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October 16th, 1965: Cher releases debut solo album
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October 16th, 1965 - American singer Cher released her debut solo album All I Really Want To Do on the Imperial record label. Produced by Sonny Bono, the album took it's title from Bob Dylan's 1964 track "All I Really Want To Do." Along with the title track, the album included two other Dylan covers, "Blowin' In The Wind" and "Don't Think Twice It's Alright."
The album was released only two months after the duo Sonny & Cher released their single "I Got You Babe" and debut album Look At Us. Read a review of the pair's debut album here.
Listen below to two tracks from the album, "Needles and Pins" written by Sonny Bono and "All I Really Want To Do" written by Bob Dylan.
All I Really Want To Do:
01 All I Really Want to Do
02 I Go to Sleep
03 Needles and Pins
04 Don't Think Twice
05 He Thinks I Still Care
06 Dream Baby
Side Two
01 The Bells of Rhymney
02 Girl Don't Come
03 See See Rider
04 Come and Stay with Me
05 Cry Myself to Sleep
06 Blowin' in the Wind
Listen below to Bob Dylan's original version of "All I Really Want To Do" from 1964.
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