Nancy Sinatra

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All right, already! We've had

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THREE

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... pictures of Frank Sinatra on this lousy website, for crying out loud!

So why, people ask, haven't you had a picture of

Some of Frank's

FAMILY?

Frank and his wife Nancy Barbato had three kids. So we figured that at least for now we'd go with the oldest who was named Nancy after her mom. Of course, Nancy has had her own independent career as a singer and she focused on songs that would appeal to the younger crowds of the 1960's.

Nancy's first musical release was in 1961 and these were followed by a number of other singles over the next four years. But only one, "So Long Babe", made the charts when it rose to #86 in 1965.

But it was Nancy's next song in 1966 that made it big. An original composition by Lee Hazelwood, "These Boot Are Made For Walking" quickly rose to Billboard's #1. Nancy recorded other of Lee's songs, sometimes as duets with Lee, and for some reason the kids liked the combination of Nancy's silky alto combined with Lee's somewhat gravely baritone. Their biggest hit was in 1967 with "Summer Wine" where as in "These Boot Are Made for Walking", the lady ends up having the last laugh.

Nancy was now firmly established as a singer independent of her dad even though she would work with him from time to time. They even released a duet "Something Stupid" in 1967. The same year she sang the introduction for her dad's movie Tony Rome where Frank takes the part as a private investigator with a gambling addiction who lives on a houseboat and handles cases like locating errant rich girls and recovering stolen jewelry. It was also in 1967 that Nancy sang the title song for the James Bond Film You Only Live Twice.

Like a number of other singers (including her dad), Nancy starred in films. The first was For Those Who Think Young which was a teens-at-the-beach movie of the type that for some reason were popular with the drive-in set in the Middle West. Probably Nancy's biggest role was in 1968's Speedway where she starred along with, yes, Elvis.

Nancy's younger brother, Frank, Jr., was also a singer but he stuck mostly with the traditional type of songs his dad sang. So Frank, Jr., was never a teen idol in the sense of a Fabian, Ricky, or Elvis. He was, though, quite respected in the music industry as a singer and conductor.

Strictly speaking Frank, Jr., was not a Frank, Jr. He was born Francis Wayne Sinatra while his dad was Francis Albert Sinatra. But even here there's a bit of a glitch since the name on the Senior Frank's birth certificate was originally listed as Frank A. Sinatra - not Francis and the "A" was simply a middle initial. It was only after Frank, Sr., achieved stardom that the certificate was corrected to "Francis A. Sinatra". But there seems to be no official record that the initial stood for "Albert".

Actually the original certificate read "Frank A. Sinestro". That, though, was clearly a scribal error.