French, Dutch, German, Jewish and Cherokee ancestors). Also in 1979, Cher went disco, signing with Casablanca Records, and scored yet another Top 10 hit with "Take Me Home" (US #8, 1979) from the the album Take Me Home (1979). Chuck Norris, actor and martial artist (both parents are half Cherokee and half Irish). She made a brief return to prime-time starring in the television specials Cher…Special in 1978 (for which guest-star Dolly Parton was nominated for an Emmy Award) and Cher…and Other Fantasies in 1979. Joe Nichols, country singer.

Cher was then linked to a series of high-profile men, including record executive David Geffen, Gene Simmons of the rock band KISS, and guitarist Les Dudek. Wayne Newton, actor and singer (Irish-Powhatan father and German-Cherokee mother)　. The couple separated for good by 1978. Charlie Musselwhite, blues harmonica player and bandleader. This project was not considered a critical or commercial success. Mandy Moore, singer and actrees (English, Irish, Cherokee). Together, they also released the album, Two The Hard Way – Allman and Woman (1977), which featured a cover of the Smokey Robinson hit "You Really Got A Hold On Me". Demi Moore, actress (Welsh, French, and Cherokee heritage).

They had one son, Elijah Blue Allman, born on 1976-07-10. Karen McDougal, model, Playboy Playmate of the Year 1998 (Cherokee and Irish ancestors). Cher, at 29, famously married rock musician Gregg Allman in 1975, (a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band). Hawk Littlejohn, Native American flute maker and player. Despite this, Stars is often said to be a fan favorite. Sonny Landham, Hollywood and pornographic actor (Cherokee and Seminole). Cher released the albums Stars (1975), I'd Rather Believe In You (1976), and Cherished (1977), though none of these albums were considered a critical or commercial success. Eartha Kitt, singer (Caucasian father & Black-Cherokee mother).

On 1976-02-01, The Sonny and Cher Show debuted to Top 10 ratings and high expectations, but was abruptly cancelled early in the following season due to poor ratings. Val Kilmer, actor (Mongolian, Irish, Scottish, Cherokee, German, Sephardic, Swedish ancestors, paternal great-grandmother was Cherokee). Cher pulled the plug herself, before attempting to reunite with her ex-husband for a revamped version of The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour. Michael Jackson, singer (Black, Cherokee). The Cher show ran for one and a half seasons, before ending in early 1976 due to a drastic drop in ratings. Jimi Hendrix, guitarist, singer (Black, Caucasian, Cherokee). This type of showmanship had never been done on television before. Rebecca Gayheart, actress (Irish, Italian, German and Cherokee descent).

Her show would often consist of numerous costume changes. James Garner, actor. A lot of press was generated throughout 1975 about Cher's exposed bellybutton and barely there evening gowns and daring ensembles created by famed designer Bob Mackie. Shannon Elizabeth, actress (Syrian-Lebanese father and mixed Cherokee mother). Cloris Leachman and Jack Albertson both won Emmy Awards for their appearances as guest-stars a few weeks later. Jerry Ellis, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his 1991 book Walking the Trail, One Man's Journey Along the Cherokee Trail of Tears. The Cher show debuted as an elaborate, all-star television special - broadcast 1975-02-16 featuring Flip Wilson, Bette Midler and special guest Elton John. Carmen Electra, actress (Irish, German, Cherokee).

Bono’s show was abruptly cancelled, however, after only six weeks. Johnny Depp, actor (mother half-Irish/half-Cherokee, father German). Bono launched his own show, The Sonny Comedy Review in the fall of 1974 while Cher also announced plans to host and star in a new variety TV series of her own. Kevin Costner, actor (Cherokee, Irish, German). What followed was a nasty and very public divorce. Rita Coolidge, singer. The show also therefore fell apart, while still at the top of the ratings. Ward Churchill, activist, writer and academic claims Cherokee ancestry on his mother's side although this disputed (see article) Ward Churchills membership in the United Keetoowah was revoked based on false claims of his Cherokee Ancestry according to a news release issued by the Tribal Council of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians.

