My Sharona

There's a true story and a real woman behind that song.  Sharona Alperin got tired of hearing the song but never of the story leading to it.  Doug Fieger was smitten with Sharona from the first time he met her and tried relentlessly to make her his girlfriend.  Years after that first meeting, they finally got together and even though it didn't last, they remained friends until his passing.  The real Sharona