Cher performing on stage on her "Do You Believe" world tour. - Credit: Barry King/WireImage One thing Cher’s career has never been is predictable. As a teenager in the Sixties, she cut her teeth with ...
This isn’t a joke: What do Cher and ExxonMobil have in common? The answer is mathematician Dr. Andy Hildebrand, the inventor of Auto-Tune. Cher‘s iconic “Believe,” which popularized the warbly, ...
“Believe” was a dance-pop smash that made groundbreaking use of Auto-Tune to purposely alter Cher’s voice to give it a robotic sound. The effect, now known as “the Cher Effect,” has been used in ...
Twenty years ago, a pop star on a downswing took a chance on a brand-new piece of recording software to do the unthinkable: taking her voice, her most recognizable asset, and robotizing it almost ...
The Goddess of Pop couldn't help but tear up when Lambert presented a stripped down, emotional version of her iconic song. Adam Lambert has made Cher "Believe." The 36-year-old vocalist paid tribute ...
In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Less than a ...
In the spring of 1999, this recent Pacific Northwest transplant was craving the energy of a 24-hour city like Chicago, where I grew up. Thus, when a work trip took me to New York, I was overjoyed. I ...
Twenty years ago, a pop star on a downswing took a chance on a brand-new piece of recording software to do the unthinkable -- taking her voice, her most recognizable asset, and robotizing it almost ...
One thing Cher’s career has never been is predictable. As a teenager in the Sixties, she cut her teeth with future husband Sonny Bono and producer Phil Spector. They would produce massive pop hits ...