Edwards has been a high point in a period of loss.
I never wanted to make one.
And then I did.
I wanted it to be a Cher Christmas album, whatever that means.
I knew what it meant in my emotions, but I didnt know how it was going to manifest.
I think like Come Home for Christmas is the closest I get to tradition.
Your voice sounds better than ever, especially on Angels in the Snow and I Like Christmas.
I know you worked with Adrienne Angel, your 96-year-old vocal teacher.
Its not the first time she brought me back from the dead.
Its the second time she was able to take my voice and make it what it once was.
Also, my doctor said, Cher, you have the vocal cords of a 25-year-old.
You dug up a wonderful but somewhat obscure song, the Zombies This Will Be Our Year from 1968.
I didnt love it in the beginning.
I just had to have an extra song for Amazon, and it was there.
It was kind of the redheaded stepchild.
At first I didnt have the respect for it that it deserved.
But I listened to it a few times and thought,This is great.It works for me.
You enlisted Darlene Love, 82, for Christmas (Baby just Come Home), her 1963 classic.
Sixty years ago you were among the backup singers on her release.
What do you recall about the session?
I remember everything about it.
I know where we were standing.
My voice kind of cut through.
When Darlene opened her mouth to sing, we all stopped breathing.
She was just genius.
And of course, Darlene went, Yeah, Im there.
