"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" was written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by Nancy Sinatra. The second single taken from her debut album Boots, and follow-up to the minor hit "So Long, Babe," the song became an instant success. It was released in early 1966 and hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the last week in February 1966. Nancy Sinatra was encouraged by Hazlewood to sing the song as if she were a sixteen-year-old girl giving the brush-off to a forty-year-old man. Sinatra's recording of the song was made with the help of notable Los Angeles session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew. This session included Hal Blaine on drums, Al Casey, Tommy Tedesco, Billy Strange and Mike Deasy on guitars, Ollie Mitchell, Roy Caton and Lew McCreary on horns, Carol Kaye on electric bass, and Chuck Berghofer on double bass, providing the notable bass line.
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