American hit singing duo Sonny and Cher pose outside the Hilton Hotel in London during a reception to promote their current singles, 3rd August 1965. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1960: Photo of SONNY & CHER (Photo by Gunter Zint/K & K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns)
UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1960: Photo of SONNY & CHER (Photo by Gunter Zint/K & K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns)
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SAN FRANCISCO – NOVEMBER 25: (L-R) Richard Manuel, Dr. John, Neil Diamond, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Rick Danko, Van Morrison, Ronnie Hawkins, Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson and Eric Clapton perform onstage for the rock and roll group "The Band's" "The Last Waltz" concert at Winterland Ballroom which was later turned into a film by Martin Scorsese on November 25, 1976 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Russell Smith
These 1970s parody songs beat all the "real" music on the charts. They blurred the lines between fake song and true hit.