Sonny & Cher Live
Live album by Sonny & Cher
Released	1971
Recorded	1971
Venue	Westside Room, Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Pop rock
Length	55:30
Label	Kapp/ MCA
Producer	Denis Pregnolato
Sonny & Cher chronology
Sonny & Cher's Greatest Hits (1968) Sonny & Cher Live (1971) All I Ever Need Is You (1971)

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Sonny & Cher Live is the first live album by American pop duo Sonny & Cher, released in 1971 by Kapp/ MCA Records. The album reached #35 on the Billboard chart and was certified Gold for the sales of 500,000 copies. ^[2]

Album information

In 1971, the couple returned to the charts with the album "Sonny & Cher Live", on the label Kapp Records in the US ^[3] and MCA Records in the UK. ^[4] The album is largely a collection of cover songs including " More Today Than Yesterday" (originally by The Spiral Starecase) and " Danny Boy". This album also contained three songs by The Beatles: " Got To Get You Into My Life", " Hey Jude", and " Something".

One single was issued from this album, that being "I Got You Babe", backed with an edited version of "Danny Boy". The song " Laugh at Me" was performed by Bono as solo while "Danny Boy" and "Once in a Lifetime" (after which Sonny can be heard saying approvingly "Not bad, not bad") were performed only by Cher. A portion of this album was re-released on the Cher and Sonny & Cher Kapp/MCA Anthology All I Ever Need, and on the 1990 compilation album All I Ever Need Is You.

Track listing

Side A

1. " What Now My Love" ( Carl Sigman, Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë) - 2:52
2. " The Beat Goes On" (Sonny Bono) - 9:00
3. "Once in a Lifetime" (from " Stop the World – I Want to Get Off")( Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) - 2:08
4. " More Today Than Yesterday" ( Pat Upton) - 2:32
5. " Got to Get You into My Life" ( Lennon–McCartney) - 1:25
6. " Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)" (Jimmie Hodges) - 4:00

Side B

1. " Danny Boy" ( Frederick Weatherly) - 5:53
2. " Laugh at Me" (Sonny Bono) - 2:46
3. " Something" ( George Harrison) - 4:00
4. " Hey Jude" (Lennon–McCartney) - 7:30
5. " I Got You Babe" (Sonny Bono) - 3:26

Note the running time of the album (55:30) exceeds the length listed for the individual tracks (45:31), due to banter between the songs.

Charts and certifications

Personnel

• Cher - vocals
• Sonny Bono - vocals
• Mike Rubini - piano
• Al Pellegrini - orchestra conductor
• Dean Parks (credited as Dean Parker) - guitar
• Matt Betton - drums
• Bert Fanette - organ
• David Hungate - bass guitar
• Dahrell Norris - percussion

Production

• Denis Pregnolato - producer
• Angel Balestier - engineer
• Nye Morton - assistant engineer

References