The Wondrous World of Sonny & Chér is the second studio album by American pop duo Sonny & Cher, released in 1966 by Atco Records.
Album information It was released in 1966 and reached #34 on the Billboard album charts.
The song "But You're Mine" was the first single released from the album, and it peaked at #15 in US and #17 in UK, becoming a big hit. The next single did slightly better, it was a cover of "What Now My Love" and it reached #14 in US and #13 in UK, becoming the only version of that song to reach the top twenty on both sides of the Atlantic.
The album is largely a collection of cover songs including "Summer Time" (originally by George Gershwin) and "Set Me Free" (originally by The Kinks). In 1999 the album was re-released and contained three bonus tracks, "The Revolution Kind", "Have I Stayed Too Long" and "Crying Time".
Track listing Side A "Summertime" (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) – 2:35 "Tell Him" (Bert Russell) – 2:34 "I'm Leaving It All Up to You" (Don Harris, Dewey Terry) – 2:18 "But You're Mine" (Sonny Bono) – 3:02 "Bring It On Home to Me" (Sam Cooke) – 3:04 "Set Me Free" (Ray Davies) – 2:20
Side B "What Now My Love" (Carl Sigman, Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë) – 3:28 "Leave Me Be" (Chris White) – 2:03 "I Look for You" (Sonny Bono) – 2:40 "Laugh at Me" (Sonny Bono) – 2:50 "Turn Around" (Harry Belafonte, Alan Greene, Malvina Reynolds) – 2:47 "So Fine" (Johnny Otis) – 2:30
Charts + Weekly chart performance for The Wondrous World of Sonny & ChérChart (1966)PeakpositionSwedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 10US Cash Box Top 100 Albums29US Record World Top 100 LP's 14
Personnel Cher – vocals Sonny Bono – vocals Wrecking Crew – instrumental backing
Production Harold Battiste – conductor Sonny Bono – arrangements, producer Bob Irwin – mastering, mixing Stan Ross – engineer
Design Rich Russell – package design Jerry Schatzberg – cover photography Haig Adishian – original cover artwork Jud Cost – liner notes
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