Ann-Margret

50 great tracks !!

Actress, singer, and dancer Ann-Margret excelled in two areas of entertainment during a career that was still going strong in its fifth decade: as a movie star, she appeared in more than 50 feature films and as a stage entertainer she performed as a headlining act in showrooms and theaters around the world. To a lesser extent, she found time periodically for television and recordings. Early in her career, emphasis was placed on her attractiveness and sexual appeal; she was marketed as a kind of red-haired American version of Brigitte Bardot. But her talent allowed her to outlive that image, and eventually, while working regularly, she earned Academy, Emmy, and Grammy Award nominations, as well as several Golden Globes in recognition of her film and TV roles.

Ann-Margret's first RCA single, "Lost Love," did not chart. She followed with "I Just Don't Understand," a bluesy, rocking number co-produced by Chet Atkins and featuring Elvis Presley's backup singers, the Jordanaires, that entered the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1961 and rose into the Top 20. Her first RCA album, And Here She Is...Ann-Margret, was released in October. RCA had her record a variety of pop, country, and rock for her next LP, On the Way Up. The set, released in March 1962, included her versions of such differing material as the pop song "Moon River" and Presley's blues-rock standard "Heartbreak Hotel," as well as the lush ballad "What Am I Supposed to Do," which spent five weeks near the bottom of the Hot 100 and made the easy listening charts. 

1. I Just Don't Understand                                26. That's What I Like

2. Bye Bye Birdie                                                27. Baby Its Cold Outside

3. Thirteen Men                                                  28. What Do You Want From Me

4. One Boy                                                           29. Oh lonesome Me

5. My Last Date With You                                 30. You Turned My Head Around

6. What Am I Supposed To Do                          31. Moon River

7. Let Me Entertain You                                    32. Tell Me Tell Me

8. Slowly                                                              33. The Rock And Roll Waltz

9. There'll Be Some Changes                            34. His Ring

10. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone     35. The Best Man

11. Isn't Kinda Fun                                           36. It Might As Well Be Spring

12. Kansas City                                                 37. Hideaway Heart

13. Begin The Beguine                                     38. Could It Be

14. Cest Si Bon                                                 39. Inka Dinka Do

15. Senor Blues                                                40. Never On A Sunday

16. Make Love To Me                                     41. Its A Grand Night For Singing

17. Willing And Eager                                    42. Take All The Kisses

18. You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You           43. Lost Love

19. Let Me Go Lover                                        44. Gimme Love

20. Lovie Joe                                                     45. The Swinger

21. Fever                                                            46. My Rival

22. Jim Dandy                                                   47. Lets Stop Kidding Each Other

23. I Should Care                                              48. I Ain't Gonna Be Your Fool No More

24. I Was Only Kidding                                    49. I Ain't Got Nobody

25. Heartbrake Hotel                                          50. Bill Bailey

       13. Begin The Beguine

       27. Baby Its Cold Outside