The Most Iconic Celebrity Couples of the 1960s

We remember the ‘60s for the music, fashion and freedom. And the drug-fueled love affairs. But that’s not to say romance didn’t exist.

So here are the most iconic celebrity couples of the 1960s…

Sonny and Cher

Cherilyn Sarkisian met Salvatore Bono when she was only 16. (He was 27.) But at that time, when they first crossed paths at a party, Bono had little interest in her. “I was with my girlfriend, who was really beautiful,” Cher said.

“He liked her, so he didn’t really say anything to me.” Regardless, Sonny and Cher began dating shortly thereafter (and moved in together immediately).

Sonny and Cher

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In 1964, the duo released “Baby Don’t Go,” their first single under the name Sonny and Cher, which they followed up with their biggest hit, “I Got You Babe” the following year.

The couple married in 1964 but divorced a decade later, simultaneously dissolving both their personal and their professional relationship.

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

When Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton first met on the set of the film “Cleopatra” in 1962, they were both married to other people. Taylor, at that point, was on her fourth husband.

But Burton nd Taylor began an affair that lasted into 1964, when they divorced their respective partners and married each other.

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

Taylor and Burton had one of the most passionate relationships in Hollywood, but that passion wasn’t always of the romantic variety. They fought constantly, and in 1974 they divorced — for the first time. They would remarry in 1975, only to file for divorce a second time the following year.