Ann-Margret (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish actress and singer who was b… Read Full Bio ↴Ann-Margret (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish actress and singer who was born Ann-Margret Olsson in Valsjöbyn, Jämtland, Sweden. She moved to the United States when she was young and grew up in Wilmette, Illinois. She attended Northwestern University and was discovered singing in a nightclub by George Burns. She was often referred to as a "sex-kitten" and the "female Elvis".

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.
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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.

It Do Me So Good
Ann-Margret Lyrics

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You don′t love me
Like I love you
Nobody could
Oh, nobody could

But when your close your
Your arms around me
It do me so good

It do me so good

You keep me reeling
I'm not rocking
Oh, my heart is aching
Please don′t, don't
Drive me mad

Oh, honey, just keep on
Reeling and rocking
Myheart is open
Oh, oh, I, I

Oh, honey, hug me
If you love me
The way you should
Oh, the way you should

When your close your
Your arms around me
It do me so good
It do me so good

Oh, when your close your
Your loving arms around me
It do me so good
It do me so good

Love that boy

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Ann-Margret's song It Do Me So Good express the timeless sentiment of unrequited love. The singer proclaims that her love for someone is unmatched, that nobody could love them as much as she does. However, she still desires to feel close to the person despite the unreturned feelings. When they wrap their arms around her, it brings temporary relief to the heartache that she feels as her heart is still aching for more. She urges the person to hug her if they truly love her as they should, emphasizing the intimate physical embrace as a way to fulfill a deeper emotional need.

Ultimately, the singer conveys a sense of desperation and need for affection. She begs the person not to drive her mad with their inattentiveness, implying that their distance is causing her distress. The repetition of the phrase "It do me so good" emphasizes the temporary relief she experiences when in the person's presence.

Overall, the lyrics of It Do Me So Good encapsulate the universal theme of unrequited love and the desire for physical and emotional intimacy.

Line by Line Meaning

You don't love me
You don't love me as much as I love you

Like I love you
My love for you is stronger than yours for me

Nobody could
No one can love you as deeply as I do

Oh, nobody could
No one else can love you like I do

But when your close your
However, when you hold me tight

Your arms around me
When you embrace me

It do me so good
It feels so good for me

It do me so good
It feels incredible

You keep me reeling
You make me feel dizzy

I'm not rocking
My emotions aren't unstable