Today Cher celebrates birthday 78. If I were still on the radio, I’d follow that line with, “and her nose celebrates number 52!” Sorry.

Cher enjoyed musical success as a duo with with Sonny Bono, as a solo singer, a television star on The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, and as a movie actress in Silkwood, Mask, The Witches of Eastwick, Moonstruck (for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress) and Mermaids. Mermaids was a 1990 comedy/drama which also starred Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci in her film debut.

The film was set in the 1960’s and the soundtrack is full of some great songs from Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Lesley Gore, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles and, of course, Cher. Cher covered Barbara Lewis’ 1965 hit “Baby I’m Yours” and Betty Everett’s 1964 hit The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss). Shoop Shoop was released as a single in November of 1990 and only went to number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That is actually surprising to me, because it still plays in a pretty heavy rotation on the Adult Contemporary stations.

Happy Birthday, Cher!

The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)

Does he love me? I wanna know
How can I tell if he loves me so?

Oh no, you’ll be deceived
(Is it in his eyes?)
Oh no, he’ll make believe

If you wanna know (shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
If he loves you so (shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
It’s in his kiss (that’s where it is, oh yeah)

Oh no, it’s just his charms
(In his warm embrace?)
Oh no, that’s just his arms

If you wanna know (shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
If he loves you so (shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
It’s in his kiss (that’s where it is)
Oh, oh, it’s in his kiss (that’s where it is)

Oh, oh, oh, kiss him (hold him)
And squeeze him tight
And find out what you wanna know
If it’s love, if it really is
It’s there in his kiss

Oh no, that’s not the way
And you’re not listenin’ to all I say

If you wanna know (shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
If he loves you so (shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
It’s in his kiss (that’s where it is)
Oh, yeah, it’s in his kiss (that’s where it is)

Oh, oh, oh, kiss him (hold him)
And squeeze him tight
And find out what you wanna know
If it’s love, if it really is
It’s there in his kiss

Oh no, that’s not the way
And you’re not listenin’ to all I say

If you wanna know (shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
If he loves you so (shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
It’s in his kiss (that’s where it is, oh yeah)
Oh, yeah, it’s in his kiss (that’s where it is, oh yeah)
Oh, it’s in his kiss (that’s where it is)