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No need to tell you who buxom Nancy's daddy was I hope? She grew up around stars like Elvis and the Rat Pack and all sorts of stellar talent and was signed in the early 60’s to Ol’ Blue Eye’s Reprise label. Success eluded her in the states but she gained a popularity in Europe and Japan that is still strong. She struggled for a hit in the USA and Reprise was about to drop her when things began to change for her after she met songwriter, arranger and producer Lee Hazelwood. Svengali and business whiz, Hazelwood redid not only her image into a chic mid-60’sLondon look but even convinced her to change her singing style and in 1965 she hit the American charts with the sexy and catchy These Boots are Made for Walking (a line from a western with her dad and Dean Martin). She went on to have a string of hits all arranged and led by Billy Strange. Another really big hit from this period is the duet with Hazelwood called Some Velvet Morning and it is a truly unique and slightly psychedelic little pop song. It sounds more like something from the Pink Floyd period with Syd Barrett than a top-40's radio hit from Frank Sinatra's little girl.

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She went to do the really good Bond theme for You Only Live Twice and it is one of the better Bond scores in my humble opinion, but I have hardly seen any of the Bond movies since Live and Let Die. She did some acting during the late 60s and starred along side her pal Elvis in Speedway. She was the only singer to have a song appear on an Elvis album while the King was still alive. She would go onto to typify the look and sound of the late 60’s and early 70’s. Her career continued on and she still tours and performs, and when she was 54 she posed for Playboy and looked pretty good in a still innocent sort of way. She was sexy but in a safe and sweet way. The picture I included of her gazing at her own reflection in her underwear would be utterly different if it were Madonna.

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A good fan site: http://www.movinwithnancy.fsnet.co.uk/conetents.htm

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