{"id":13925,"date":"2020-02-24T16:47:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T15:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/?p=13925"},"modified":"2026-02-15T22:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T21:00:13","slug":"bang-bang-nancy-sinatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/bang-bang-nancy-sinatra\/","title":{"rendered":"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) &#8211; Nancy Sinatra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 160%; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;\">Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) was written by Sonny Bono and originally released by Cher in 1966. Also in 1966, Nancy Sinatra recorded a cover version of Bang Bang, featuring the iconic tremolo guitar part played by Billy Strange. 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