That was the mother of all mantras after Cher’s mom, Georgia Holt, discovered that her underage daughter was shacking up with Sonny Bono. The new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee — born ...

When he called the house to ask Georgia for permission to date her daughter ... I gave them stories.” Cher and Sonny during a tour break. Salvatore Bono entered Cher’s life as a protector ...

By early 1966, Sonny and Cher headlined a sold-out Hollywood ... In 1969, just weeks after Cher gave birth to their daughter, Chastity (now a man named Chaz), Bono told Cher that they were broke ...

Cher was so distraught over her “loveless marriage” to Sonny Bono that she contemplated throwing ... Holt was banned from even holding her daughter and eventually got Cher out of the children ...

The Grammy winner details the incident in her new memoir, ‘Cher: The Memoir, Part One,’ out Nov. 19 Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print ...

Cher didn’t mince words when it came to revealing the ups and downs in her personal and professional relationship with Sonny Bono ... accurately a father and daughter” one, as she wrote.

“I had a daughter to raise and a sister ... in 1975. She and Bono reconciled professionally to create The Sonny and Cher Show, for which she was paid fairly. “Sonny had his demons,” Cher ...

Cher opens up about her marriage to Sonny Bono in her new memoir, 'Cher: The Memoir, Part One' Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

By early 1966, Sonny and Cher headlined a sold-out Hollywood ... In 1969, just weeks after Cher gave birth to their daughter, Chastity (now a man named Chaz), Bono told Cher that they were broke ...

Bono was “desperate for respect,” as Cher writes, but also dedicated to promoting her solo career. By the early ‘70s, as their CBS smash variety spectacle, “The Sonny & Cher Show ...

Cher’s life has been so extraordinary, so filled with zigzagging career moves and intense loves that after more than 400 pages of her memoir, she’s only brushed the beginnings of her detour ...