It's fascinating to me to read interviews that dive into a celebs life before they became famous, because it's discovering what they did and who they were before the Hollywood machine took over to pump up their "buzz" or ratings, or whatever.
I had no idea she grew up in Sweden, and didn't realize she was in Tommy, the Who's movie
One of the great beauties, and such a pleasure to enjoy in the Grumpy Old Men movies. Why Triumph or some chopper company isn't courting her to be in their advertising is a mystery to me. She absolutely is the most famous photo of a woman on a motorcycle that I can think of, in that 1971 Douglas Kirkland photo:
Her new album, Born To Be Wild, was released April 14 by Cleopatra Records and features guest appearances by the Who’s Pete Townshend, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, soul legend Steve Cropper, and Yes’ Rick Wakeman, among many others.
The first single is a cover of the Everly Brothers’ “Bye Bye Love,” which features Townshend, Stray Cats drummer Slim Jim Phantom, and veteran country singer/songwriter T.G. Sheppard. Throughout Born To Be Wild, Ann-Margret covers a host of vintage rock favorites, such as “Son of a Preacher Man,” “Rock Around the Clock,” “Earth Angel,” and “Splish Splash.”
“Being offered an opportunity to work with Ann-Margret, especially on an Everly Brothers song, was just too romantic to pass,” Townshend says. “Ann-Margret’s work on the Tommy movie back in 1974 (when she was most certainly not old enough to pretend to be Roger Daltrey’s mother) was a joy from beginning to end. Her sonorous voice, her Scandinavian beauty, her sense of humor, her stamina, and her strength all shone through.”
The first single is a cover of the Everly Brothers’ “Bye Bye Love,” which features Townshend, Stray Cats drummer Slim Jim Phantom, and veteran country singer/songwriter T.G. Sheppard. Throughout Born To Be Wild, Ann-Margret covers a host of vintage rock favorites, such as “Son of a Preacher Man,” “Rock Around the Clock,” “Earth Angel,” and “Splish Splash.”
“Being offered an opportunity to work with Ann-Margret, especially on an Everly Brothers song, was just too romantic to pass,” Townshend says. “Ann-Margret’s work on the Tommy movie back in 1974 (when she was most certainly not old enough to pretend to be Roger Daltrey’s mother) was a joy from beginning to end. Her sonorous voice, her Scandinavian beauty, her sense of humor, her stamina, and her strength all shone through.”
Her Vegas show back in 71 incorporated a Triumph, possibly the one above, but that era for her was around bikes, and she even did a biker movie with Joe Namath in 1970 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-1970-american-biker-film-starring-joe.html
a woman on a Harley in that 1971 Douglas Kirkland photo: thats a Triumph motorcycle. Not made in U.S.A.
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