1967 Father-Daughter Duet Hit No. 1 59 Years Ago Today

Grace GalanteWed, April 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM UTC

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Nancy and Frank Sinatra's "Somethin' Stupid" hit No. 1 on the charts 59 years ago today!

On April 15, 1967, the most successful and well-known version of the song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It would go on to spend four weeks at the top spot and nine weeks atop the easy listening chart, now known as adult contemporary.

To this day, "Somethin' Stupid" is the first and only instance of a father-daughter No. 1 song. It also marked Frank's second gold single—selling more than 500,000 units in the United States—and Nancy's third.

"Somethin' Stupid" was written by C. Carson Parks, and before the father-duo made the song mainstream, it was originally recorded in 1966 by Parks and his wife Gaile Foote.

The Sinatras decided to cover it after Frank played Parks' recording to his daughter’s producer Lee Hazlewood.

“He asked me, ‘Do you like it?’ and I said, 'I love it, and if you don’t sing it with Nancy, I will,'" Hazlewood later recalled of their conversation. "[Frank] said, ‘We’re gonna do it, book a studio.’"

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Nancy and Frank's rendition was recorded on February 1, 1967 after Frank had finished his collaboration with composer Antonio Carlos Jobim earlier in the day.

"On the first take, dad got silly, sounding his S’s like Daffy Duck for fun, so we had to do a second take," Nancy wrote in a 2025 Facebook post. "Mo Ostin, who was the president of Reprise [Records], bet Dad two dollars it would bomb. Mo lost his money—'Somethin’ Stupid' went to #1 and sold millions of copies. I framed the bill."

When the song was released in March 1967, Nancy's full name was listed on the label first, with the billing "Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra."

"Somethin' Stupid" was also nominated for the Record Of The Year at the 10th Grammy Awards, ultimately losing to The 5th Dimension's "Up, Up And Away."

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