By the third season of the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour in early 1974, the marriage of Sonny and Cher began to fall apart, and the duo separated later that year. Bryan Callen, actor (1/2 Cherokee, 1/4 Scottish, 1/4 Irish). She released her first Greatest Hits (1974) album in 1974. James Brown, singer (Black, Cherokee). She followed up with the albums Foxy Lady (1972) and Bittersweet White Light (1973), before scoring two more #1 hits with "Half-Breed" (US #1, 1973, now a signature song), and "Dark Lady" (US #1, 1974) from the two albums of the same name. Kim Basinger, actress (Swedish, German, Cherokee). Cher, at 25, continued to establish herself as a solo recording artist with the help of producer Snuff Garrett, and charted her first solo #1 hit with the song "Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves" (US #1, 1971), from the album Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves(1971). Tori Amos, singer (maternal grandfather was part Eastern Cherokee - an Eastern Cherokee with some European ancestry).

The duo also revived their recording career, releasing the albums Sonny and Cher Live (1971), All I Ever Need Is You (1972), Live in Las Vegas (1972), and Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer – Papa Used to Write All Her Songs (1973), while charting two more Top 10 hits: "All I Ever Need Is You" (US #7, 1971) "A Cowboys' Work Is Never Done" (US #8, 1972) and the Top 40 hit "When You Say Love" (US #32, 1973). The show received numerous Emmy Award nominations throughout its three year run on CBS. It returned to primetime later that year and was an immediate hit, quickly reaching the Top Ten in their time slot. The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour debuted in 1971 as a summer replacement series.

Having caught the eye of CBS head of programming Fred Silverman while guest-hosting on The Merv Griffin Show, he offered the duo their own variety show. A mixture of slapstick comedy, skits and live music, the show was a critical success, which led to numerous guest spots on other early 70’s hit television shows. In 1970, Sonny and Cher starred in their first television special, The Sonny and Cher Nitty Gritty Hour.
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That film (directed by first and only-time director Alessio De Paulo) was also considered a commercial failure. The duo made another unsuccessful foray into film later in 1969 with Bono writing and producing the film Chastity, intended as a dramatic debut for Cher as an actress. Cher released the album 3614 Jackson Highway (1969 later in 1969. Sonny and Cher also welcomed their first child, Chastity Bono, born 1969-03-04.

Their gentle, easy-listening pop sound and anti-drug policy had become unpopular in an era becoming increasingly consumed with the psychedelic rock that came with the overall evolutionary change in the landscape of American pop culture during the late 1960's. Sonny and Cher's career had stalled by 1968, as album sales quickly dryed up. The film was a flop. In an attempt to capitalize on the duo’s success, Sonny penned their first feature film (themed similarily to The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine) Good Times in 1967, in which the duo starred.

She followed up with "Where Do You Go" (US #25, 1965) "Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down!)" (US #2, 1966)the feature film title track "Alfie" (US #32, 1966) and "You Better Sit Down Kids" (US #9, 1967) from the albums The Sonny Side of Cher (1966), Cher (1966), Backstage (1967), With Love…Cher (1968). Meanwhile, also in 1965, Cher released her first solo record All I Really Want To Do which charted her first solo US Top 20 hit, a cover of Bob Dylan's "All I Really Want to Do" (US #15, 1965). With her dark, exotic looks, she became a fashion trend-setter, quickly popularizing fashion bellbottoms, and incorporating ‘hippie’ attire and eccentric gowns and elaborate costumes into their live shows. While initially perceived as the slightly awkward and under-estimated half of the popular singing duo, Cher quickly rose to prominence as the more outspoken, daring and provocative half of the husband-and-wife singing team.

Sullivan infamously pronounced her name 'Chur' during their introduction. The duo made an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in the fall of 1965 in which Mr. The two became a quick sensation, travelling and performing around the world. Several more Top 40 hits would follow, including "Baby, Don’t Go" (US #8, 1965), "Just You" (US #20, 1965), "But You're Mine" (US #15, 1965), "Little Man" (US #21, 1966), and "The Beat Goes On" (US #6, 1967) from the albums The Wonderous World of Sonny and Cher (1966), and In Case You’re In Love (1967).

Cher was 19 years old. This album contained the overnight smash and eventual #1 single "I Got You Babe" (US #1, 1965). They later re-emerged as "Sonny and Cher", and released their first album Look at Us in the summer of 1965. They received little attention.

With Sonny continuing to write, arrange and produce the songs, Sonny and Cher’s first incarnation was as the duo "Ceasear and Cleo". Both were released in 1964. Her second attempt was the more popular single "Dream Baby", released under the name Cherilyn, written and produced by Sonny. It went nowhere.

