“The son of Italian immigrants (father Santo was a truck driver, mother Jean a beautician), he tried to break into show business after graduating from high school in Inglewood, Calif., in 1952. Working as a deliveryman for a meat company, he ducked into record-company offices between stops to peddle his songs. By 1962 he was working in promotion for an independent record distributor. Bono was 27 and separated from his first wife when he took a liking to 16-year-old runaway Cherilyn LaPierre on a double date in 1963…Deciding that Cher was star material, Sonny brought her to impresario Phil Spector. Soon she was singing backup on hits like the Crystals’ ‘Da Doo Ron Ron.’ Still too shy to perform alone when given a chance to solo on ‘Baby Don’t Go’ in 1965, she insisted that Sonny sing with her, and a duo was born” (Michelle Cunneff, People, Aug. 1991).
Sonny and Cher “I Got You Babe”
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