Cher

Disco 

How Donna Summer’s Bad Girls Kept Disco Alive in the New Wave Era

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1979, 45th Anniversary, Bad Girls, Casablanca Records, Cher, Dim All The Lights, Disco, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Hot Stuff, Neil Bogart, Paul Bellotte

Looking back on 45 years of a dance-floor classic

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Music Journalism Television Video 

My Late Night With David Letterman Tapes

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Billy Sternberg 1 Comment 10000 Maniacs, 40th Anniversary, Aaron Neville, Blues Traveler, Cher, David Letterman, Debbie Gibson, Late Night With David Letterman, Lisa Stansfield, NBC, Run DMC, Soup Dragons, Spin Doctors, The Feelies

Revisiting our favorite music performances from the show for its 40th Anniversary

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Pop Remembrance Rock 

RIP Meat Loaf: (Heaven Must Be) Glowing Like The Metal On The Edge Of A Knife

January 21, 2022April 3, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Cher, Ellen Foley, Fight Club, Jim Steinman, Marvin Aday, Meat Loaf, Paradise By The Dashboard Light, RIP

The mountain of a man with talent and heart to match was 74

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Pop Rock 

If She Could Turn Back Time: Cher at 75

May 20, 2021May 22, 2021 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments 75th birthday, ABBA, Believe, Cher, Cherylin Sarkasian, Gregg Allman, Mick Jagger, Sonny and Cher, Sonny Bono

“Some guy said to me, `Don’t you think you’re too old to sing rock ‘n’ roll now?’ You better check with Mick Jagger!”

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Alternative Rock Folk North Americana 

Maia Sharp: Sister of Mercy

May 13, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, Bonnie Raitt, Cher, Crooked Crown, Edwin McCain, Lisa Loeb, Maia Sharp, Mercy Rising, Terri Clark, The Chicks, Trisha Yearwood

The Nashville songwriter goes deep and personal on her stirring new album

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Folk Pop 

Joan Baez, Judy Collins & the Female Folk-Pop Rebellion of 1965

October 1, 2020September 30, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1965, Bo Diddley, Cher, Donovan, Ike & Tina Turner, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Phil Spector, Ray Charles, Roger Miller, Sonny Bono, The Byrds, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Ronettes

For singers like Baez and Collins, the revolution happened at an opportune time

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Music Journalism Rock 

Not All the Single Ladies — Hall Admits Just a Single Lady

January 15, 2020January 16, 2020 Evelyn McDonnell 0 Comments 2020 Inductees, Bette Midler, Big Mama Thornton, Bjork, Celia Cruz, Chaka Khan, Cher, Dionne Warwick, Jann Wenner, Joel Peresman, Labelle, Pat Benatar, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Selena, Shirin Neshat, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Sussan Deyhim, The Go-Gos, Whitney Houston

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame still a Man’s World

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Dance Pop 

IN CONCERT: A Cher-cember To Remember

December 11, 2019December 14, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2019, ABBA, Cher, Concerts, Farewell Concert, Sonny Bono

The Queen Bee of American Pop makes Boston believe again

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adblock Pop 

Pop Top 40: Week Ending August 5, 1989

August 5, 2019February 21, 2021 T.A. Inskeep 1 Comment adblock, Bon Jovi, Cher, De La Soul, Don Henley, Jody Watley, Madonna, Neneh Cherry, Prince, Winger

A look back at the hits of 30 years ago this week

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