NEW * The Beat Goes On - Sonny & Cher {Stereo} 1967
1967....#6 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #3 Canada, #14 Australia, #10 New Zealand
Original video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound.
"The Beat Goes On" is song written and composed by Sonny Bono and recorded by Sonny & Cher. It was issued as a single and appeared on their 1967 album In Case You're in Love. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 14, 1967, peaking at number six. By 1974, more than 4 million copies has been sold.
The backing music for the song was recorded using the renowned group of Los Angeles session musicians who, in time, came to be known collectively as "The Wrecking Crew." The arrangement is credited to Harold Battiste, but Wrecking Crew bassist Carol Kaye asserts that at the session she devised the distinctive syncopated bass line that is featured on the released recording, replacing the original walking bass line in the prepared arrangement: