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.
Let Me Entertain You
Ann-Margret Lyrics
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How much I love you
How this can make my day
Let me tell you
How much I need you
Much more I'd ever say
Let me show you
How life passes and
So if you're shining bright
Maybe you'd shine for someone else
Let me tell you
How much it really means
That you are here
How fear and cold freeze to the bone
And can swallow no more blame
Are you fooling yourself...?
Maybe i'm fooling myself
Is this the life that I craved
Is this me that I craved
Am I fooling myself...?
Maybe i'm fooling myself
Am I fooling myself...?
The lyrics of Ann-Margret's song Let Me Entertain You reflect a sense of vulnerability and longing for love and acceptance. The opening lines demonstrate this, as she expresses the depth of her love and need for someone. She feels that by telling them how much they mean to her, it will make her day, and she hopes they will reciprocate and shine bright for her.
As the song progresses, Ann-Margret delves deeper into her thoughts and questions her own sense of self and purpose. She wonders if she is fooling herself by wanting the life and the version of herself she craves. The phrase "let me entertain you" takes on a double meaning, as she not only wants to entertain the person she is singing to, but also to entertain the idea that she can live the life she wants and be the person she desires to be. The line "how fear and cold freeze to the bone" paints a picture of a person who is scared and insecure, but hopes that the presence of another will warm and comfort them.
The repetition of the line "Am I fooling myself?" emphasizes the doubt and self-reflection that Ann-Margret is experiencing. Ultimately, the song is a plea for validation and understanding, as she hopes that the person she is singing to will recognize and appreciate her worth.
Line by Line Meaning
Let me tell you
Allow me to express myself
How much I love you
The amount of love I have for you
How this can make my day
How your presence brightens up my day
Let me tell you
Allow me to express myself
How much I need you
The level of importance you hold in my life
Much more I'd ever say
More than what words could describe
Let me show you
Allow me to demonstrate
How life passes and
How swiftly life goes by
Things they never change
Some things remain constant
So if you're shining bright
If you're radiating joy and positivity
Maybe you'd shine for someone else
Perhaps you can inspire and uplift someone else
Let me tell you
Allow me to express myself
How much it really means
The true significance of your presence
That you are here
The fact that you are present
How fear and cold freeze to the bone
How fear and coldness can paralyze one's being
And can swallow no more blame
And cannot take responsibility for any more faults
Are you fooling yourself...?
Are you deceiving yourself?
Maybe I'm fooling myself
Perhaps I'm the one deceiving myself
Is this the life that I craved
Is this the life I truly wanted
Is this me that I craved
Is this the person I yearned to be
Am I fooling myself...?
Am I deceiving myself?
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Written by: Anna Watkowska
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Very
Very valuable artist
Hegzan Siaani
I don't want this artist be dead someday.
I understand she's time will be finished someday, but I don't wanna be alive at that time.
Future of show business in this planet will be very ugly and ridiculous after her generation gone.
I can promise you people