Chér (1966 album)


Chér is the third studio album by American singer-actress Cher, released on September 5, 1966 by Imperial. Cher collaborates again with Sonny Bono, with Harold Battiste and with Stan Ross. The album is by-and-large a covers album and contains only one song written by Bono. This album was a moderate commercial success, peaking at number 59 on the Billboard 200.

Album information

Chér was released in 1966, produced by Sonny Bono and issued by the Liberty Records subsidiary, Imperial Records.
The album again follows the same formula of the two previous albums, with rearranged covers and new songs written by Bono exclusively for her. There's more French influence in the record and more folk. The only hit in Europe generated from this album was her version of Burt Bacharach's "Alfie" from the Michael Caine movie. Although her version was on the film's soundtrack, it didn't fare nearly as well as the Dionne Warwick version—now considered definitive.
During recording sessions, Cher recorded also three other songs: "She's No Better than Me", released on the B-side of the "Alfie" single, "Ma piano " and "Nel mio cielo ci sei tu", an Italian version of "I Feel Something in the Air" released on the B-side of "Ma piano ". Though not as successful as the two records preceding it, Chér scored a European number-one hit with "Sunny". "Alfie" and "I Feel Something in the Air" also charted, peaking at #26 in Canada, #32 in the US and #43 in the UK.
In December 2005, this album and Cher's next album With Love, Chér were reissued on one CD called Chér/With Love which featured all the tracks from both.

Personnel

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Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Billboard 20059
US Cash Box Top Pop Albums37
US Record World Top 100 LP's31