Nancy Sinatra, the daughter of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra, was born on June 8, 1940, the eldest daughter of Frank Sinatra and his wife, Nancy Barbato Sinatra.
To me, she will forever be associated with the monster hit ”These Boots Were Made for Walkin” – but Nancy has been doing many things in her life as well.
Nancy is the oldest of Frank Sinatras three children with his wife Nancy Barbato. In the legendary crooner’s early years, the family moved to Hasbrouck Heights in New Jersey.
“We had a lovely little house there, but you could get to the windows from the street—once people knew he lived there, they would come to get a glimpse, which worried my mother because I was a tiny little toddler, and she didn’t want anybody stealing me from the front yard,” Nancy recalled in an interview with The Guardian.
The little girl grew up surrounded by stars and wealth, locked in the ever-present spotlight of fame – so you’d think her transition into being a singing sensation in her own right would have been smooth.
But her first singles were a failure and she was close to being dropped by her father’s record label, Reprise Records. Then, however, after some vocal training and an image change, Nancy enjoyed the success we all remember her for.
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