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.
Someday Soon
Ann-Margret Lyrics
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Someday soon you're gonna stop your running around
But what you say don't mean a thing
I won't believe a word until I'm wearing your ring
And someday soon ain't soon enough for me
(Hey, ho, hey, someday soon)
Hey, ho, hey hear what I say
Someday soon you say you're gonna be all mine
(Hey, ho, hey, someday soon)
It won't be long, you just need a little time
But you fool around while I sit and cry
I'm sick and tired of being just your old stand by
And someday soon ain't soon enough for me
(Hey, ho, hey, someday soon)
Hey, ho, hey hear what I say
(Hey, ho, hey, someday soon)
'Till your two timing days are through
It's bye, bye, baby, I'm through with you
'Cause someday soon, ain't soon enough for me
(Hey, ho, hey, ho, someday soon)
Hey, ho, hey hear what I say
(Hey, ho, hey, ho, hear what I say)
Hey, ho, someday soon
(Hey, ho, hey, ho, someday soon)
Hey, ho, hear what I say
(Hey, ho, hey, ho, hear what I say)
Hey, ho, someday soon
(Hey, ho, hey, ho, someday soon)
Hey, ho, hear what I say
(Hey, ho, hey, ho, hear what I say)
Hey, ho, someday soon
In Ann-Margret's song "Someday Soon," the singer is tired of waiting for her lover to make a commitment. The song's title "Someday Soon" implies that there will be a resolution to her needs and that her lover will settle down and stay with her. The singer is skeptical of these promises and expresses a desire for concrete action. She says, "Someday soon you say you're gonna settle down, someday soon you're gonna stop your running around." However, the singer loses faith and states, "But what you say don't mean a thing, I won't believe a word until I'm wearing your ring." The singer is so impatient for her lover to make a commitment that she states, "And someday soon ain't soon enough for me."
In the chorus, the singer repeats "Hey, ho, hey, someday soon," as a plea for her lover to make good on their promises. She also expresses her frustration, imagining herself as a stand-in for the real woman her lover is pursuing elsewhere. She says, "But you fool around while I sit and cry, I'm sick and tired of being just your old standby." She reaches the breaking point and ultimately decides that if her lover doesn't change, she will leave him. She says, "'Till your two-timing days are through, it's bye-bye, baby, I'm through with you. 'Cause someday soon, ain't soon enough for me."
Line by Line Meaning
Someday soon you say you're gonna settle down
You keep promising that one day you'll finally commit to a serious relationship
Someday soon you're gonna stop your running around
You'll eventually stop seeing other people and start focusing on our relationship
But what you say don't mean a thing
I can't trust your words if your actions don't match them
I won't believe a word until I'm wearing your ring
I won't trust that you're committed until you propose and we're engaged
And someday soon ain't soon enough for me
I've been waiting for a long time already and I'm getting impatient for you to follow through on your promises
(Hey, ho, hey, someday soon)
This is a refrain that supports the main message of the song
Someday soon you say you're gonna be all mine
You keep saying that you'll be exclusively mine soon
(Hey, ho, hey, someday soon)
This is a refrain that supports the main message of the song
It won't be long, you just need a little time
You're asking for a little more time to get your act together and be ready to commit
But you fool around while I sit and cry
You continue to cheat on me while I'm left alone and devastated
I'm sick and tired of being just your old stand by
I'm fed up with being your backup option and not your top priority
And someday soon ain't soon enough for me
I've been waiting for a long time already and I'm getting impatient for you to follow through on your promises
(Hey, ho, hey, someday soon)
This is a refrain that supports the main message of the song
Till your two timing days are through
Until you stop cheating on me
It's bye, bye, baby, I'm through with you
If you don't change your ways, I'm leaving you for good
'Cause someday soon, ain't soon enough for me
I've been waiting for a long time already and I'm getting impatient for you to follow through on your promises
(Hey, ho, hey, ho, someday soon)
This is a refrain that supports the main message of the song
Hey, ho, hey hear what I say
This is a call for the listener to pay attention to the song's message
(Hey, ho, hey, ho, hear what I say)
This is a call for the listener to pay attention to the song's message
Hey, ho, someday soon
This is a refrain that supports the main message of the song
(Hey, ho, hey, ho, someday soon)
This is a refrain that supports the main message of the song
Hey, ho, hear what I say
This is a call for the listener to pay attention to the song's message
(Hey, ho, hey, ho, hear what I say)
This is a call for the listener to pay attention to the song's message
Hey, ho, someday soon
This is a refrain that supports the main message of the song
(Hey, ho, hey, ho, someday soon)
This is a refrain that supports the main message of the song
Hey, ho, hear what I say
This is a call for the listener to pay attention to the song's message
(Hey, ho, hey, ho, hear what I say)
This is a call for the listener to pay attention to the song's message
Hey, ho, someday soon
This is a refrain that supports the main message of the song
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: P. F. SLOAN, STEVE BARRI
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Bill Davis
Fun little latin groove on piano by Leon Russell!
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