Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button. Published Date: 06 July 2008 SHARLEEN SPITERI's father, Eddie, was a captain in the Merchant Navy, working away from home for months at a time. He would arrive back in Glasgow in the middle of the night, and the little girl always knew her dad was home because she would be woken up by his LPs blasting out. It might be Fleetwood Mac's Rumours or something by his beloved Bob Dylan. Whatever the song, for his daughter music signified family, togetherness, the return of a man she loved. Then, when she was around nine years old, her parents gave her a great gift – their old record player and a bunch of 45s. Among these was Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin' '. She put the needle on that record and suddenly music meant something else...
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