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Sonny Bono ranked as one of poprock's most visible and famous musician/producers of the mid to late '60s; and in the '70s, he was one of the very few successful musicalvariety personalities on American television. His work and career straddled the eras of Brill Building pop, the British Invasion, and folkrock, right through to 1970s pop. His talent and keen sense of where popular culture was heading sent him and his partner and wife Cher into the birth of the counterculture and through to a postrock career in Las Vegas and onto television. And, in a final, ironic act of reinvention, Sonny Bono became one of the symbols of the 1994 republican revolution in Congress and an exponent of right wing politics.
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Bono developed a nightclub act that featured Cher as the bored, generally superior wife who always gets the best of her husband who is a clown. Throwing in old and new tunes, many of them his, they exuded a kind of charm that intrigued audiences and led them to the weekly Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour on CBS. It lasted from 1971 until mid-1974 and propelled them into the hottest couple on television. Together, they were a hit. While critics debated the merits of the show, it consistently drew high ratings.
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Sonny Bono (1935-1998) began his career as a songwriter and singer in the 1960s. Performing with his girlfriend (later wife) as Sonny and Cher, he hit the pop charts with his song "I Got You Babe". Sonny and Cher had a number of hits and made a movie called "Good Times". They eventually starred in their own TV show in the early 1970s, but marital tensions led to their divorce and Sonny leaving the show.
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Bono began his music career working for the legendary record producer Phil Spector in the early 1960s. Later in the same decade, he achieved commercial success, along with his wife Cher, as part of the singing duo Sonny and Cher.
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Life was looking good for Congressman Bono, now age 62. He had a happy marriage, a job he liked, and the respect of his colleagues. His relationship with ex-wife, Cher had become friendlier, and he was closer to their daughter, Chastity, a gay rights activist, than he had ever been. He was happy with what he had.
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