Nancy Sinatra 'These Boots Are Made For Walkin' on The Ed Sullivan Show

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The Ed Sullivan Show was a television variety program that aired on CBS from 1948-1971. For 23 years it aired every Sunday night and played host to the world's greatest talents. The Ed Sullivan Show is well known for bringing rock n' roll music to the forefront of American culture through acts like Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones. The entertainers each week ranged from comedians like Joan Rivers and Rodney Dangerfield, to Broadway stars Julie Andrews and Richard Burton, to pop singers such as Bobby Darin and Petula Clark. It also frequently featured stars of Motown such as The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and The Jackson 5. The Ed Sullivan Show was one of the only places on American television where such a wide variety of popular culture was showcased and its legacy lives on to this day.

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[PhilMoskowitz]

Ed Sullivan introduces guest performers like he's delivering their eulogy.

[friendofdorothy]

The colors, the hairstyles and the clothes. What fun that was!

[Darkswordz]

It doesn't get any more 60's than this.

[miked.]

Those 60's background dancers. So freaking groovy..

[JCNDCIII]

She's so cute! And clearly this was actually live based on the hiccup at 02:50. Great performance overall! Loved how she hugs Ed at the end.

[TinyDollBoy]

SHE'S SO GREAT THIS SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE THE STUDIO VERSION

[TheSnerggly]

Ed Sullivan was very supportive of younger people and their music. I was only a kid but I remember watching some of this .

[dhcvgov]

I was in the audience in the Cub Scouts at this show. 🕺🍻

[nyancatnatalie]

My grandma was 30 when this came out. She's almost 90. What a era she lived in 👏

[maureenmccurry]

Brings me back to watching the Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday nights with my parents. It was a wonderful time! People today can’t relate!

[xavid]

My grandma talks about seeing this on TV and her parents being shocked at the dancing and lengths of the skirts and dresses 😂 must have been awesome to be alive then in simpler times

[andredegraaf]

Back when 5 TV channels was all you needed. The whole family gathered in the living room and everyone was entertained. I miss those variety shows.

[shyman]

So many great things about this video. The alternate musical arrangement that included strings. The dancer who stepped on Nancy's microphone line at @2:50 (before cordless mics). Nancy running with the dancers at the end and straight into Ed's arms (what a special moment). And of course, Nancy so stunningly gorgeous.

[lonestarhog]

Every Sunday evening we would gather around the black-n-white TV for the Ed Sullivan Show. I remember every episode, especially when he introduced The Beatles. We all screamed, "Look at that long hair!" 🤣

[jonthomas]

I love that they pushed for live vocals more often than not on his show. The stomping boot sound was a great touch.

[douglashoffjr]

I saw her sing this in 1967 when she was entertaining the army troops in Vietnam. When she sang Boots the crowd went wild.. Cute, talented, and a real humanitarian.

[hanno-erdmanntietz]

I'd never seen this performance in full before. A wonderful 60s classic. Critics might argue that Nancy's vocal range was limited, but Lee Hazlewood wrote the perfect songs for her.

[Tiberius]

I was a kid in the 60s, teenager in the 70s, young adult in the 80s/90s, it don't get any better than that. 💟

[monaro]

When the world was a good place to live in. I miss it.

[budsurtees]

From an innocent time when everybody was so talented, beautiful and slim. All is now lost.