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.
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Ann-Margret Lyrics
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More than you know
Man of my heart, I love you so
Lately I find, you're on my mind
More than you know
Whether you're right
Whether you're wrong
You need me so
More than you'll ever know
Loving you the way that I do
There's nothing I can do about it
Loving may be all you can give
But honey, I can't live without it
Oh how I'd cry
Oh how I'd cry
If you got tired, and said goodbye
More than I'd show
More than you'll ever know
Loving you the way that I do
There's nothing I can do about it
Loving may be all you can give
But honey, I don't want to live without it
Oh how I'd cry
Oh how I'd cry
If you got tired of me and said goodbye
More than I'd show
More than you'll ever know
The lyrics of "More Than You Know" by Ann-Margret are a heartfelt declaration of love. The singer is deeply in love with a man who is always on her mind, causing her to feel overwhelmed with her emotions. She is willing to follow him wherever he goes, whether he is right or wrong, because she is devoted to him. The singer also reveals that she loves him more than he will ever know.
The singer's love is all-consuming, as she cannot imagine living without her lover. She acknowledges that loving him may be all he can give her, but she cannot survive without it. She declares that if he were to ever leave her, she would be devastated, more than she could ever show.
The lyrics showcase the trials and tribulations of unconditional love. The singer is willing to put everything on the line for her lover and is afraid of losing him. The song highlights the power of love and the depths to which it can consume a person.
Line by Line Meaning
More than you know
I have more love for you than I can express
Man of my heart, I love you so
You are the man I love deeply
Lately I find, you're on my mind
Recently, I have been thinking about you constantly
Whether you're right
Regardless of whether you are correct or not
Whether you're wrong
Regardless of whether you are incorrect or not
Man of my heart, I'll string along
I will follow you no matter what happens
You need me so
You require my presence in your life
More than you'll ever know
You do not realize how vital I am to your life
Loving you the way that I do
The amount that I love you is immeasurable
There's nothing I can do about it
I cannot help myself from loving you
Loving may be all you can give
You may only be capable of giving love
But honey, I can't live without it
However, I cannot live without your love
Oh how I'd cry
I would be extremely sad
If you got tired, and said goodbye
If you became weary and decided to leave me
More than I'd show
I would be sadder than I would let on
More than you'll ever know
You do not understand the depth of my emotions towards you
But honey, I don't want to live without it
I cannot imagine my life without your love
If you got tired of me and said goodbye
If you became fed up with me and decided to leave
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Barry James Eastmond, Cynthia De Mari Biggs
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