There are compensations for being the daughter of a famous father: one is that people write songs about you. Teddy Roosevelt's little girl, for example, inspired the 1919 ditty In My Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown. Frank Sinatra's elder daughter prompted the 1944 lullaby, Nancy with the Laughing Face.
Unfortunately, there was not always a lot for Nancy Sinatra to laugh about; during the first 25 years of her life, Laughing Face was as close as she ever came to fame. Now, however, with four hit records and two starring movie roles to her credit, she can claim to have...
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