Sonny & Cher proved one of the magical musical combinations of the mid ’60s and one of the better rock-influenced MOR acts of the early ’70s, their wisecracking repartee providing counterpoint to a series of adoring hit duets. Salvatore “Sonny“ Bono (b. Feb. 16, 1935) started out at Los Angeles-based Specialty Records as a songwriter in the late ’50s, responsible for “Koko Joe“ by Don and Dewey and “She Said Yeah“ for Larry Williams, which was later covered by the Rolling Stones and the Righteous Brothers. Bono became a protégé of Phil Spector, managing to write a handful of successful songs, most notably “Needles and Pins“ in collaboration with his protégé Jack Nitzsche, which became a success for Jackie DeShannon and a huge international hit for the Searchers. In 1964, while working sessions with Phil Spector, he met an 18-year-old would-be singer named Cherilyn Lapierre (b. May 20, 1946), and the two were later married. They formed
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