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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Hits List: Cher

Cher proved she was a star in her own right many times over after the breakup with Sonny.  She sang a later song "If I Could Turn Back Time".  And she has, several times.  You can look at this Hits List and see where, because of a dry period between hits, she could have cashed it all in and lived happy for the rest of her life.  And yet she came back several times and "turned back time".  In fact, there have been few artists in music history that have not only continued to chart but remain relevant.  Cher is definitely part of that club.



1965:  "All I Really Want to Do" (#15, #9 U.K.)
           "Where Do You Go" (#25)
1966:  "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (#2, #3 U.K.)
           "Alfie" (#32)
           "I Feel Something in the Air" (#43 U.K.)
           "Sunny" (#32 U.K.)
           "Ma Piano (Per Non Svegliarmi)"
           "Behind the Door" (#97)
           "Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies)"
1967:  "Hey Joe" (#94)
           "You Better Sit Down Kids" (#9)
           "Mama" (Italian Version)
1968:  "The Click Song"
           "Take Me for a Little While"
           "Yours Until Tomorrow"
1969:  "For What It's Worth"
           "I Walk on Guilded Splinters"
           "The First Time"
           "Chastity's Song (Band of Thieves)"





1971:  "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" (#1, #6 Adult Contemporary, #4 U.K.)
1972:  "The Way of Love" (#7, #2 AC)
           "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
           "Living in a House Divided" (#22, #2 AC)
           "Don't Hide Your Love" (#46)
1973:  "Am I Blue?"
           "Half Breed" (#1, #3 AC
           "Carousel Man"





1974:  "Dark Lady" (#1, #3 AC, #36)
           "Train of Thought" (#27, #9 AC)
           "I Saw a Man and He Danced with His Wife" (#42, #3 AC)
           "Rescue Me"
           "A Woman's Story"
1975:  "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" --with Nilsson
1977:  "Pirate" (#93)





1979:  "Take Me Home" (#8, #2 Club, #19 AC)
           "Wasn't It Good" (#49)
           "It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)" (#87 U.K.)
           "Hell on Wheels" (#59)
1981:  "Dead Ringer for Love" (with Meat Loaf) --#5 U.K.
1982:  "Rudy"





1987:  "I Found Someone" (#10, #33 AC, #5 U.K.)
1988:  "We All Sleep Alone" (#14, #11 AC, #47 U.K.)
           "Skin Deep" (#79, #41 Club)
           "Bang-Bang"
1989:  "After All" (with Peter Cetera) --#6, #1 AC, #84 U.K.
           "If I Could Turn Back Time" (#3, #1 AC, #6 U.K.)





1990:  "Just Like Jesse James" (#8, #9 AC, #11 U.K.)
           "Heart of Stone" (#20, #30 AC, #43 U.K.)
           "You Wouldn't Know Love" (#55 U.K.)
           "Baby I'm Yours" (#89 U.K.)
           "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (#33, #50 Club, #7 AC, #1 U.K.)
1991:  "Love and Understanding" (#17, #3 AC, #10 U.K.)
           "Save Up All Your Tears" (#37, #16 AC, #37 U.K.)
           "Love Hurts" (#43 U.K.)
1992:  "Could've Been You" (#31 U.K.)
           "When Lovers Become Strangers" (#15 AC)
           "Oh No Not My Baby" (#33 U.K.)
           "Whenever You're Near" (#72 U.K.)
1993:  "Many Rivers to Cross" (live) --#37 U.K.
           "I Got You Babe" (re-recording) --#35 U.K.
1994:  "It Ain't Necessarily So" (with Larry Adler)
1995:  "Love Can Build a Bridge" (with Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton (#1 U.K.)
           "Walking in Memphis" (#11 U.K.)
1996:  "One by One" (#52, #7 Club, #9 AC, #7 U.K.)
           "Not Enough Love in the World" (#31 U.K.)
           "The Sun Ain't Gonna' Shine Anymore" (#26 U.K.)
           "Paradise Is Here" (#11 Club)




1998:  "Believe" (#1, #1 Club, #3 AC, #1 U.K.)
1999:  "Strong Enough" (#57, #1 Club, #29 AC, #5 U.K.)
           "All or Nothing" (#1 Club, #12 AC, #12 U.K.)
           "Dov'e l'amore" (#1 Club, #21 U.K.)
2001:  "Piu Che Puoi" (with Eros Ramazzotti)
           "The Music's No Good Without You" (#19 Club, #8 U.K.)
2002:  "Alive Again"
           "Song for the Lonely" (#85, #1 Club, #11 AC)
           "A Different Kind of Love Song" (#1 Club, #30 AC)



2003:  "When the Money's Gone" (#1 Club)
           "Love One Another" (#2 AC)
           "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (#17 AC) --with Rod Stewart






2010:  "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" (#1 Club)

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