On March 10, 1967 James Bond and the secret agent craze are at their peak. Sonny and Cher guest star as “Jerry and Ramona” on the “The Hot Number Affair” episode of NBC-TV’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The pop duo play garment-center employees who are swept up in a frantic quest for a THRUSH world-conquest report, hidden in the pattern of a dress. George Tobias, Ned Glass and Kelton Garwood co-star.

Sonny and Cher’s “The Beat Goes On” had just finished a WKNR Music Guide chart run the previous month, peaking at number 5. What’s not generally known is that the iconic bass line that gave the song it’s power was an idea contributed on the fly by Wrecking Crew legend Carol Kaye. Here’s the story as told by Carol, herself.