October 6, 1973 –
Cher’s single, Half-Breed, went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. (Sorry for the earworm.)
Snuff Garrett produced the song despite his intention to quit working with Sonny and Cher. He had been battling Sonny, the singer’s then-husband, over what type of material she should be singing. Lyricist Mary Dean wasn’t aware of the conflict when she brought Half-Breed to Garrett, a song she wrote with Al Capps specifically for Cher. By the time this hit #1, Sonny & Cher’s recording career as a duo had hit the skids with their last single, Mama Was A Rock and Roll Singer, petering out at #77. Their marriage wasn’t performing much better; they divorced in 1975.
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