Cindy Says

[Levi Stubbs Tears]

Sonny & Cher hadn't had many hits for a few years before their show started.

But they were better actors/comedians than pretty much everyone at Motown apart from maybe Diana and Michael.

i would have loved to see a Motown show in the mid-late 60s. Probably hosted by Diana with Motown acts premiering their newest singles [[and a classic every now & again) plus a non-Motown star guesting [[& perhaps hosting) every week.

[RanRan79]

Sonny & Cher hadn't had many hits for a few years before their show started.

But their names were household names as individuals. The public is much lighter on name recognition of individuals than groups. In the 60s, all the kids knew the names of Flo, Diana and Mary and of course knew them as the Supremes. By 1974/75, those kids had grown up and moved on and the Supremes weren't exactly the Supremes they grew up with, even though Mary was left standing. To the general public the Supremes might as well have been newcomers. Yes, the name was the same, but the faces of all but one were different, and Mary was the one who was usually lost in the shuffle between Diana and Florence anyway. Sonny and Cher had the benefit of being the same two Sonny and Cher that the public had always known. Lol I imagine that made for an easier sale than the Supremes at that point.