On the Way Up

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On the Way Up
On The Way Up - Ann-Margret album.jpeg
Studio album by
Released1962
Venue RCA Studio B, Nashville
Genre
Label RCA Victor
Producer Dick Peirce, Chet Atkins
Ann-Margret chronology
And Here She Is ... Ann-Margret
(1961)
On the Way Up
(1962)
The Vivacious One
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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On the Way Up is the second album by Swedish-American actress and singer Ann-Margret released by RCA Victor in 1962. The album was partly produced by Chet Atkins and recorded in Nashville, Tennessee.

Contents

The album contains the single "I Just Don't Understand", an American top 20 hit. The follow up single, "What Am I Supposed to Do" peaked at No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 19 on the Easy Listening chart. [3]

Billboard Magazine rated the album as 4 stars, noting "the bright canary is in sprightly, sexy vocal form on this package...she scores highest with "Oh Lonesome Me", "His Ring", "Slowly" and "My Last Date". Solid teen appeal item." [4] In their review of the album, Cashbox noted that "for her second album for Victor, Ann-Margret gives an excellent demonstration of the original, warm, vibrant style that is quickly taking her to the upper reaches of stardom." [5]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Oh, Lonesome Me" Don Gibson 2:34
2."Slowly" Otis Blackwell 2:05
3."Fever" Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell 2:50
4."What Do You Want From Me"Mike Cain2:25
5."Heartbreak Hotel" Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley 2:27
6."I Just Don't Understand" Marijohn Wilkin, Kent Westberry2:37
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."His Ring"Bill Katz, Ruth Roberts 2:21
2."Could It Be" Barry De Vorzon, Patti Ferguson2:10
3."What Am I Supposed to Do" Helen Carter 2:45
4."Let Me Go, Lover!" Jenny Lou Carson, Fred Wise, Kathleen Twomey, Ben Weisman 2:58
5."Moon River" Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer 2:28
6."My Last Date (with You)" Boudleaux Bryant, Floyd Cramer, Skeeter Davis 2:36

Personnel

Charts

TitleChartPeak
position
"I Just Don't Understand"U.S Billboard Hot 100 [6] 17
"I Just Don't Understand"Cash Box Charts [7] 15
"What Am I Supposed to Do"U.S Billboard Hot 100 [8] 82
"What Am I Supposed to Do"U.S Billboard Adult Contemporary [9] 19
"What Am I Supposed to Do"Cash Box Charts [10] 89

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References

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