Nancy Sinatra recently sat down with The Independent to talk all things Sixties. She also revealed a couple of anecdotes, mentioning Stevie Nicks and Sheryl Crow.
Being the daughter of Frank Sinatra naturally came with special treatment, that being both good and bad.
In her interview with The Independent, Sinatra reveals that while she may have been shielded from the misogyny in the industry, on the other side of the coin, she speaks on being rarely given credit for her work as an artist.
Sinatra reveals that she suspects that it has something (or everything) to do with people’s preconceived ideas of “nepotism”, being signed to her father’s (Frank Sinatra) record label, Reprise Records.
What’s more, in the interview, Sinatra also reflects on how the idea of nepotism that surrounded her influenced her relationships with fellow artists at the time.
In a nutshell, she felt rejected.
She shared, “You know what’s funny, my contemporaries – girl singers – they sort of looked down on me. I don’t think they knew what to make of me and my so-called career.”
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“They shunned me a little bit, which I found hurtful. And I didn’t quite understand why they did.”
Sinatra also goes on to speak about the not so pleasant experience she had when she visited the White House, when it was the Clinton White House.
“I met Sheryl Crow and Stevie Nicks, and they gave me a cold shoulder. That was painful for me. It’s like they didn’t want to be friends. They just virtually ignored me. I tried to make an effort to shake hands, ‘so nice to meet you’ kind of thing, but they weren’t interested.”
When asked by The Independent if she thinks that they didn’t perceive her as an authentic artist, Sinatra says, “I don’t want to put words in their mouths, but yeah, I think there was definitely some of that. I felt like an interloper.”
