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"Half-Breed" is a popular song recorded by Cher in 1973. Cher's version, recorded with instrumental backing by L.A. sessions musicians from the Wrecking Crew, [2] was recorded on May 21, 1973 at Larrabee Sound in Los Angeles. Lyrically, the song describes the life of a girl who faces societal rejection due to having a White father and Cherokee ...
In spite of the song's title, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma are not known as "reservations", [9] and singing that they may someday "return" is at odds with the fact that these Cherokee Nations still exist. [9] The lyrics vary somewhat among the recorded ...
Half-Breed is the tenth studio album by American singer-actress Cher, released in September 1973 by MCA. [1] For the production of the album Cher returned with Snuff Garrett and Al Capps. Half-Breed was her second record for MCA and was promoted on her successful The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour television show.
Around this time, Cher had become a major star on her own, due in part of the success of the singles "Gypsies Tramps and Thieves" and "Half-Breed", both of which reached number one on the pop charts. By the third season of the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1974), the marriage of Sonny and Cher was falling apart; the duo separated later that year. [24]
Cher’s new memoir has been seven long years in the making. “It was really, really difficult,” the entertainer told Yahoo Entertainment about the book project she began in 2017, “and ...
Cher (/ ʃ ɛər / SHAIR; born Cheryl Sarkisian; [a] May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Dubbed the "Goddess of Pop", she is known for her androgynous contralto voice, multifaceted career and bold visual presentation, while cultivating a screen persona that mirrors her public image by often portraying strong-willed, independent and outspoken women.
Bob Mackie is looking back on the stir Cher caused with the “naked illusion dress” she wore to the 1974 Met Gala. In an interview about the new documentary, Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion, the ...
The narrator describes himself as a rebellious American Indian character, "Half Cherokee and Choctaw". He describes, among other things, his pursuit of a Chippewa lover. The song contains a sample of John D. Loudermilk's song "Indian Reservation", [1] which is sung as shouting at the end ("Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe! / So proud to live, so ...