Cher

Cher (/ʃɛər/ i SHAIR; an haife ta Cheryl Sarkisian, Mayu 20, 1946) mawaƙiya ce kuma 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ta Amurka. An kira ta "Goldeness of Pop", an san ta da muryarta ta androgynous contralto, salon da kuma gabatarwar gani, da kuma aiki mai yawa. Matsayinta na allo sau da yawa yana nuna hotonta na jama'a a matsayin mace mai karfi, mai faɗakarwa. Wani mutum ne mai tasiri a cikin al'adun gargajiya, Cher ta ci gaba da aiki sama da shekaru sittin ta hanyar ci gaba da sake ginawa.

An haifi Cheryl Sarkisian [ a ] a El Centro, California, a ranar 20 ga Mayu, 1946. Mahaifinta, John Sarkisian, direban babbar mota ɗan ƙasar Armeniya wanda ke da matsalolin miyagun ƙwayoyi da caca, ba kasafai yake nan a lokacin rayuwarta ta farko ba.  Mahaifiyarta, Georgia Holt, ta kasance abin koyi kuma 'yar wasan kwaikwayo 'yar asalin Irish, Ingilishi, Jamusanci da Cherokee .  Kakanni na uba na Cher sun tsira daga kisan kare dangi na Armeniya .  Iyayen Cher sun rabu lokacin da take da watanni 10.  Kafin ta tafi, mahaifinta ya sanya ta a gidan marayu na tsawon watanni da dama; An ba Holt damar ziyartarta sau ɗaya a mako, sai dai ta ga Cher ta taga.  Dukansu sun ga abin ya ba su tsoro. 
alt=Cher, as a teenager, smiles with dark, voluminous curls in her hair.|right|thumb|Cher a makarantar sakandare (1960) 
A shekara ta 1951, Holt ta auri ɗan wasan kwaikwayo John Southall, tare da ita tana da 'yar'uwar Cher, Georganne. Aure na Holt da Southall ya ƙare lokacin da Cher ke da shekaru tara; Cher daga baya ya bayyana shi a matsayin "mahaifinta na ainihi" da kuma "mutum mai kirki wanda ya zama mai fafutuka lokacin da ya sha da yawa". Holt ya sake yin aure kuma ya sake shi sau da yawa, sau da yawa yana motsa iyalin a fadin jihohi, gami da New York, Texas da California. Sau da yawa suna fama da kudi, kuma Cher ta tuna ta yi amfani da igiyoyin roba don riƙe takalman tare. Yayinda take zaune a Los Angeles, Holt ta ci gaba da yin wasan kwaikwayo yayin da take aiki a matsayin mai ba da abinci, a wasu lokuta tana samun ƙananan matsayi na talabijin ga 'ya'yanta mata a cikin shirye-shirye irin su The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

 1962-1965: Ci gaba mai sauƙi 
alt=An advertisement features a black-and-white portrait of Cher with long, straight hair and bangs, wearing a dark outfit. The text promotes her "phenomenal talent" and upcoming TV appearances.|thumb|Talla don na uku na Cher, "All I Really Want to Do", wanda aka nuna a cikin Cashbox, Yuni 26, 1965
A shekara ta 16, Cher ta bar makaranta kuma ta fita daga gidan mahaifiyarta don zama tare da aboki. Ta dauki darussan wasan kwaikwayo kuma ta tallafa wa kanta ta hanyar rawa a cikin kulob din dare tare da Sunset Strip na Hollywood, inda ta gabatar da kanta ga masu wasan kwaikwayo, manajoji da wakilai. A cewar Berman, Cher "ba ta yi jinkirin kusantar duk wanda ta yi tunanin zai iya taimaka mata ta sami hutu ba". Ta sadu da Sonny Bono, mai shekaru 11 da haihuwa, a watan Nuwamba 1962 yayin da yake aiki ga mai shirya rikodin Phil Spector. Bayan abokinta ya fita, Cher ta yarda da tayin Sonny na yin aiki a matsayin mai kula da gida.

 1965-1967: Nasarar Sonny da Cher 
Yayinda take kaddamar da aikinta na solo, Cher ta ci gaba da yin rikodi tare da Sonny a matsayin duo. Sonny & Cher ta farko Atco single, "Just You", ya kasa tsarawa a lokacin da aka saki shi a watan Afrilu 1965. Bayan yin rikodin "I Got You Babe", sun yi tafiya zuwa Ingila a watan Yulin 1965 bisa ga shawarar Rolling Stones. Cher ta tuna da Stones tana cewa, "Amurkawa kawai ba su same mu ba kuma idan za mu zama babba, za mu je Ingila.

A shekara ta 1971, Sonny da Cher sun sanya hannu tare da sashen Kapp Records na MCA Records kuma Cher ta saki guda "Classified 1A", inda ta yi waka daga ra'ayi na soja wanda ya zubar da jini har ya mutu a Vietnam. Sonny ne ya rubuta shi, wanda ya ji cewa waƙarsa ta farko a kan lakabin dole ne ta kasance mai ban sha'awa da kuma batun, masu shirye-shiryen rediyo sun ƙi waƙar a matsayin marasa kasuwanci.

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