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I Got You Babe: A Celebration of Cher
Covering her life and sixty-year career from Sonny & Cher to show-stopping solo performer, award-winning actress, fashion icon, and beyond, this is a glorious retrospective of one of the world’s most enduring entertainers, Cher.
Commemorating six decades since her first #1 hit in 1965, I Got You Babe captures Cher’s one-of-a-kind life. How many artists can claim to have had a Billboard number-one-single in six consecutive decades; had Andy Warhol interview her in bed; fought off a mugger in New York City with Meryl Streep; and argued time travel with Stephen Hawking? No one but Cher—one of the best-selling and most awarded entertainers of all time.
Written by award-winning writer and editor Annie Zaleski, this celebration of the fearless, down-to-earth “Goddess of Pop” explores key moments in her life and career in words and photos. Among the topics Her 50-year friendship with fellow diva Tina Turner, which began in 1975 when they performed “Shame, Shame, Shame” together. Her story of creating a “revenge dress” with designer Bob Mackie for the 1986 Oscars after being snubbed for a nomination for her performance in Mask. The night in 1989 she made the Navy wish it could “Turn Back Time” by arriving at the USS Missouri to film her video not wearing the coveralls they expected but a barely-there fishnet bodysuit. Cher’s unfiltered social media presence. From classic posts like “BREAKING IM BEING BURIED IN MY FISHNETS” to weighing in on issues she believes in, such as rallying against Trump’s order to repeal DACA. When Cher learned about Kaavan, dubbed “the world’s loneliest elephant.” The creature was kept in chains in a zoo in Pakistan and forced to perform for decades. After fans brought the problem to her attention, Cher eventually helped get him moved in 2021, and her efforts were captured in a Smithsonian documentary.
Amidst these moments are photo after photo of some of the most eye-popping outfits ever worn in life and on stage. As an avid clothes horse who wasn’t afraid to wear a see-through dress to the Met Gala in 1974, Cher’s many looks will be given their due in this engaging, career-spanning retrospective.
Commemorating six decades since her first #1 hit in 1965, I Got You Babe captures Cher’s one-of-a-kind life. How many artists can claim to have had a Billboard number-one-single in six consecutive decades; had Andy Warhol interview her in bed; fought off a mugger in New York City with Meryl Streep; and argued time travel with Stephen Hawking? No one but Cher—one of the best-selling and most awarded entertainers of all time.
Written by award-winning writer and editor Annie Zaleski, this celebration of the fearless, down-to-earth “Goddess of Pop” explores key moments in her life and career in words and photos. Among the topics Her 50-year friendship with fellow diva Tina Turner, which began in 1975 when they performed “Shame, Shame, Shame” together. Her story of creating a “revenge dress” with designer Bob Mackie for the 1986 Oscars after being snubbed for a nomination for her performance in Mask. The night in 1989 she made the Navy wish it could “Turn Back Time” by arriving at the USS Missouri to film her video not wearing the coveralls they expected but a barely-there fishnet bodysuit. Cher’s unfiltered social media presence. From classic posts like “BREAKING IM BEING BURIED IN MY FISHNETS” to weighing in on issues she believes in, such as rallying against Trump’s order to repeal DACA. When Cher learned about Kaavan, dubbed “the world’s loneliest elephant.” The creature was kept in chains in a zoo in Pakistan and forced to perform for decades. After fans brought the problem to her attention, Cher eventually helped get him moved in 2021, and her efforts were captured in a Smithsonian documentary.
Amidst these moments are photo after photo of some of the most eye-popping outfits ever worn in life and on stage. As an avid clothes horse who wasn’t afraid to wear a see-through dress to the Met Gala in 1974, Cher’s many looks will be given their due in this engaging, career-spanning retrospective.
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224 pages, Hardcover
Published May 6, 2025
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July 28, 2025
My one criticism of this book is that it jumps around chronologically quite a bit. I would have preferred something more orderly.
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May 20, 2025My interview with the author for the New Books Network: https://newbooksnetwork.com/i-got-you...
May 28, 2025
A perfect consolation of career & life. Full glossy pages with all photos in color. A few pics I have never seen even. Loved it.
September 3, 2025
This is such a fun celebration of Cher’s career. It’s basically a gorgeous coffee-table book packed with photos, iconic moments, and little stories that remind you why she’s been an icon for decades. From the Bob Mackie “revenge dress” to the “Turn Back Time” battleship look, it’s all here... and it’s fabulous.
That said, it’s more of a visual tribute than a deep dive. If you’re looking for juicy behind-the-scenes detail or Cher’s own voice, this isn’t it. But as a glossy, celebratory overview? It totally delivers.
That said, it’s more of a visual tribute than a deep dive. If you’re looking for juicy behind-the-scenes detail or Cher’s own voice, this isn’t it. But as a glossy, celebratory overview? It totally delivers.
July 2, 2025
I love Cher and loved learning more about her, but this book is pretty terrible. In no order at all, it jumps around Cher’s life and career and reads like an ad or commercial for her. Every single thing she does, says, wears, etc is AMAZING. Shimmering. Ebullient. It’s just one adjective after another. So so cheesy. Listening to the audiobook version definitely didn’t help - I know this narrator and find her style very cheesy and overly dramatic. There just has to be a better Cher book out there!
August 5, 2025
I was really excited to read this book because I really like Cher and while there was good information in the book, the way it was written and the way it skipped all over the place was very disjointed and bothered me.
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