Cher's father dies in Oklahoma City NewsOK.com (blog) At age 16, Cher moved to Los Angeles, where she met entertainer and songwriter Salvatore “Sonny” Bono, according to Encyclopædia Britannica. The couple married in 1964, began singing together, and scored their first big pop hit came in 1965 with “I ...
Japan's weirdest snowscape: The Monsters of Zao CNNGo.com Not even Sonny Bono could miss these ski-slope hazards. The multi-colored lighting brings new perspective to the monsters at night. A platoon of monsters marches up the mountain after hours. The Zao cable car, or ropeway, on its way to the peak.
Allen's skills assist Desert AIDS Project The Desert Sun He began his tenure in the desert as a volunteer for the Palm Springs International Film Festival on the ground floor when Sonny Bono, Denis Pregnolato and Darryl Macdonald launched the first festival. Allen joined the staff during the second year and ...
Disney's Dream: Eternal Copyright Benzinga The company was the most prominent supporter of the Copyright Term Extension Act spearheaded by then congressman Sonny Bono, a man who got rich off of the sales of copyrighted music. Disney's support of the law yielded the nickname "The Mickey Mouse ...
Week in Rock History: The Beatles Land in New York RollingStone.com This week in rock history, the Beatles arrived in New York, Bill Haley passed away, the Clash began recording their studio debut, Sonny Bono declared his candidacy for mayor and Phil Spector was in a major car crash. Beatlemania had a modest start: Pan ...
Crisis and Commitment Power Line (blog) More important, the airport honors Sonny Bono with the Sonny Bono Concourse! I had forgotten that Palm Springs was the city of which Bono was mayor, in his first venture into politics. Some years ago, Sonny was the speaker at the annual dinner of the ...
Democratic Challenger to Bono Mack Expands His 2012 Campaign Website Patch.com On her website, Bono Mack, who is the widow of former Palm Springs Mayor and Congressman Sonny Bono, also gives voters the opportunity to get involved and explains her background. The website praises the congresswoman for her reputation as a ...
Palm Springs Film Festival Draws Celebrities To The Sun Forbes Sonny Bono (of Sonny & Cher) was mayor of Palm Springs at the time, and decided a film festival would revitalize the local economy while enhancing the vintage image of this desert oasis. The town needed a boost. Besides dates (the edible variety) and ...
Republican Congressmen Blasting Newt Gingrich in Florida Daily Beast ... was joined by fellow anti-Newt surrogates Ft. Myers congressman Connie Mack, and his wife, Mary Bono Mack, a House member from Palm Springs, Calif., and the widow of late congressman Sonny Bono, the '60s pop star of Sonny & Cher fame.
ULS stays within budget as lineup changes The Oracle Bozella, a man wrongly incarcerated for more than 30 years before becoming a boxer, and Bono, Cher and Sonny Bono's celebrity child who was thrust into the public eye while transitioning from female to male, were selected because of their relevance to ...
