Cher - Gypsys Tramps And Thieves

What this video is

Released September 1, 1971 on Kapp/MCA Records, 'Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves' was Cher's commercial comeback single after a four-year chart drought, and her first solo number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, spending two weeks at #1 in November 1971. It was also the first single by a solo artist to simultaneously top both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Singles Chart. The song was written by Bob Stone and…

Why it matters

A landmark in folk-pop storytelling and televised music promotion, 'Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves' established the template of the 'story-song' as a mainstream pop vehicle in the early 1970s. Its use of a network variety show performance as a de facto promotional video predates the modern music video…

The director

Art Fisher was an American television director best known for directing The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1974) across all 65 episodes, as well as The Andy Williams Show and multiple Cher solo specials. He won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for…