Nancy currently has 20 albums on CD and there are more on the way. Bear Family Records is in the process of putting together a comprehensive boxed set, which will include rare and unreleased Nancy recordings along with all of her hits.
Reuniting with Lee Hazlewood and Billy Strange to record a CD of new duets, Nancy closed the circle on her musical past. The new work, “NANCY & LEE 3” was released in 2004 by Warner Brothers Records Australia. This project has been long awaited by Nancy and Lee fans.
Nancy’s support of American veterans who are dear to her since her USO tour of Vietnam during the war there remains a cause close to her heart. Nancy regularly appears at Veteran events, makes personal appearances and performs live concerts, including benefits such as the annual Ride To The Wall in Washington, DC, which remembers and honors POW’s and MIA’s. Frequent audience members at her shows, Veterans often signal their attendance and are always warmly greeted with a “Welcome home.” from Nancy. After 9/11, Nancy contacted the USO to volunteer her services once again.
In May 2003, Nancy and her band performed at a USO concert event with Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, called Hollywood’s Salute To The Troops, an outdoor celebration for Veterans and current troops at the Hollywood & Highland complex in Hollywood, California. Each year Nancy participates in a variety of events paying tribute to our Military heroes and paying homage to those missing and lost in action.
Nancy participated in the JVC Jazz Festival’s “There’ll Be Another Spring”, a star-studded tribute to Miss Peggy Lee, at Carnegie Hall in New York. According to critics, she opened with a “sassy take” on ‘Why Don’t You Do Right?” and also performed “a feline duet” with Deborah Harry of BLONDIE on “The Siamese Cat Song”, from Disney’s “Lady And The Tramp”. The event was recorded for airing on National Public Radio. Nancy and other artists have continued to perform this tribute in venues across the country including engagements at The Hollywood Bowl and the Ravinia Arena in Chicago.
For his film “Kill Bill Volume I”, director Quentin Tarantino chose Nancy’s recording of Sonny Bono’s song “Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” as the theme for the movie’s opening credits. According to the director, Nancy’s version of “Bang, Bang” is “the music the movie will work to the beat of… That was in my head six years ago when I first came up with ‘Kill Bill’. Nancy’s version is so soulful. She sings it like poetry. It gives you new respect for what a wonderful vocalist she is”.
Having achieved a 40 year legacy in rock and roll, Nancy created the platform for contemporary rebel-chicks such as Madonna, Sheryl Crow, Deborah Harry, Chrissie Hynde, Shirley Manson, Courtney Love and Gwen Stefani.