Frank Sinatra - Nancy (With the Laughing Face), 1945

Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
Words and music by Phil Silvers and Jimmy Van Heusen
vocal, Frank Sinatra
Orchestra Directed by Alex Stordahl
Columbia 36868
Recorded August 22, 1945

Remembering Nancy Davis Reagan. July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016.

The song was originally adapted for Nancy Sinatra's fourth birthday.

In 1981, at Ronald Reagan's inaugural gala, Sinatra sang a version retitled "Nancy with the Reagan Face."

I swear to goodness you can't resist her
Sorry for you she has no sister
No angel could replace
Nancy with the laughing face.

Nancy Reagan (1921 - 2016)

[Katu]

Very well done. What a darling picture when she was about 4, with the coat and hat.0:36. Nancy with the laughing face. Rest In Peace, dear one.

[JudgeJulieLit]

This lovely melodic song was written 1945 for Frank Sinatra's wife Nancy (and then and prospectively daughter Nancy, both on the East Coast while he on the West), to whom he was married 1939 to 1952. His 1981 adaptation to "the broad with thick ankles" was a political convenience.

[TheTourmaline]

Stordahl wrote this about Nancy Barbato Sinatra, Frank Sinatra's wife.

[wirahadikusuma]

If I don't see her each day I miss her
Gee, what a thrill each time I kiss her
Believe me I've got a case
On Nancy with the laughin' face
She takes the winter and makes it summer
Summer could take some lessons from her
Picture a tomboy in lace
That's Nancy with the laughin' face

Have you ever heard mission bells ringin'?
Well, she'll give you the very same glow
When she speaks you would think it was singin'
Just hear her say "hello"
I swear to goodness you can't resist her
Sorry for you, she has no sister
No angel could replace
Nancy with the laughin' face

Keep Betty Grable, Lamour, and Turner
She makes my heart a charcoal burner
No angel could replace
My Nancy with the laughin' face

[drummerkc]

No the song was dedicated to his Daughter Nancy Sinatra