Her first solo recording was the novelty single "Ringo, I Love You", released under the pseudonym of Bonnie-Jo Mason and produced by Phil Spector. The two became fast friends and eventually lovers, and through Sonny, Cher (as she was called early on for short) eventually got to sing back-up on several of Spector’s classic recordings. The much older Sonny (he was 28) was already working for record producer Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios in Hollywood. Cherilyn first met Sonny Bono in a Los Angeles coffee shop in 1963, when she was just 17.

. In a career defined, and redefined as much by dramatic missteps and spectacular recoveries, the chief constant has been her seemingly limitless determination. From sequined spectacle to luminous Oscar-winner; TV vamp to Billboard's longest running chart-topper, Cher's success in music, film, television, and on stage qualifies her as one of the most enduring entertainers of our time. In a career that has now surpassed 40 years, Cher has emerged a legendary pop icon who continues to charm audiences around the globe, constantly on the public forefront.

She rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as half of the pop duo Sonny and Cher, later emerging as a successful solo artist, television star, and later, film actress. She has sold solo over 100 million records worldwide since the start of her career. She rose to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the duo Sonny and Cher and sold over 80 million records worldwide, then as a solo artist when the duo ended in 1974. Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946) is an American actress and singer of Armenian descent.

VH-1's 25 Greatest Rock Star Cameos #2 (Vote ranking #1). VH-1/TV Guide's 100 Greatest Moments that Rocked TV #20; #59; #87 (Vote ranking #1; #2; #3). 2003 - USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year #19 (Vote ranking #1). TV Guide's 50 Sexiest Stars #13.

2004 - Top 10 Shortest Celebrity Marriages #3 (Vote ranking #1). 1987 - People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People #1. 1975 - People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People #1. People Magazine Cover Champs # 11 (Vote ranking #1).

1976 - People Magazine Best Seller of the Year #1. 1975 - People Magazine Best Seller of the Year #1. 2002 - Netscape's Top 10 Double Threats #1. 1992 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum's 5 Most Beautiful Women of History #2.

1986 - Hollywood Square Celebrities [1966-82] #1. 1986 - High Society's 30 Sexiest Celebrities #1. 2004 - E!'s 101 Most Starlicious Makeovers # 3. 70´s - AAFRPS Ideal Face of the 1970's # 3.

1977 - 10 Celebrities, Girls Want to Be #8. 2005 - Pollstar's Top Tours "North American" # 7. 2004 - Pollstar's Top Tours "North American" # 17. 2003 - Pollstar's Top Tours "North American" # 3.

2002 - Pollstar's Top Tours "North American" # 2. 1999 - Pollstar's Top Tours "North American" # 6. 2000 - World Music Award - Lifelong Contribution to the Music Industry award. 2004 - Women's World Award - one of the most successful actresses/singers.

2001 - Bambi - most successful Female Singer in History. 1999 - Echo "German Grammy Award" - best International Female Singer. 1991 - Echo "German Grammy Award" - best International Female Singer. 1999 - Hollywood Walk of Fame - For TV - Sonny and Cher.

1999 - Grammy - Best Dance Recording - Believe. 2003 - Emmy Award - Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special - Farewell Tour. 1985 - Cannes Film Festival - Best Actress - Mask. 1987 - Golden Globe Award - Best Actress - Moonstruck.

1984 - Golden Globe Award - Best Supporting Actress - Silkwood. 1974 - Golden Globe Award - Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy - Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour. 1989 - Academy Award - Best Actress - Moonstruck. Sonny & Cher - the Christmas Collection (DVD Release 2004).

Sonny & Cher - the Ultimate Collection (DVD Release 2003). Cher: The Farewell Tour (2003) (also executive producer). VH1 Divas Las Vegas (2002). Cher: Live in Concert from Las Vegas (1999).

Cher (1975-1976). The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971-1974). The Sonny & Cher Nitty Gritty Hour (1970). Good Times (DVD Release 2004).

Chastity (DVD Release 2004). Mask (DVD Release 2004). Faithful (DVD Release 2004). Stuck On You (DVD Release 2004).

Silkwood (DVD Release 2003). Suspect (DVD Release 2001). Mermaids (DVD Release 2001). Tea With Mussolini (DVD Release 1999).

Moonstruck (DVD Release 1998). The Witches of Eastwick (DVD Release 1997). The House (2007) (currently in pre-production). In the Pink (2007) (currently in pre-production).

