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 Go Lover
Ann-Margret Lyrics
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Let me go
Let me go, lover
Let me be
Set me free
From your spell
You made me weep
I can't sleep, lover
I was cursed
From the first
Day I fell
You don't want me
But you want me
To go on wanting you
Now I pray that
You will say that
We're through
Please turn me loose
What's the use?
Let me go, lover
Let me go
Let me go
Let me go
You made me weep
Cut me deep
I can't sleep, lover
I was cursed
From the first
Day I fell
You don't want me
But you want me
To go on wanting you
Now I pray that
You will say that
We're through
Please turn me loose
What's the use?
Let me go, lover
Let me go
Let me go
Let me go
The lyrics of Ann-Margret's "Let Me Go Lover!" express the pain and frustration of being trapped in a one-sided love affair. The singer pleads with her lover to release her from his spell and set her free. She has been made to weep and has been cut deeply by his rejection, yet she continues to long for him, despite the fact that he does not want her. The song has a distinct sense of desperation and sadness, as the singer hopes for a release from her emotional pain.
Throughout the song, the singer's intense emotions are palpable, as she describes the way that her lover has cursed her from the very first day that she fell for him. The lyrics are filled with longing and sadness, as the singer begs for a release from her emotional pain. She is pleading for her lover to turn her loose and allow her to go on with her life, but she cannot seem to break free from his spell.
Overall, the lyrics to "Let Me Go Lover!" express the difficult emotions of a person trapped in a one-sided love affair. They express the pain of love unrequited and the longing for release from emotional pain.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh, let me go
The singer is pleading to be released from her lover's grip.
Let me go
The singer reiterates her desire to be set free.
Let me go, lover
The singer is addressing her lover to emphasize her wish to break free from the relationship.
Let me be
The singer wants to be left alone.
Set me free
The singer asks to be liberated from the hold of her lover.
From your spell
The singer believes that she is spelled or controlled by her lover.
You made me weep
The singer is blaming her lover for causing her emotional distress.
Cut me deep
The singer was hurt by her lover's actions or words.
I can't sleep, lover
The singer is experiencing insomnia because of her current situation with her lover.
I was cursed
The singer feels as though she is under a negative influence or spell because of the relationship.
From the first
The singer implies that the relationship was doomed from the beginning.
Day I fell
The singer remembers the day she fell in love with her lover, but now regrets it.
You don't want me
The singer is aware that her lover is not genuinely interested in her.
But you want me
The singer feels used and is being kept around for the sake of her lover's own desires.
To go on wanting you
The singer is being forced to have feelings for her lover, despite knowing the relationship is toxic.
Now I pray that
The singer is desperate for a resolution and is seeking a sign that the relationship is coming to an end.
You will say that
The singer hopes for her lover to verbalize that the relationship is ending.
We're through
The singer wants to end the relationship with her lover once and for all.
Please turn me loose
The singer is beseeching her lover to let her go and move on with her life.
What's the use?
The singer questions the purpose of continuing with the relationship, as it has caused her nothing but pain and suffering.
Let me go, lover
The singer begs her lover to release her from their toxic relationship.
Let me go
The singer once again pleads for her lover to allow her to leave.
Let me go
The singer repeats her request to be set free.
Let me go
The singer makes one final plea to be let go and to move on from the relationship.
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Written by: Benjamin Weisman, Fred Wise, Jenny Lou Carson, Kay Twomey
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