NANCY SINATRA
Ask just about anyone who the go-go boot-wearing sex kitten of the '60s was and they'll know the answer: Nancy Sinatra. They may even overlook her connection to a certain guy named Frank, 'cause this girl had it going on despite any family connections! Her rise to fame started in 1944, when Jimmy Van Heusen and Phil Silvers (later Sgt. Bilko of '50s television fame) wrote a song called "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)," presenting it to Frank Sinatra as a gift to his daughter on her fourth birthday. Though his wife had the same first name, Frank recorded the song specifically for young Nancy and it hit the top ten in December 1945. It was natural for Nancy to show an interest in show business with attention focused on her for that brief time during childhood, and in the late 1950s she studied music and dance at UCLA. Her debut as a performer came in May 1960 on ABC's ... MORE ››
