The First One

1974
“I was presenting with Sonny [Bono, her then-husband and music partner]. That was pants and a chiffon-y top. Bob Mackie made it out of sari material and added the beads. I hadn’t worn it yet for The Sonny and Cher Show. We were presenting to Marvin Hamlisch [center, with Debbie Reynolds], and I called him the wrong name! I couldn’t read the cards; I was dyslexic. And he didn’t even seem upset! No one took the pomp all that seriously then.”