Ann-Margret started recording for RCA in 1961, but her recording career was not as successful as her concurrent movie career. She had a sexy, throaty singing voice comparable to Eartha Kitt or Nancy Sinatra, and RCA attempted to capitalize on her "Female Elvis" comparison by her recording a version of Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" and other songs stylistically similar to Presley. She scored one minor hit, "I Just Don't Understand" (which entered the Billboard Top 40 in the third week of August 1961 and stayed 6 weeks, peaking at #17.) Her only charting album is The Beauty and the Beard (1964), on which she was accompanied by trumpeter Al Hirt. The contract with RCA ended in 1966.
Years later, she returned to music at the end of Disco era. Her 1980 album, "Ann-Margret" became a success with both singles, "Midnight Message" and "Love Rush" reaching the Top 10 of the Hot Dance Club Songs chart. In the early 1980s, the album was followed up with the single, "Everybody Needs Somebody Sometimes" and the B-Side "Hold Me/Squeeze Me." Ann Margret has continued to record music sporatically since then.
[edit]Film career
In 1961 she also made her film début for in Pocketful of Miracles, starring Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, and Hope Lange, a remake of the Oscar-winning 1933 film Lady for a Day; both versions were directed by the great Frank Capra. She followed that role with the successful remake of Rodgers' and Hammerstein's musical State Fair in 1962. Her next starring role, as the all-American teenager in Bye Bye Birdie, made her a major star. When she filmed Viva Las Vegas with Elvis Presley the two began an affair that received considerable attention from the gossip columnists in various media. The reports led to a showdown with a very worried Priscilla Beaulieu, which she recounts in her 1985 book, Elvis and Me, including Ann-Margret's attempt to "cut her off at the pass" with a press announcement that Ann-Margret and Elvis were engaged to be married. Although he ended the affair, Presley remained a friend and continued to send her flowers at the opening of each of her stage appearances until he died. Of all the Hollywood starlets he had worked with or had a relationship with, Ann-Margret was the only one to attend his funeral.
In 1963, Ann-Margret was featured and guest-starred, in animated form, in an episode of Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones as "Ann-Margrock." Decades later, she recorded the theme song to the live-action film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas in character as Ann-Margrock. The song she recorded was a modified version of the "Viva Las Vegas" theme.\
In March 1966, Ann-Margret and entertainers Chuck Day and Mickey Jones teamed up for a USO tour to entertain U.S. servicemen in remote parts of Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia. She still has great affection for the veterans and refers to them as "my gentlemen". [1] Ann-Margret, Day and Jones reunited for an encore of this tour for veterans and troops at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada in November 2005. [2]
In 1971, she starred in Mike Nichols's Carnal Knowledge, marking a change from her sex-kitten musical roles, garnering a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The following year, while performing at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, she fell 22 feet from the stage and suffered injuries that put her out of commission for several months. Throughout the 1970s, Ann-Margret balanced her live performances with a string of critically acclaimed dramatic film performances that played against her glamorous image, including Tommy in 1975, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In addition, she has been nominated for ten Golden Globe Awards, winning five times including Best Actress for Tommy. She also did a string of successful TV specials, starting with The Ann-Margret Show for NBC in 1968. Now in her mid-60s, she continues to act in movies.
In 1994, she published an autobiography titled Ann Margret: My Story (ISBN 0-399-13891-9). She has been married to actor Roger Smith since 1967. Smith suffers from myasthenia gravis, and Ann-Margret has devoted much of her life to caring for him.
In 2001 Ann-Margret made her first appearance in a stage musical, playing the character of Mona Stangley in a new touring production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
She has also filmed the movie "Mem-o-re", where she stars with Billy Zane and Dennis Hopper.
Hey Little Star
Ann-Margret Lyrics
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Hey, little star
Hey, little star
I see you through my window tonight
The story says if I wish upon you
Then my dreams might come true
Please little star
I′ll watch you when you send me a boy
I'll promise I will love and adore him
I′ll be weary of him little star
Please little star
Days and nights
I stood on my window
Watching the street
All at once
He came out of nowhere
Just the boy
I longed to meet
So hey, little star
Hey, little star
I'll always promise just what you are
I know I'll always trust you completely
Cause you sent the boy I love to me
Please little star
Hey, little star.
The song "Hey Little Star" by Ann-Margret is a sweet and hopeful song about wishing upon a star for love to come true. The singer shares how she sees the star outside her window, and the story says if she wishes upon it, her dreams just might come true. She vows to watch the star when she sends her a boy, and she promises to love and adore him, but she'll also be weary of him, hoping that he is the one that is the perfect match for her, and not just any boy. The singer describes how she has been waiting for this moment, waiting on her window day and night, until finally, her wish is fulfilled and the boy she had been longing for appears out of nowhere, just the boy she had been hoping to meet.
The simple melody of the song with its repetitive "hey little star" chorus adds to the overall sweet and innocent tone of the song. The lyrics themselves evoke feelings of hope and longing for true love. The singer is looking for someone she can trust completely, and she believes that the star is the one that made it happen, sent the boy to her. The act of wishing upon a star is a classic fairy tale trope, and the song captures that innocent and hopeful spirit of believing that true love can come from anywhere, even from wishes on a star.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey, little star
The singer is addressing the star.
Hey, little star
The singer is addressing the star.
Hey, little star
The singer is addressing the star.
I see you through my window tonight
The artist is able to see the star through their window.
The story says if I wish upon you
The artist is referring to the idea that if you make a wish upon a star, your wish may come true.
Then my dreams might come true
The singer is expressing hope that their wish will be granted.
Please little star
The singer is making a plea to the star.
Hey, little star
The artist is addressing the star.
I'll watch you when you send me a boy
The artist believes that the star will bring them a boy.
I'll promise I will love and adore him
The artist is making a promise to love and cherish the boy they hope the star will bring.
I'll be weary of him little star
The singer will also be cautious and aware of the potential risks in the relationship.
Please little star
The artist is making another plea to the star.
Days and nights
The singer spent a long time waiting and hoping for their wish to come true.
I stood on my window
The singer waited and watched from their window.
Watching the street
The singer was looking out at the street.
All at once
Suddenly.
He came out of nowhere
The boy the artist had been waiting for appeared suddenly.
Just the boy
It was the boy the singer had been hoping for.
I longed to meet
The singer had been looking forward to meeting the boy.
So hey, little star
The artist is addressing the star again.
Hey, little star
The artist is addressing the star again.
I'll always promise just what you are
The artist will always honor their promises and always believe in the power of wishing on a star.
I know I'll always trust you completely
The singer believes that the star will always come through for them, and they will always continue to believe in its power.
Cause you sent the boy I love to me
The artist believes that the star brought the boy they love to them.
Please little star
The singer is once again pleading with the star.
Hey, little star
The singer is addressing the star one last time.
Writer(s): David Garza
Contributed by Zachary J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@niski2011
Esta canción la escuche cuando fui al h&m, la ame
@scottshea4681
Love it!
@patcocking4051
this song should of toped the charts both sides of the ocean
@patcocking4051
one of ann margrets best songs great shes the best paul c
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I,am the baby star