Ann-Margret

ANN-MARGRET
 
 
Ann-Margret  (born Ann-Margret Olsson; April 28, 1941) is a Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer.  As an actress, she is best known for her roles in Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Carnal Knowledge (1971), Tommy (1975), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Grumpier Old Men (1995).  She has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards.  In 2010, she won her first Emmy Award for her guest appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.  Her singing and acting careers span five decades, starting in 1961; initially, she was billed as a female version of Elvis Presley.  She had a minor hit in 1961 and a charting album in 1964, and scored a disco hit in 1979.  In 2001, she recorded a critically acclaimed gospel album, and an album of Christmas songs from 2004 continues to be available.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

Kris Kristofferson also co-wrote another major gospel hit song in the 1970’s, “One Day at a Time” (also the motto of Alcoholics Anonymous and other similar organizations).  He co-wrote the song with a Nashville songwriting legend, Marijohn Wilkin.  With Danny Dill, Wilkin co-wrote “The Long Black Veil” for Lefty Frizzell – this standard is such a cultural touchstone that it was even mentioned in an opinion by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1979.  Other songs that Marijohn Wilkin wrote or co-wrote include “Waterloo”, a #1 hit for Stonewall Jackson; “Cut Across Shorty”, which was recorded by Eddie Cochran, Rod Stewart, Faces, and Freddie and the Dreamers; and “I Just Don’t Understand” that was covered by Ann-Margret and the Beatles. 

 

(July 2014)