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Cher Has Always Been a Rock Star
Her Rock Hall induction rectifies one of the most embarrassing snubs in an institution full of them.
Some of her first recording gigs were singing backup on influential hits like the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” and the Righteous Brothers’ “(You’ve Lost) That Lovin’ Feeling” after Sonny Bono introduced her to super-producer Phil Spector. 1 hit “I Got You Babe,” and her solo career, she quickly became a leading figure in the burgeoning world of pop rock, charting a separate path from the rockers, the folk songwriters, and the R&B singers of the timewhile becoming an early icon of hippie fashion. That set off a string of similar hits, turning her into a bona fide pop star — by the time “Dark Lady” topped the charts in 1974, she’d broken the record for most No.
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