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Sonny & Cher – Baby Don’t Go (1964)
Songwriter Salvatore “Sonny” Bono had a fledgling career and was soon taken under the wing of producer Phil Spector who mentored Sonny. While working with Phil in the studio, Sonny met 16 year old singing wannabe Cherilyn “Cher” Lapierre. They soon began dating, married and formed a singing duo “Ceasar & Cleo”.
The duo did not do to well on their first two record labels, but became successful after being signed to Atlantic Records, where not only did they score their two biggest hits “I Got You Babe” and “The Beat Goes On.” , but each also had solo recording contracts/careers.
My personal favorite Sonny & Cher duet is “Baby Don’t Go” which was first released as a single in 1964 on Reprise Records. The song, composed by Sonny, went nowhere. But after “I Got You Babe” went to number one on Atlantic Records in the summer of 1965 the Reprise single peaked at 8 pop.
(Sorry if you missed out — but when I went to respond to a comment on this post I saw that the video was gone. I wonder why these videos have no lasting stay on YouTube? – Sondan 10/16/09)
For as long as it lasts — here is a YouTube Video of Sonny & Cher lipsyncing (very poorly) to “Baby Don’t Go” while the well groomed teens of the Sixties dance. Check out the male teens in suits! LOL.
Keep enjoying the music and thanks for stopping by.
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Filed under: Baby Don't Go, Dynamic Duos (Duets), Pop, Reprise, Sixties, Sonny & Cher, Sonny Bono
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I seem to remember that Cher was a couple of years younger than that, i.e., jailbait, when they got together.
Your recall is absolutely correct Raejean! The post should read that Sonny & Cher met when she was about aged 16 in 1962 (Cher was born 5/20/1946) The duo dated and married in 1964 when Cher was of age(18). Thanks for visiting and I appreciate your comment to keep me honest and typographically accurate
. Hope to see you again soon.
How can I get the video for this ? Thanks
Awesome song! Best song ever! “Baby Don’t Go”
Welcome to OSML osuzq. And you are so right: it is a classic! And my goal here is to help keep these classic oldies alive!