Nancy Sinatra's Real Name: Nancy Sinatra

Quick answer: The singer is known professionally as Nancy Sinatra. Biography.com, Official Charts, and People independently date her birth to June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey. The Golden Globes site uses a longer form, Nancy Sandra Sinatra, that the other biographies do not, so this page titles her with the public name (Biography.com; Official Charts).

Real name and early life

She is known professionally as Nancy Sinatra. Biography.com says she was born on June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey, the eldest of three children of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Barbato Sinatra, and that the family later moved to Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. Official Charts independently says she was born on June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey, and is the elder daughter of Frank Sinatra. People independently gives the same date and city and names Frank Sinatra and Nancy Barbato as her parents. The Golden Globes biography independently uses Nancy Sandra Sinatra and the same June 8, 1940, Jersey City, N.J., birth; because that middle name is not independently confirmed in the other listings, it is recorded below rather than used in the title.

Career highlights

Biography.com says Reprise Records signed her after a 1960 television appearance, and that in 1966 she hit No. 1 with "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." Official Charts independently says she broke through in 1966 when that song became a UK Official Singles Chart No. 1, and that she reached No. 1 again a year later with the duet "Somethin' Stupid." Biography.com independently calls "Somethin' Stupid," recorded with her father, a No. 1 hit, and names later singles including "Sugar Town." Official Charts also notes albums with Lee Hazelwood; Biography.com spells the producer Lee Hazlewood and says most of her mid-1960s hits were produced by him. Golden Globes independently lists "These Boots Are Made for Walking," "Bang Bang," and "Somethin' Stupid," and says she recorded the theme for the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (1967), a credit Biography.com also lists. Golden Globes says she was nominated twice, in 1968 and 1969, as Best Actress in a Television Series for Movin' with Nancy.

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Nancy Sinatra are looking for the singer of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." The Golden Globes site's longer form is recorded here but is not used in the title.