When Frank and Nancy Sinatra topped the charts
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In 1967 Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy topped the Billboard pop chart with with "Somethin' Stupid."
It was the first and only duet by a father and daughter to top the charts.
Some of the record company executives weren't sure how the public would react to a father and his daughter singing a love song to each other, but Frank insisted that they wouldn't care and it appears he was right.
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