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Tuesday 26 February 2013

How those boots have walked...

Following on from an earlier post here from Rich regarding cover versions, today in 1966 Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walking" hit the Number 1 spot on the US charts.

The song was penned by singer, songwriter and producer Lee Hazlewood, who collaborated a number of times with Nancy.

As is so often the case with hits from that era, this song has been covered by numerous artists (there are well over 50 recorded versions), but it is the diversity of genres is quite extraordinary.  Among the many artists who have covered it are;  The Supremes, Boy George, Siouxsie, Bad Manners, Nick Cave, Megadeth and even The Swedish Chef from The Muppets!!

Below are three versions that I (Mick) personally like...

First, the original by Nancy Sinatra:


Next comes a less well-known version by The Artwoods, taken from their excellent Art Gallery album:


And finally the classic Stomping version by Symarip:


How those boots have walked.

1 comment:

  1. Three cracking versions there Mick but this has to be my fave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKir6wg4bME

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