Showing posts with label Nancy Sinatra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nancy Sinatra. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren" debuts 1968



Plato's Stepchildren, the tenth episode of the third season of Star Trek (original series) aired on November 22, 1968.  In this episode, the crew of the Enterprise encounter a planet where the inhabitants possess powerful telekinesis, except for one, who is a little person.  Michael Dunn, from Oklahoma, starred as the little person and whipping boy of the others.

It is also purported to be the first interracial kiss on television between Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) and Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), but apparently Nancy Sinatra kissed Sammy Davis Jr. the year before.  However, some television stations in the south US would not air it.  


Monday, February 26, 2018

Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" hits #1 1966


The second single from Nancy Sinatra's debut album Boots, the iconic These Boots Are Made for Walkin', reached #1 in the U.S. February 26, 1966.  Her first single So Long, Babe was a minor hit but this one was a major hit and shot up the charts, after being released in January.   It repeated its success in the U.K., Australia, and Ireland and it has been covered by various artists more than a dozen times.

I think everyone can probably sing the words to the refrain by memory.