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.
No More
Ann-Margret Lyrics
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視線そらして 見慣れる
死ぬほど好きと つぶやいて
汚れた嘘に 変わった
眩しい光が
薄暗いと何故感じない?
突然過ぎる 迷いが
教えてくれた 自由を
数え切れない
Gamanができない
たとえ傷ついても
今よりはいいわ
Gamanをしてまで
愛する価値がない
見て見ない振りをするよ
一人の外側 今初めて肌で感じる
Gamanができない 何も恐れないわ
もう 気付いたから
Gamanをしてまで
あなたが 欲しくない
私 取り戻すの
Gamanをしてまで
愛する価値がない
見て見ない振りをするよ
The lyrics of Ann-Margret's song "No More" tell a story of a relationship that starts with tenderness but ends with lies and deception. The opening lines talk about the kindness that was present between the two individuals, but as time passes, things change. The singer speaks of confessing her deathly love to her partner, only for it to turn into a dirty lie. The bright light that once filled their world now seems dim, and doubt creeps in, challenging the freedom they thought they had. The singer cannot sleep, and her restlessness is matched by the countless attempts at being patient and enduring (Gaman), but to no avail. Despite the hurt and heartache, the singer realizes that it is better to be hurt and free than to stay in a loveless relationship. She cannot pretend to look away anymore, and for the first time, she feels the need to be on her own and rediscover herself.
Line by Line Meaning
すれ違いの やさしさ
The kindness of strangers passing by
視線そらして 見慣れる
Avoiding eye contact, familiar with this behavior
死ぬほど好きと つぶやいて
Whispering how I love you to death
汚れた嘘に 変わった
Transformed into dirty lies
眩しい光が
Blinding light
薄暗いと何故感じない?
Why can't I feel the darkness?
突然過ぎる 迷いが
Sudden hesitation
教えてくれた 自由を
Teaching me about freedom
不安のどん底 寝れない夜
Sleepless nights full of anxiety
数え切れない
Countless
Gamanができない
I can't endure it
たとえ傷ついても
Even if I get hurt
今よりはいいわ
It's better than now
Gamanをしてまで
Even if I endure it
愛する価値がない
It's not worthy of love
見て見ない振りをするよ
I'll pretend I didn't see
一人の外側 今初めて肌で感じる
Feeling the surface of being alone for the first time
何も恐れないわ
I'm not afraid of anything
もう 気付いたから
Because I already realized
あなたが 欲しくない
I don't want you
私 取り戻すの
I'll take it back
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: ANNIE
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