Though Cher and Sonny Bono’s marriage lasted less than a decade, their musical hits endured. Yet Cher details in her new memoir that the success of her creative partnership with her late husband wasn’t equally shared.

The pair met when she was 16 (claiming to be 18) and he was a 27-year-old divorcé and moved in together. His songwriting talents ("I Got You Babe," "The Beat Goes On") coupled with her voice and fashion sense made them superstars.

Cher was 16 when she met the 27-year-old record producer Sonny Bono. She was 18 when she married Bono — her first marriage, his second — and 19 when the couple released the smash 1965 single “I Got You,

I figured I’d plead insanity … Then I’d get a book deal and my own show,” Cher alleges Sonny told her after admitting to thinking about killing her.

Cher turned to a funny source when her marriage to Sonny Bono went south. The "Believe" singer, 78, revealed that she turned to comedienne Lucille Ball for relationship advice in her new book, Cher: The Memoir,

The Memoir, Part One," Cher writes about the advice Lucille Ball gave her when her marriage to Sonny Bono was on the rocks.

Cher sits down with 'Today' host Hoda Kotb to discuss some of the biggest bombshells from her new book “Cher: The Memoir, Part One” which is available now.