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Nancy Sandra Sinatra (born June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of the legendary singer Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato.

She began her career as a singer and actress in the early 1960s, initially with little success. In 1960, she married "teen idol" Tommy Sands but divorced him in 1965.

Her career peaked in the late 1960s with a string of pop music hits. Her best-known hit, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" — which popularized and made her synonymous with Go-Go boots — was written by Lee Hazlewood and included session drummer Hal Blaine and guitarist Billy Strange on the recording — as did most of her other hits. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" and the music video featuring shapely, young women in tight sweaters, go-go boots and mini-skirts is considered a classic example of high camp. She currently is under the label Attack Records.

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Recording career

Sinatra was signed to her father's label, Reprise Records in 1961. Without a hit in the U.S. by 1965, she was on the verge of being dropped. Enter: Lee Hazlewood, whose career up until that point consisted mostly of penning material and producing for Duane Eddy. Hazlewood became Sinatra's Svengali. He had her sing in a lower key and crafted some irresistible pop songs for her. Along with a complete image overhaul - including dyed-blonde hair, frosted lips, heavy eye makeup, and Carnaby Street fashions, Sinatra finally made an indeliable mark on the music scene in 1966 with "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'."

In 1966, Sinatra was nominated for three Grammy awards for "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." Her album, "Sugar," released in late 1966, was banned in Boston due to its cover image of Sinatra in a bikini.

Sinatra remained with Reprise until 1970. Some of her early Reprise singles (pre-1965, a.k.a. "Before 'Boots'") are available on iTunes, under the album titles "Bubblegum Girl, Vol. 1" and "Bubblegum Girl, Vol. 2." In 1971, she signed with RCA and released three albums: "Nancy & Lee Again" (1971), "Woman" (1972), and a compilation of some of her Reprise recordings under the title "This is Nancy Sinatra" (1973). A non-LP single, "Sugar Me" b/w "Ain't No Sunshine" was released on RCA in 1973. By 1975, she was releasing singles on Private Stock, which are the most sought-after by collectors. Among those released were: "Kinky Love," "Annabell of Mobile," "It's For My Dad," and "Indian Summer" (with Lee Hazlewood).

"These Boots" has been covered by many artists such as Geri Halliwell, Dave Mustaine's Megadeth, Jessica Simpson, Lil' Kim, Little Birdy, Billy Ray Cyrus, and KMFDM.

Nancy also co-starred in a number of films, including Roger Corman's The Wild Angels with Peter Fonda and Bruce Dern, and Speedway with Elvis Presley, made guest appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, and starred in a number of television specials, most notable among them the 1967 Emmy Award-winning special Movin' with Nancy, in which she appeared with her father and his Rat Pack pals Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.. In the 1970s, she slowed down her musical activity and ceased acting in order to concentrate on being a wife and mother. She returned to the studio in 1981 to record a country album with Mel Tillis called, "Mel & Nancy." Two of their songs made the Billboard Country Singles Chart: "Texas Cowboy Night" (#23) and "Play Me or Trade Me" (#43).

On the cover of Playboy, May 1995
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On the cover of Playboy, May 1995
At the age of 54, she posed for Playboy in their May 1995 issue, released a new CD, One More Time, and made guest appearances on TV shows to promote the new material. The Playboy appearance caused a great deal of controversy and some complaints from her family. The pictorial was quite explicit with Nancy even showing pubic hair. Her father Frank reportedly became furious when someone told him that he had, "seen your daughter's pussy."

She has written two biographies about her father, and Frank Sinatra, An American Legend.

Nancy Sinatra on the cover of the soundtrack to Movin' with Nancy
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Nancy Sinatra on the cover of the soundtrack to Movin' with Nancy

In 2004, one of her songs, a cover of the Sonny Bono-penned hit, "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)") was used in the Quentin Tarantino film . In 2005, the same song was sampled separately by the Audio Bullys and Radio Slave into dance tracks (renamed into "Shot You Down" and "Bang Bang", respectively) and by a song entitled "Bang Bang" by hip-hop artist Young Buck. Taking her father's advice when she began her recording career ("Own your own masters"), she owns or holds an interest in most of her material, including videos.

In 2004, she collaborated with Morrissey,(To whom she lives next door to in LA.) recording a version of his top-ten hit, "Let Me Kiss You," which was featured on her critically acclaimed eponymous album released in the fall of that year.

2006 saw the release of The Essential Nancy Sinatra, a U.K.-only best-of collection featuring the previously unreleased track, "Machine Gun Kelly." The compilation was hand-picked by Sinatra and spans her 40-year career. The record was Sinatra's first to make the U.K. album charts (#73) in 30 years.

Nancy Sinatra received her own star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame on May 11, 2006, which was also declared "Nancy Sinatra Day" in Hollywood by Honorary Mayor Johnny Grant.

She recorded the song "Another Gay Sunshine Day" for Another Gay Movie.

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Sinatra's Reprise singles - 1961-1965 Sinatra's Reprise single - 1965-1970 
21 singles charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Their chart position and year are noted.




10 of her songs cracked the U.K. Singles Chart:

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