These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" is a song originally performed by singer Nancy Sinatra and composed by Lee Hazlewood. It came out on February 26 1966 at number one in the United States, and entered the charts similarly in many other countries.

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Nancy Sinatra - Lee Hazlewood - February 26 - 1966 - United States

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Sinatra was encouraged by Hazlewood to sing the song as if she were a sixteen-year-old girl giving the brush-off to a forty-year-old man. Sinatra's recording of the song was made with the help of drummer Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew, this session including Blaine on drums, Tommy Tedesco and Billy Strange on guitars, Carol Kaye on electric bass, and Ray Pohlman on double bass, providing the notable bass line.

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Hal Blaine - The Wrecking Crew - Tommy Tedesco - Billy Strange - Carol Kaye - Ray Pohlman

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Since it was a song with which GIs in Vietnam in the mid-to-late 1960s would be familiar, it was used for the Full Metal Jacket soundtrack, adding to its realism.

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