Half-Breed topped the charts

October 6, 1973
Cher’s single, Half-Breed, went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. (Sorry for the earworm.)

Cher was born Cherilyn Sarkisian in El Centro, California, to an Armenian American father and an Arkansas-born mother with English, German, Irish, French, and Dutch ancestry. Around the time Half-Breed was released, Cher claimed she was also 1/16th Cherokee on her mother’s side.

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