Stuck On You (2003). Mayor of the Sunset Strip (documentary) (2003). Tea with Mussolini (1999). Faithful (1996).

Prêt-à-Porter (1994) (Cameo). The Player (1992) (Cameo). Mermaids (1990). Moonstruck (1987).

Suspect (1987). The Witches of Eastwick (1987). Mask (1985). Silkwood (1983).

Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982). Chastity (1969). Good Times (1967). Wild on the Beach (1965).

Cher: Live at the Mirage (Las Vegas, the "Heart of Stone" Tour 1990) (DVD Release 2005). The Very Best of Cher DVD Edition (DVD Release 2004). Cher: The Farewell Tour Live in Miami (DVD Release 2003). VH1 Divas Las Vegas (DVD Release 2002).

Cher: Live in Concert (Las Vegas, the "Believe" Tour 1999) (DVD Release 1999). VH1 Divas Live 99 (DVD Release 1999). 2003 - "When The Moneys Gone/Love One Another" US Maxi Single #2. 2002 - "A Different Kind of Love Song" US Maxi-Single #2.

2002 - "Song For The Lonely" Hot US #85; US Maxi-Single #1; US POP #7; Canada #18. 2002 - "Alive Again" Germany #27; Israel #8; Norway #32; Swiss #80. 2001 - "The Music's No Good Without You" Russia #1;UK #8 Top 10 Canada/Italy/Taiwan/Portugal; Top 20 Sweden/Norway/Europe/Finland. 1999 - "Dovè lAmore" UK #21; Top 10 Europe/Italy/Rumaenien/Finnland/Spain/Creeze.

1999 - "All or Nothing" US #38; UK/Europe 12; Top 10 Rumaenien/Finnland/Jogoslawien/Denmark; Norway #19. 1999 - "Strong Enough" US #57; Croatien/Denmark #1; Top 10 UK/Germany/France/Belgian/Swiss/Europe/Italy/Austria/Finland/New Zealand/Spain/Jogoslawien. 1998 - "Believe" US #1 (2x Platinum); UK #1 - in 24 countries #1, and over 30 countries Top 10. 1996 - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" UK #22.

1996 - "Not Enough Love In the World" UK #31. 1996 - "One By One" US #52; UK #7. 1995 - "Walking In Memphis" UK #11; Norway #7; Sweden #13; Austria #17; Germany #63. 1995 - "Love Can Build a Bridge" UK #1; Germany #62; Swiss #21; Austria #18.

1994 - "I Got You Babe" (Cher & Beavis And Butthead) US #108; UK #35; Dutch 9; Europe #18. 1993 - "Whenever Youre Near" UK #72. 1993 - "Many Rivers to Cross" UK #37. 1992 - "Oh No Not My Baby" UK #33; Germany #52; Austria #30; Swiss #19.

1992 - "Couldve Been You" UK #31; Germany #72. 1991 - "Love Hurts" UK #43; Norway #2. 1991 - "Save Up All Your Tears" US/UK #37; Austria #18; Germany #56. 1991 - "Love And Understanding" US #17; Top 10 UK/Dutch/Belgian/Norway/Austria; Germany #20; Top 30 France/Sweden/Australian.

1991 - "The Shoop Shoop Song" US #33; UK/Norway/Irish/Europe/Austria #1; Top 10 Germany/France/Sweden/Dutch/Belgian/Swiss/Australian. 1990 - "You Wouldn't Know Love" UK #27 (Gold). 1990 - "Heart Of Stone" US #20; UK #43; Germany #23. 1989 - "Just Like Jesse James" US #8 (Gold); UK #11; Germany #38; Belgian #13; Australian #22.

1989 - "If I Could Turn Back Time" US #3; Norway/Australian #1; Top 10 UK/US/Dutch/Belgian; Top 20 Germany/Sweden/Italy/Austria. 1989 - "After All" (duet with Peter Cetera) US #6 (Platinum). 1988 - "Skin Deep" US #78. 1988 - "We All Sleep Alone" US #14; UK #47; Norway #11.

1987 - "I Found Someone" US #10; UK #5 (Gold); Norway #14; Germany #35. 1981 - "Dead Ringer for Love" (Cher & Meatloaf) UK #5; Norway #26; Dutch #32. 1979 - "Hell on Wheels" US #59. 1979 - "Wasn't it Good" US #49.

