Cher, 77, on her six-decade career: ‘I’m some sort of freak’
21.10.2023 - 02:19
/ nypost.com
the Rolling Stones was also releasing their new album, “Hackney Diamonds,” on Friday — the same day that she was dropping her first holiday LP, “Christmas.” “You know, I met them the first time they ever came to America,” the artist born Cherilyn Sarkisian — who was married to her late singing partner Sonny Bono at the time — told The Post. “They wanted to stay at our house, and we only had a living room and a bedroom, and we went, ‘You know, we can’t do it.’”Six decades later, Cher is as much of a living legend as the Stones.
And in a storied career as a Grammy-winning singer and an Oscar-decorated actress, she’s making new moves with her first holiday album, “Christmas,” out Friday. Defying all expectations, she’s still going more than “Strong Enough” — as she vowed 25 years ago — at 77.
“I mean, it’s crazy — and it doesn’t make any sense to me whatsoever,” said Cher, who made her debut with “Where Do You Go” in 1965. “I have no idea why I’m here now.
I’m some sort of a freak. I have no idea why I still have my voice.”Cher’s distinctly deep voice is applied to holiday fare for the first time on “Christmas,” which includes the original song “DJ Play a Christmas Song,” as well as seasonal chestnuts such as “Run Rudolph Run” and “Santa Baby.”Darlene Love, the original Queen of Christmas — sorry, Mariah — even joins in the festivities for a new version of “Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home),” which Love originally released as a Phil Spector-produced holiday bop in 1963.“I did the background [vocals] on that song when I was 17,” said Cher.
“I wouldn’t have done it without her because, in my mind, that would be so disrespectful. We hadn’t talked in a thousand years, but when I called her it was like I talked to her
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