Ann-Margret began recording for RCA Victor in 1961. Her first RCA Victor recording was "Lost Love". Marty Paich arranged and conducted her debut album, "Lost Love", in Hollywood. Later albums were produced in Nashville with Chet Atkins on guitar, the Jordanaires (Elvis Presley's backup singers) as well as the Anita Kerr Singers, with liner notes by Her mentor George Burns. She had a sexy and throaty voice that was a contralto singer,[8 as well as RCA Victor attempted to capitalize on the "female Elvis reference by allowing her to record a version of "Heartbreak Hotel" and other tracks in a style that was similar to Presley's. She had a minor success with "I Just Don't Understand" (from her second album) and made it into the Billboard Top 40 in the third week of August 1961 and remained there for six weeks, it peaked at number 17. The Beatles later performed the song in the following year. It was recorded live on The BBC on July 16, 1963 and broadcast on August 20, 1993. Her sole charting album was Beauty and the Beard (1964) and she was accompanied by trumpeter Al Hirt. Ann-Margret was a guest in The Jack Benny Program in 1961 (season 11, episode 24). In 1962, she sang the Oscar-nominated "Theme From Bachelor in Paradise" at the Academy Awards presentation. Her contract with RCA Victor ended in 1966.
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