Complex sentence: Era's owner Herb Newman pitched "The Birds and the Bees"-a song written by his teenage son-to be the Turnarounds' next single & as Akens was the only group member to favor the song he recorded it solo in 1964.
Split into simpler sentences: Era's owner Herb Newman pitched "The Birds and the Bees"-a song written by his teenage son-to be the Turnarounds' next single. As Akens was the only group member to favor the song, he recorded it solo in 1964.