1979 - "Take Me Home" US #8 (Gold); Norway #9. 1977 - "Pirate" US #93. 1974 - "I Saw a Man and He Danced with His Wife" US #42. 1974 - "Train of Thought" US #27, Canada #22.

1974 - "Dark Lady" US/Canada/Sweden #1 (Gold); Norway #10; Dutch #17; Belgian #22; Uk #36. 1973 - "Half-Breed" US/Canada #1 (Gold); Sweden #6; Norway #15; Germany #29. 1972 - "Don't Hide Your Love" US #46. 1972 - "Living in a House Divided" US #22.

1972 - "The Way Of Love" US #7; Canada #5. 1971 - "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" US/Canada #1 UK #4; Norway #8; Dutch/Germany #25; Belgian #27. 1969 - "For What it's Worth" US #125. 1968 - "The Click Song" US #84.

1967 - "You Better Sit Down Kids" US #9, Canada #7. 1967 - "Hey Joe" US #94. 1966 - "Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies)" US #124; Canada #45. 1966 - "Behind the Door" US #97.

1966 - "Sunny" UK #32, Dutch/Norway #2; Sweden #4. 1966 - "I Feel Something In the Air" UK #43. 1966 - "Alfie" US #32; Canada #26. 1966 - "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" US #2; UK #3; Italy #6; Sweden/Canada/Belgian #9; Dutch #16; Germany #17.

1965 - "Where Do You Go?" US #25; Canada #22. 1965 - "All I Really Wanna Do" US/Dutch #15; UK #9; Sweden #13; Canada #26 (Cher's first #1 hit). 1993 - "I Got You Babe" (re-issue) UK #66. 1972 - "When You Say Love" US #32.

1972 - "A Cowboys' Work Is Never Done" US #8; Canada #4; Germany #48. 1971 - "All I Ever Need Is You" US #7; UK #7; Canada #10; Belgian #20. 1967 - "The Beat Goes On" US #6, UK #29; France #2; Belgian #5; Dutch #8; Canada #9; Germany #24. 1966 - "Living For You" US #87; UK #44.

1966 - "Little Man" US #21; France/Sweden/Belgian/Norway/Dutch #1; UK #4; Germany #2; Canada #6. 1966 - "Have I Stayed Too Long" US #49; UK #42. 1965 - "But You're Mine" US #15; UK #17; Canada #23. 1965 - "Just You/Sing C'est La Vie" US #20; Belgian #1; Canada #15.

1965 - "Baby Don't Go" US #8; Canada #1; Sweden #16; Dutch #20; UK #11. 1965 - "The Letter" US # 75; Canada #24. 1965 - "I Got You Babe" US/UK #1; Germany #3; Sweden/Canada/Dutch #4; France/Japan #5; Belgian #12. 1964 - "Love Is Strange" US #134.

Cher Gold (2005). 20th Century Masters Presents The Best of Cher Volume 2 (2004). The Very Best of Cher (2003). The Way of Love - The Cher Collection (2000).

20th Century Masters Presents The Best of Cher (2000). The Greatest Hits (1999) - Europe Only. If I Could Turn Back Time, Cher's Greatest Hits (1999). Greatest Hits (1974).

Cher Gold (2005-07-26). Live! The Farewell Tour (2003-08-26). The Very Best of Cher (2003-04-01). Living Proof (2002-02-26 USA) (2001-11-09 Europe).

not.com.mercial (2000). Believe (1998-11-10). It's a Man's World (1996 USA) (1995 Europe). Love Hurts (1991).

Heart of Stone (1989). Cher (1987). I Paralyze (1982). Black Rose (1980).

Take Me Home (1979). Prisoner (1979). Cherished (1977). Allman and Woman (1976) (w/ Gregg Allman).

I'd Rather Believe In You (1976). Stars (1975). Dark Lady (1974). Half Breed (1973).

Bittersweet White Light (1973). Foxy Lady (1972). Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves (1971). 3614 Jackson Highway (1969).

The Sonny Side of Cher (1966). All I Really Want to Do (1965). Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer - Papa Used to Write All Her Songs (1973). Live In Las Vegas Volume Two (1972).

All I Ever Need Is You (1972). Sonny & Cher Live (1971). In Case You're In Love (1967). The Wondrous World of Sonny & Cher (1966).

Look at Us (1965).