Nancy Sinatra Bang Bang
Sinatra began her career as a singer and actress in the early 1960s, but initially achieved success only in Europe and Japan. Then she had a transatlantic numberone hit with These Boots Are Made for Walkin , which showed her provocative but goodnatured style, and which popularized and made her synonymous with gogo boots. The promo clip featured a bighaired Sinatra and six young women in tight tops, gogo boots and miniskirts. The song was written by Lee Hazlewood, who wrote and produced most of her hits and sang with her on several duets, including Some Velvet Morning. In 1966 and 1967, Sinatra charted with 13 titles, all of which featured Billy Strange as arranger and conductor. Sinatra also had a brief acting career in the mid60s including a costarring role with Elvis Presley in the movie Speedway, and with Peter Fonda in The Wild Angels. In the late 1950s, Sinatra began to study music, dancing, and voice at the University of California in Los Angeles. She dropped out after a year, and made her
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