CLASSIC POP SONGS OF ALL TIME!

I didn't get this and yet I love this song despite it's strangeness and implied incestuous suggestivity by being sung by father and daughter but it is a great song written, as is said, by Van Dyke Parks' brother (who knew? not me!) 

On this day in music history: April 15, 1967 - “Somethin’ Stupid” by Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, also topping the Adult Contemporary chart for 9 weeks on April 1, 1967. Written by C. Carson Parks, it is the biggest hit for the father and daughter vocal duo. With pop vocal legend Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy Sandra Sinatra both having scored number one singles during the previous year, naturally the idea for them to record together is proposed. Nancy’s producer Lee Hazelwood finds the song “Somethin’ Stupid” written by singer and songwriter C. Carson Parks (the older brother of musician and songwriter Van Dyke Parks). Parks originally records the song in 1966 with his wife Gaile Foote under the name Carson & Gaile, but their version is not a hit. After playing the original version for Nancy, she let’s her father hear it, who also immediately loves the song. A session is quickly organized with Hazelwood and Frank’s producer Jimmy Bowen both working on the record. The track is recorded at Western Recorders in Hollywood, CA on February 1, 1967, completely live with an orchestra and members of The Wrecking Crew backing the singers. Guitarist Billy Strange is credited with writing the arrangement for “Somethin’ Stupid”. Fellow Wrecking Crew guitarist Tommy Tedesco, plays the distinctive latin flavored acoustic guitar parts on the song. Completed in only four takes, all agree that the record will be a hit. Any apprehension about a father and daughter singing a love song to each other go out the window immediately, when it is released as a single in early March of 1967. Entering the Hot 100 at #50 on March 18, 1967, it races to the top of the chart four weeks later, becoming the only father-daughter duet to top the US singles chart. The single also receives a Grammy nomination for Record Of The Year in 1968 (though loses to The 5th Dimension’s “Up Up And Away”). “Somethin’ Stupid” is later revived by singer Robbie Williams and actress Nicole Kidman with their version hitting number one on the UK singles chart in December of 2001. “Somethin’ Stupid” is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.

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