Nancy Sinatra began her career as a singer in November 1957 with an appearance on her father's ABC-TV variety series, but initially achieved success only in Europe and Japan.
35 Facts About Nancy Sinatra
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Between early 1966 and early 1968, Nancy Sinatra charted on Billboard's Hot 100 with 14 titles, ten of which reached the Top 40.
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Between 1964 and 1968 Nancy Sinatra appeared in several feature films, co-starring with Peter Fonda in Roger Corman's biker-gang movie The Wild Angels and alongside Elvis Presley in the musical drama Speedway.
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Frank and Nancy Sinatra played a fictional father and daughter in the 1965 comedy Marriage on the Rocks.
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Nancy Sinatra was born on June 8,1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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Nancy Sinatra is the eldest of the three children born to Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato.
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Nancy Sinatra began to study music, dancing and voice at UCLA in the late 1950s, but she dropped out after one year.
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Nancy Sinatra made her professional debut on her father's 1960 television special The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Welcome Home Elvis, which celebrated the return of Elvis Presley from Europe following his discharge from military service.
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Nancy Sinatra was sent to the airport on behalf of her father to welcome Presley when his plane landed.
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Nancy Sinatra was signed to her father's label, Reprise Records, in 1961.
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Hazlewood's collaboration with Nancy Sinatra began when Frank Nancy Sinatra asked Lee to help boost his daughter's career.
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Hazlewood had Nancy Sinatra sing in a lower key and crafted songs for her.
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Frank and Nancy Sinatra became the only father-daughter duo to top the Hot 100, but DJs dubbed the track "the incest song" because it was sung as if by two lovers.
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Nancy Sinatra enjoyed a parallel recording career cutting duets with the husky-voiced, country-and-western-inspired Hazlewood, starting with "Summer Wine".
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Nancy Sinatra recorded the theme song for the James Bond film You Only Live Twice in 1967.
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Nancy Sinatra traveled to Vietnam to perform for US troops in 1966 and 1967.
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Nancy Sinatra recreated her Vietnam concert appearances on a 1988 episode of the television show China Beach.
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Nancy Sinatra appeared as a guest with Woody Allen on the game show Password in 1965.
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Nancy Sinatra appeared in the 1968 Elvis Presley musical comedy Speedway, her final film.
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In 1985, Nancy Sinatra wrote the book Frank Nancy Sinatra, My Father.
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At 54, Nancy Sinatra posed for Playboy in the May 1995 issue and made appearances on TV shows to promote her album One More Time.
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Nancy Sinatra told Jay Leno on a 1995 Tonight Show that her daughters gave their approval, but her mother said that she should ask her father before committing to the project.
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Nancy Sinatra appeared live at the Edinburgh International Festival in August 2002.
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Nancy Sinatra collaborated with former Los Angeles neighbor Morrissey on a 2004 version of his song "Let Me Kiss You", which was featured on her album Nancy Sinatra.
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Each artist crafted a song for Nancy Sinatra to sing on the album.
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Nancy Sinatra recorded "Another Gay Sunshine Day" for Another Gay Movie in 2006.
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Nancy Sinatra received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 11,2006.
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Nancy Sinatra appeared as herself on one of the final episodes of the HBO mob drama The Sopranos.
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Nancy Sinatra provided vocals for the Black Devil Disco Club song "To Ardent" and the Lempo and Japwow single "Jack in Boots" in 2011.
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Nancy Sinatra joined alt-rock band Wilco on "Bang Bang" and "These Boots are Made for Walkin" during a support set for the Bob Dylan-headlined Americanarama tour in August 2013.
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Nancy Sinatra released the 2013 digital-only album Shifting Gears, featuring 15 previously unreleased tracks, including a rendition of Neil Diamond's "Holly Holy".
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The orchestra tracks were recorded in the 1970s while Nancy Sinatra was touring with a 40-piece orchestra, and her vocal tracks were recorded within 10 years of the release of the collection.
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Nancy Sinatra has publicly stated her opposition to the affairs and presidency of former US president Donald Trump.
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Nancy Sinatra has progressive positions on political issues, advocating for advances in women's rights, healthcare and efforts against climate change.
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Between marriages, Nancy Sinatra was engaged to producer Jack Haley Jr.