Sonny Bono, famous for being part of Sonny and Cher, later served as Mayor here in Palm Springs.
This sculpture of Sonny Bono is located at 155 South Palm Canyon Dr.
The work appears to be slighter larger than life-sized, and to tell the truth, is not a good likeness of Bono in the judgement of the poster of this Waymark.
The figure sits on the edge of a fountain in front of a small shopping area with his left hand resting on the fountain and his right hand resting on a large water urn.
A plaque reads:
"In Memory
of
Sonny Bono
as a Mayor of Palm Springs
1988 - 1992
and Congressman of U.S.A.
1996 - 1998
by scupltor
Emmanuil J.Snitkovsky
and
Architect Raul Cosa"
Wikipedia (
visit link) informs us:
"Salvatore Phillip "... February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades...
Bono began his music career working at Specialty Records where his song "Things You Do to Me" was recorded by Sam Cooke, and went on to work for the record producer Phil Spector in the early 1960s as a promotion man, percussionist and "gofer". One of his earliest songwriting efforts was "Needles and Pins" which he co-wrote with Jack Nitzsche, another member of Spector's production team. Later in the same decade, he achieved commercial success, along with his then-wife Cher, as part of the singing duo Sonny and Cher. Bono wrote, arranged, and produced a number of hit records with singles like "I Got You Babe" and "The Beat Goes On", although Cher received more attention as a performer. He also played a major part in Cher's early solo career with recordings such as "Bang Bang" and "You Better Sit Down Kids".
Bono co-wrote the song "She Said Yeah", which was covered by The Rolling Stones on their 1965 LP "December's Children (And Everybody's)" Bono also recorded as a solo artist under the name of Sonny. He had only one hit single as a solo artist, "Laugh At Me". "Laugh At Me" was released in 1965 and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. In live concerts, Bono would sing the song with an introduction of, "I'd like to sing a medley of my hit." His only other single as a solo artist was a follow-up release, "The Revolution Kind", which reached number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 later that same year. Bono also recorded an unsuccessful Sonny album titled Inner Views in 1967.
Sonny Bono in 1966 during a performanceSonny continued to work with Cher through the early and mid-1970s starring in a popular television variety show, The Sonny and Cher Show, which ran on CBS from 1971 to 1974. From 1976 to 1977, the couple returned to performing together on The Sonny and Cher Show despite being divorced. Their last appearance together was on Late Night with David Letterman on November 13, 1987, when they sang "I Got You Babe"."