A Breathtaking Guy also was their highest charting single at this point, reaching number 75 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The group was jokingly referred to at this time as the "no-hit Supremes" by the Motown staff. However, their next single, "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes", would break the group's "no-hit" streak. It would also mean that, with the exception of Ballard's and Wilson's ad-libs on the 1964 single "Baby Love", this would be the last time any member other than Ross would have a lead part on a single for the rest of the decade. Much like their earlier
Baby Don't Go half share in its royalties, giving Bono some much-needed funding. In September 1964, they released "Baby Don't Go" on Reprise as their first effort under the name of Sonny & Cher. (By some accounts, Caesar and Cleo's take on "Love Is Strange" was released the same day as "Baby Don't Go"; by another, it was the first B-side for "Baby Don't Go".) "Baby Don't Go" became a big local hit in Los Angeles and a minor regional hit on the U.S. West Coast but did not make the national charts. More importantly, it gained the couple additional attention within the