Eldest child of Frank Sinatra who enjoyed a decade of fame beginning in the early 1960s, in which her combination of toughness and kittenish sexiness prefigured such later pop singers as Linda Ronstadt, Pat Benatar and Madonna. Although one of her biggest hits was a sweet, playful duet with her father ("Somethin' Stupid"), Sinatra's best-known single remains her first big hit, the acoustic bass-driven, quasi-feminist "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". Compensating for her modest vocal range with a smooth, dusky alto and a good-humored, insinuating delivery, she hit the top 40 ten times from 1965 to 1968, including three duets with singer Lee Hazlewood, who wrote and produced most of Sinatra's material and added a country seasoning to her basically pop sound. Sinatra also starred in three TV variety specials and acted in such films as "The Wild Angels" (1966) and the Elvis Presley vehicle "Speedway" (1968), where her persona was that of the deadpan, miniskirted tough cookie. She also continued performing live before her career petered out in the mid-70s. She made very occasional TV and concert appearances in the years that followed, and in the mid-90s enjoyed a modest career renaissance.
Family
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Brother: Frank Sinatra Jr. born in 1943
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Father: Frank Sinatra. born on December 12,1915 in Hoboken, NJ; star of both musicals and dramatic features including Anchors Aweigh (1945), On the Town (1949), From Here to Eternity (1953), for which he received an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor, The Man with the Golden Arm (1956), The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
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Mother: Nancy Sinatra. married to Frank Sinatra on February 4, 1939; divorced on October 29, 1951
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Sister: Christine Sinatra. born in 1948; produced six-hour miniseries about her father that aired on CBS in 1992
Significant Others
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Companion: Phil Spector. reportedly dating as of fall 2000
Milestones
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1959 Appeared with Elvis Presley and her father Frank Sinatra on national TV
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1964 Made feature film debut in For Those Who Think Young
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1965 Released first chart single, So Long, Babe
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1966 Caused controversy with album which featured her top five single, Sugar Town ; album cover featured Sinatra in a skimpy bikini; album briefly banned in Boston
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1966 Enjoyed Number 1 hit with first Top 40 single, These Boots Are Made for Walkin
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1966 Played leading role in and sang title song for the spy spoof, The Last of the Secret Agents
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1967 Had first hit duet with Lee Hazlewood, Jackson
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1967 Had second Number 1 single in duet with father Frank Sinatra, Something Stupid
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1967 Sang the title song for the spy film, Tony Rome , starring Frank Sinatra
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1967 Sang theme song for popular James Bond film, You Only Live Twice
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1968 Last major film appearance, opposite Elvis Presley in Speedway
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1968 Last top 40 single, Some Velvet Morning , a duet with Lee Hazlewood
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1970 Performed on the nightclub circuit
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1970 Released last single, Hook and Ladder
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1971 Starred in last major TV appearance for a decade, Movin with Nancy on Stage , a record of her nightclub act
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1980 Appeared on TV in salutes to her father and Elvis Presley
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1988 Guest starred as herself on an episode of the ABC Vietnam war drama series, China Beach ; sang These Boots Are Made for Walkin
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1995 Appeared as a nude centerfold for the magazine, Playboy
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2002 Embarked on a concert tour to promote album California Girl
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2006 Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (May)
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Moved to Los Angeles with her family as a child