Cher's Golden Greats
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Cher's Golden Greats is the first compilation album by American
United States
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 singer-actess Cher
Cher
Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...

, released on 1968 by Imperial Records
Imperial Records
Imperial Records is a United States based label started in 1947 by Lew Chudd and reactivated in 2006 by label owner EMI.- The independent and Liberty Records years :...

 and Liberty Records
Liberty Records
Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals.-1950s:...

. The album peaked at #195 on the official Billboard 200
Billboard 200
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, and was a commercial flop. The album was released for closed the contract with the Liberty Records
Liberty Records
Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals.-1950s:...

 and Imperial Records
Imperial Records
Imperial Records is a United States based label started in 1947 by Lew Chudd and reactivated in 2006 by label owner EMI.- The independent and Liberty Records years :...

, because her last studio albums were both a flop.

Track listing

Side A
  1. "You Better Sit Down Kids
    You Better Sit Down Kids
    "You Better Sit Down Kids" is a major hit single release by American singer/actress Cher in 1967. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and in Canada #7....

    " (Sonny Bono
    Sonny Bono
    Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.-Early life:...

    ) - 3:47
  2. "Sunny
    Sunny (song)
    "Sunny" is the name of a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most covered popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates "Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century."...

    " (Bobby Hebb
    Bobby Hebb
    Bobby Hebb was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his writing and recording of "Sunny".-Biography:...

    ) 3:06
  3. "Come and Stay With Me" (Jackie DeShannon
    Jackie DeShannon
    Jackie DeShannon is an American singer-songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock 'n' roll period.- Life and early career :...

    ) – 2:40
  4. "Alfie
    Alfie (song)
    "Alfie" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David in 1965 most successfully recorded by Cher, Cilla Black and Dionne Warwick.-Background:...

    " (Burt Bacharach
    Burt Bacharach
    Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...

    , Hal David
    Hal David
    Harold Lane "Hal" David is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.-Career:...

    ) - 2:50
  5. "Take Me For A Little While" (Trade Martin
    Trade Martin
    Trade Martin is an American musician, songwriter, and producer.Martin worked with Johnny Power in the late 1950s, recording as Johnny & the Jokers and together launching the label Rome Records, active from 1960 to 1962. The label signed the groups The Earls, Del & the Escorts, and The Glens...

    ) – 2:40
  6. "All I Really Want to Do
    All I Really Want to Do (song)
    "All I Really Want to Do" is a song written by Bob Dylan and featured on his Tom Wilson-produced 1964 album, Another Side of Bob Dylan . It is arguably one of the most popular songs that Dylan wrote in the period immediately after he abandoned topical songwriting...

    " (Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

    ) – 2:56


Side B
  1. "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
    Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
    "Bang Bang " is the second single by singer-actress Cher from her second studio album The Sonny Side of Chér. The song was written by Sonny Bono and released in 1966. The song reached number three in the UK Singles Chart and number two on the Billboard Hot 100...

    " (Sonny Bono
    Sonny Bono
    Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.-Early life:...

    ) 2:50
  2. "Needles and Pins" (Sonny Bono
    Sonny Bono
    Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.-Early life:...

    , Jack Nitzsche
    Jack Nitzsche
    Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche was an arranger, producer, songwriter, and film score composer. He first came to prominence in the late 1950s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young and others...

    ) – 2:35
  3. "Dream Baby" (Sonny Bono) – 2:53
  4. "Elusive Butterfly
    Elusive Butterfly
    "Elusive Butterfly" is a popular song by Bob Lind released in 1966, which reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was also recorded and released in 1966 in the UK by the Irish singer Val Doonican...

    " (Bob Lind
    Bob Lind
    Bob Lind is an American folk music singer-songwriter who reached the height of his success during the 1960s...

    ) 2:33
  5. "Where Do You Go" (Sonny Bono) 3:21
  6. "Hey Joe
    Hey Joe
    "Hey Joe" is an American popular song from the 1960s that has become a rock standard and as such, has been performed in a multitude of musical styles by hundreds of different artists since it was first written. "Hey Joe" tells the story of a man who is on the run and planning to head to Mexico...

    " (Billy Roberts
    Billy Roberts
    Billy Roberts is an American songwriter and musician credited with composing the 1960s rock music standard "Hey Joe"...

    ) - 3:28

Credits

Personnel
  • Cher - lead vocals


Production
  • Sonny Bono - record producer
    Record producer
    A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...


Chart positions

Chart (1968) Peak
Position
United States Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

195

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