Who wrote the song "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"?

Writing your wife a song about getting abandoned takes either confidence or a death wish. Sonny Bono did it anyway, and "Bang Bang" became Cher's first million-selling single, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Even as a solo star, a lot of Cher's early hits were written and produced by Bono, who was like her creative mastermind behind the scenes. Nancy Sinatra covered the song the same year, and when Tarantino used her version over the opening credits of "Kill Bill" decades later, a whole new generation assumed she made the song famous. But Cher shot first.