Cher is an American singer and film actress, born in 1946. In the 1960s she sang with her husband Sonny Bono as Sonny and Cher; their big hit was “I Got You Babe.” Later she had a long career on her own, with songs such as “Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves,” “If I Could Turn Back Time,” and “Believe.” “Believe” mattered beyond the charts: the slightly machine-like sound on her voice helped make that studio trick famous in pop music. She also acted. She won an Oscar for the film Moonstruck; Mask is another film people still mention. Fans sometimes call her the Goddess of Pop, because she kept coming back, in music and in fashion, for decade after decade. Though actually, Cher is a stage name, shortened from Cherilyn. When you see Cher with a capital C and no other word, it almost always means this person — not the French word cher, “dear.” Say it like the English word share.