Nancy Sinatra
b. 8 June 1940, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Determined not to rest on the laurels of famous father Frank Sinatra, Nancy spent several years taking lessons in music, dance and drama. She made an impressive appearance on the Sinatra/ Elvis Presley television special (1959) and two years later made her recording debut with Cuff Links And A Tie Pin. Further releases vied with a budding acting career until 1966 when, having teamed with producer/songwriter Lee Hazelwood, Nancy enjoyed an international smash with the sultry number 1 These Boots Are Made For Walkin’. It's descending bass line on every verse made it one of the most recognisable hits of 1966. Further success with How Does That Grab You Darlin’ and Sugar Town ensued, before Something Stupid, a duet with her father, gave the singer a second UK chart topper. Nancy maintained thespian ambitions with roles in THE WILD ANGELS and Elvis Presley's SPEEDWAY before performing the theme song to the JAMES BOND film YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. She and Hazelwood scored further success with two country-influenced duets, Jackson (1967) and Did You Ever (1971), but her interest in singing gradually rescinded. Sinatra later completed a biography of her father.