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.
Lost Love
Ann-Margret Lyrics
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Lost melody
Sad and lonely
Lost melody
Your love to me
Oh, how I pray
For one more chance
To find our lost love
Come on little darling
Let's try it again
I was wrong
Please don't let it end
Oh, how I pray
For one more chance
To find our lost love
How I long for your sweet kiss
And I need your warm caress
If you'll just say you want me
Right here by your side
I'll prove to you
That our love never died
And I'll never let you go
Till we find our lost love
Darling, oh yes
You know I'll never let you go
Till we find our lost love.
Ann-Margret's song "Lost Love" is a poignant expression of the heart-wrenching feeling of losing a true love. The repeated lines "Sad and lonely, Lost melody, Your love to me" conveys the pain of missing the happy times of when they were in love, and how heartbreaking it is now that the love has faded away. The singer expresses her wishful thinking with prayer and begs for one more chance to reignite the fire that once burned between the two of them. The chorus expresses the yearning to try again, admitting the wrongs committed in the past relationship and hoping there is still a flicker of love that could be reignited.
The second verse shows the extent of the longing for the lost love as Ann-Margret passionately expresses her need for the love's touch and kiss. She says she'll prove to her love that their love never died and how much she needs her to be right there, by her side. The singer doesn't want to give up on the love they once shared, and resolves not to let go until they find their lost love. The song is an emotional and affecting expression of the pain of losing a love that one thought would last forever.
Line by Line Meaning
Sad and lonely
Feeling down and isolated
Lost melody
The happiness and love that once existed in the relationship has gone missing
Sad and lonely
Feeling down and isolated
Lost melody
The happiness and love that once existed in the relationship has gone missing
Your love to me
The love that was once given and received by both parties in this relationship
Oh, how I pray
Expressing deep hope and desire
For one more chance
To try and rekindle what was lost
To find our lost love
To rediscover the love that was once there
Come on little darling
An invitation to try again
Let's try it again
Working towards repairing the broken relationship
I was wrong
Acknowledging past mistakes
Please don't let it end
A plea to keep the relationship going
How I long for your sweet kiss
Expressing deep desire and longing for physical connection
And I need your warm caress
Desiring comfort and intimacy
If you'll just say you want me
A request for reassurance that the feelings are mutual
Right here by your side
The desire to be together
I'll prove to you
Willingness to work hard to show love and commitment
That our love never died
Confirming that the love still exists
And I'll never let you go
Determined to hold onto the love and never give up
Till we find our lost love
To keep searching until the love is found again
Darling, oh yes
Affirmation of love and affection
You know I'll never let you go
Making a promise to never give up or let go of the relationship
Till we find our lost love
To keep searching until the love is found again
Contributed by Julia N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@jim0214
Here's the lyrics to the great song of 1961
(Chorus) Sad and lonely lost melody
Sad and lonely lost melody
Helps recall your love to me
Oh, how I pray for one more chance
To find our lost love
Come on little darling Lets try it again
I was wrong! Please don't let it end
Oh, how I pray for one more chance
To find our lost love
How I look for your sweet kiss
and I need your warm caress
If you just say you want me
right here by your side
I'll prove to you that our love never die
And I'll never let you go
Till we find our lost love
Darling, Oh, yes!
You know I'll never let you go
Till we find our lost love
@reknobtac
She's got the most beautiful God given voice. Just Angelic. I would love to hear her voice do a gospel album