The Righteous Brothers stayed at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of April 19, 1966, with ‘(You’re My) Soul and Inspiration.’ That song would surrender its perch the following week.
At #2 was Cher’s ‘Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down),’ a track written by Sonny Bono and released on her sophomore solo album, The Sonny Side of Chér. This was the highest-charting song of Cher’s solo career until her trio of #1 hits in the 70s with the increasingly problematic titles ‘Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves,’ ‘Half-Breed,’ and ‘Dark Lady.’
I didn’t realize ‘Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)’ was a Cher song. I assumed it was originally recorded by Nancy Sinatra, whose version is used to excellent effect in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Vol. 1.
Cher recorded a rock version of the song for her self-titled 1987 album, featuring backing vocals by Jon Bon Jovi and Michael Bolton. It’s dripping with 80s bombast and actually kind of awesome.
Old songs. Great memories.
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I was five and he was six
We rode on horses made of sticks
He wore black and I wore white
He would always win the fight
[Chorus]
Bang bang, you shot me down
Bang bang, I hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down
[Verse 2]
Seasons came and changed the time
When I grew up, I called him mine
He would always laugh and say
“Remember when we used to play?”
[Chorus]
“Bang bang, I shot you down
Bang bang, you’d hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, I used to shoot you down”
[Bridge]
Music played and people sang
Just for me the church bells rang
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
[Verse 3]
Now he’s gone, I don’t know why
And till this day, sometimes I cry
He didn’t even say goodbye
He didn’t take the time to lie
[Chorus]
Bang bang, he shot me down
Bang bang, I hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down
Meet Me In Montauk 
I’m also more familiar with the Nancy Sinatra version of this song.
I LOVE Cher !