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.
I Ain't Gonna Be Your Fool No More
Ann-Margret Lyrics
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Cried and cried until my eyes are sore
Gave you all the love
I had Still you tried to treat me bad
I loves you but
I ain't gonna be your fool
I′m sick and tired of all your cheatin' and lyin' I′m gonna find myself a boy to keep my heart from cryin′
Then you will be so blue
I loves you but
I ain′t gonna be your fool
Last night
I thought about you
About things that we used to do
About the things that we used to say
But that was yesterday
I'm a gonna change my ways
Now it′s my turn to play
Gonna find me somebody new
A-take-a-place-a-you now
I ain't going to be your fool no more
Cried and cried until my eyes are sore
I gave you all the love
I had Still you tried to treat me bad
I loves you but
I ain't going to be your fool
You′re going to find out just what you′re done wrong
You're going to wake up in the morning baby I′ll be gone Each and every day of the week
I can't eat my dinner and
I can′t sleep
I loves you but
I ain't going to be your fool
I loves you but
I ain′t goinna be your fool
I loves you but
I ain't gonna be your fool
In "I Ain't Gonna Be Your Fool No More" by Ann-Margret, the singer declares that she will no longer be treated poorly by her lover. She has cried until her eyes are sore, given all the love she had, but he still tried to hurt her. She loves him, but it's time for her to move on and find someone who will treat her well. She reminisces about their past, but knows that she needs to change her ways and find someone new to take his place. Even though she loves him, she won't be a fool anymore.
The lyrics of this song express a common experience of being in a toxic relationship where one person is mistreating the other. The singer has tried to make things work, but she's realized that it's time to break up and move on. The lyrics' repeated line, "I loves you but / I ain't gonna be your fool" shows that the singer still has feelings for her partner, but she's no longer willing to put up with bad behavior.
Line by Line Meaning
I ain′t going to be your fool no more
I refuse to be used and manipulated any longer
Cried and cried until my eyes are sore
I've shed countless tears over your mistreatment of me
Gave you all the love I had Still you tried to treat me bad
I gave you my everything, yet you still mistreated me
I loves you but I ain't gonna be your fool
Although I still care for you, I won't allow myself to be taken advantage of anymore
I'm sick and tired of all your cheatin' and lyin' I'm gonna find myself a boy to keep my heart from cryin'
Your constant dishonesty and infidelity has worn me down, so I'm going to seek out a new lover who will treat me better
Then you will be so blue A weepin' and a moanin' and a cryin' too
Once you realize how badly you've treated me and lost me, you'll feel the pain I've been feeling
Last night I thought about you About things that we used to do About the things that we used to say But that was yesterday
I've been reflecting on our past, but I understand that it's time to move on from it
I'm a gonna change my ways Now it's my turn to play Gonna find me somebody new A-take-a-place-a-you now
I'm going to start living my life for me and find a new partner to fill the void you left
You're going to find out just what you've done wrong You're going to wake up in the morning baby I'll be gone
You will finally realize the pain you've caused me when you wake up to find I've left you
Each and every day of the week I can't eat my dinner and I can't sleep
Your mistreatment of me has affected me to the point of physical discomfort, making it difficult for me to eat or sleep
I loves you but I ain't going to be your fool
Even though I have love for you, I won't allow myself to be your pawn anymore
I loves you but I ain't goinna be your fool
I still hold love for you, but I won't let you continue taking advantage of me
I loves you but I ain't gonna be your fool
Despite my feelings for you, I won't continue to allow you to treat me poorly
Contributed by Caroline T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@jhenverrosales6345
I ain't going to be your fool no more
Cried and cried until my eyes are sore
Gave you all the love
I had Still you tried to treat me bad
I loves you but
I ain't gonna be your fool
I'm sick and tired of all your cheatin' and lyin' I'm gonna find myself a boy to keep my heart from cryin'
Then you will be so blue
A weepin' and a moanin' and a cryin' too
I loves you but
I ain't gonna be your fool
Last night
I thought about you
About things that we used to do
About the things that we used to say
But that was yesterday
I'm a gonna change my ways
Now it's my turn to play
Gonna find me somebody new
A-take-a-place-a-you now
I ain't going to be your fool no more
Cried and cried until my eyes are sore
I gave you all the love
I had Still you tried to treat me bad
I loves you but
I ain't going to be your fool
You're going to find out just what you're done wrong
You're going to wake up in the morning baby I'll be gone Each and every day of the week
I can't eat my dinner and
I can't sleep
I loves you but
I ain't going to be your fool
I loves you but
I ain't goinna be your fool
I loves you but
I ain't gonna be your fool
@podiumguy100
the flintstones brought me here - glad they did
@jessiemadison7833
Just watched the Ann Margrock show on the Flintstones. It’s a really catchy tune!
@delarian57
It’s 2021 who still watches the Flinstones? METV. One of my favorite episodes featured this song. Stay safe and be blessed. We almost there but not yet.
@user-cg4dz1zj4j
❤ I STILL WATCH THE FLINTSTONES & THE EPISODE WITH ANN MARGARET IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EPISODES.& THE ONE WITH TONY CURITIS.& ROCK QUARRY.& CARY GRANITE..ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS GROWING UP. STILL IS.
@RSTAR2009
Still listening May 2020 & the Flintstones brought me here!
@normalperson659
Same
@kevinschafer7766
Ditto...
@samsonsaint8798
Lol me too the flintstones brought me here January 11 2022
@justinquigley2959
Ann Margaret was one true beauty with a golden singing voice.
@katecoffee4744
Was? Hey, she is still alive in 2021 and she’s still got it! God bless Ann-Margaret Olsson!