Pop music in the 60's produced many best recording duos covering the music charts and influencing future song writers and groups to this day. Let's discover a few successful duos from the sixties that also recorded as lesser known names before they hit it big as the names they are recognized as now.
An early release by a duo that identified themselves Tom & Jerry in 1957 didn't do well, although the duo did seem to crack the top 100 on the music charts. But subsequent releases proved to be very significant, not solely for pop rock, but for folk rock as well.
Following minimal results as Tom & Jerry and then reuniting together during the mid 60's as Simon and Garfunkel, the duo forged a path through pop and folk music that has been legendary.
With a barrage of perfectly crafted pop and folk arrangements, Simon and Garfunkel amassed many pop hits including "Homeward Bound, ""Sounds Of Silence," "I Am A Rock," "Mrs. Robinson" (from the movie "The Graduate"), "The Boxer" and the Garfunkel-led ballad "Bridge Over Troubled Water," among others.
After they split, Garfunkel went on to record several well-received records, but Paul Simon became identified as one of the most prolific and important song writers of the pop and rock music era.
Now you can catch music rock bands having fun with cover songs that are played on online rock music stations around the world.
The husband and wife team of Caesar and Cleo did not secure acclaim until they changed their name to Sonny and Cher and went on to pop mega-stardom, not just in music, but in television as well.
Their breakthrough hit "I Got You Babe" hit number one status and held that placement for three weeks in 1965. While still together as Sonny and Cher, both scored hits recording independently, Sonny with "Laugh At Me" and then Cher with "All I Really Want To Do" and "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)."
Their magical musical mixture and wisecracking repartee produced a highly profitable CBS-TV variety show that aired from 1971 to 1974. As a pair, Sonny and Cher secured top ten hits such as "Baby Don't Go," “The Beat Goes On," "All I Ever Need Is You" as well as "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done." Unfortunately, the relationship led to divorce in 1973, but the tale of Sonny and Cher does not.
They were momentarily reunited in 1975 and Cher continued on to an outstanding solo career and Sonny got into politics. Sonny Bono was elected mayor of Palm Springs, California and elected to Congress in 1994 until his tragic death from a skiing accident in 1998.
Even Now Cher remains peerless and is one of the most legendary female singers. Her trademark voice is going to be for decades to come.